Well we [ sw ] are so lucky might get 35 centigrade on a amber alert .... in SW France 40 is an amber 44/45 is a red !! We often just seem to take a few extra glasses of water a couple icecreams and then have a few pints of cold beer and does the job of keeping cool .... ice lollies not icecream and 2 litres of water and as for beer or alcohol not excessive consumption and best evening time with a large glass of water before bed... exercise at a minimum.. Having walked in 38 -42 centigrade heat . over 16km [ total up and back ] and of a vertical range of 2000m+ a number of times the hardest part is the start!! rucksack weighs about 5kgs heavier than the finish, due to food about 1kg and 4 litres of water ... a brimmed hat and at least 150ml of SSS ... THE MOST ENJOYABLE THING a pint back at base campsite .. and being alive... lol Basically all .. dont do to many strenuos things seek shade and drink regular small amounts 500ml of water should last about an hour .. drink in 1 go and you pee most of it out which can lead to dehydration ...... body needs to absorb to replace sweat! off for a walk now about 6 miles up and down and round Cheddar gorge saw some rare butterflies there Wed and need to check them out if still there ... black veined whites ... keep cool
Bloody hot here on the Costa Del Sol. The mountain just behind us (Mijas) caught fire yesterday - it made the UK National news: Blazes in France, Portugal and Spain as temperatures reach record 117F https://mol.im/a/11019729 I took this pic yesterday
You've got a brilliant small animal hospital there RRTC2. Attached to Bristol University and the very best of care for a previously much loved dog of ours. Travelled to Langford loads of times ferrying our mutt for treatment - had a number of drinks and meals at the Langford Inn whilst waiting.
BREAKING: Survivors of the 1976 UK heatwave are to be offered counselling and an apology from the Met Office for them not issuing a warning that the sun can be hot
And for not sending gritters out to combat the melting tar......blimey just takes a couple of days of sun and the Country falls apart........CLIMATE CHANGE!!
It's all down to Covid, we all suffer from high temperature symptons, millions of us are suffering causing global warming and have made the Earth hot totty, we have been warned,
Frigging joke-we all been in foreign countries Kenya and South Africa come to mind for me much hotter. Bloody country is wokey- now 1976 was bloody hot-remember being on Barry beach as a kid went to get ice creams and the tar was melting and the ice creams melted before I could get back on the beach.
I loved that summer. I was 10 years old. You could see the old road going into Chew Valley lake - the submerged village of Moredon.
"IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE EXTINCT IN THIS COUNTRY" however at the start of a certain path in the gorge on Weds I saw more butterflies than ever before during this year having done the same walk 3 times now in past 4 days . I saw 2 whites fluttering around with an interest in each other and one landed wings together my TG6 is a reasonable camera for scenic stuff or very close up but a shot from 5-6m {in haste} not always good but had distinctive black veined wings nettles and bramble stopped me getting closer. Saw one again Sat about 30m further along path ... my canon on tripod might be the answer! So far these 3 walks have logged minimum of on each walk [ total of the 3 walks ] Large white 9 [23] small white 4 [ 11 ] Green Veined White 2 [ 3 ] Meadow brown 21 [ 47 ] Gatekeeper 7 [ 16 ] Ringlet 9 [ 17 ] Large Skipper 2 [ 2 ] Red Admiral 2 [ 3 ] Silver washed Fritilary 1 [ 1 ] Marbled White [ 1 ] Brimstone1 [1 ] Comma 1 [2 ] Common Blue ( Adonis blue? ) 1 [ 1 ] Small Copper 1 [ 1 ].... as yet unconfirmed Black veined White 2 [3 ] Wall 1 [ 1 ] so far in this area seen no Speckled Woods, Peacock, Tortoiseshell, Orange tip Painted Lady Thats 14 different ones potentially 16 or + the common ones would be 21 now thats something .. also saw a sloworm , no adders yet!
I walked up the path, partway Saturday , chatting to a female who was basically topless, thin sleeveless dress, see through! I asked her to close the gate she had just through from an adjoining path ... her comment was it open when I came through! I explained that there were cattle in these "woods" and there is a number of 5 bar gates and public gates some just swing gates like the one she had come through. public gates should always be closed after you, the 5 bar gates different.... if opened fully and in the case of free swinging tied back fully or prevented by maybe tie back stone or stick closing should be left... if just partially open should be closed!.... She was impressed by my knowledge of the flora and fauna!!! etc but alas after 100m or so she decided to make a posy of flowers for a dead blackbird and bury it [ cover it with stones? ] No varicose veins there ... but it makes me respectful of some the Ladies grossly overwieght and legs like tree trunks with veins as thick as pencils taking on the gorge!.. use it or lose ... probably do the 1.5 /2mile up and back then go down and have double fish and chips with extra chips and a couple of baps!.....
I attended the college as the AGRICULTURAL Establishment, for 1 month as a addition to my Cannington years ... I was looking at being a farrier / vet or IN another branch of Agriculure A LOT DIFFERENT NOW! that was in the early 60's
every year the road across the north of Italy right up against the ALPS, where they grow all the apples regularly get 42c plus I have done the journey 4 times in 2011 the chemist thermometers were showing 46 - 48 in my Ducato all windows open extra fan it was showing 58c i drove from village to village buying 3 or 4 cola lollies and wrapping them in a towel in foil to stop them melting to quick I stopped in 1 village to get a cold beer icecream sundae and some fruit and stuff for eats later plus about 2 kgs of ice cubes for my freezer cool cool box it was in the back with 4 additional computer fans blowing air into air take but temp was 16c ambient reduction was 25-30 c ... got back to van about 40 mins later and internal temp was 74c I couldnt touch steering wheel and front edge of seat burnt my legs I was 15 miles from driving up to 1800m... the road was in a gorge tree lined and about 11 miles long i watched my cab temperature drop a degree or so every couple of miles from 50+ to mid 40's then at a point which said 1400m it was 40 at 1800m, parking/ camp point it said 36 halfway through doing my grub a massive explosion .. then a flash 2 seconds booooooomm +echo I just got it all in the van and torrential rain and a storm taht lasted almost an hour ... at 1 point I took a shower in the offering from heaven .. even the odd hailstone didnt sting that much ... best nights sleep for 3 days ... next day did a walk up to 2800m about 20k wished I hadnt ... temp at 2pm was unbearable and I was just an hour from top and wouldnt turn back luckily I had taken 6 x 500mil bottles of water and left 2 about halfway down ... happy days ... bring on the heat
Just for the apocalyptic BBC. As yet - nobody has died on Exmouth Seafront. It's sunny with the usual breeze - heaven. We even drove through rain on the way down in Honiton.
It's all for the "Climate change brigade".......It's relentless the scaremongering tactics over the past few years......The ultimate goal is power and profit. Gritters to combat melting tar & weather warnings for a few days of sunshine!! Madness yet again!!
