Sunday 5th July

We have had just over a week of pretty high temperatures here, mid thirties at the very least.  The mornings start off quite cool, though it is probably in the mid twenties still.  At least there appears to be a whisper of a breeze.  By ten it is warm though, breaking thirty, especially if there is no cloud cover.  The worst (you think) is about three, when everything you touch is hot.  We tend to stay indoors with the curtains closed and a fan on.  Then the temperature just seems to get hotter and hotter.  In the evening you wander out to a bar or restaurant but it is still hot.  Then at last the sun goes down around ten and you think – at last it will cool down.  No such luck, it actually feels hotter.  And as you go to bed you just cannot believe how hot it is.  What has happened is that all day long the roads and buildings have absorbed the sun’s rays and then at night they release this heat, so it feels no cooler.

Now, years ago, especially when I worked, I dreaded hot days.  That insufferable tube journey and hardly any offices were air-conditioned.  But now I am far more laid back.  The café is cool, and I don’t rush around.  If customers have to wait a few minutes that is just hard luck.  We are closing around two every day, as there is hardly anyone in town at that hour.  Hoping to grab a swim later today, then we are attending a friend’s street party at seven.  Lots of food and drink again.  And in this heat !!!  hahaha.

I imagine I will enjoy it.  And now I never complain.  I hear it was raining again in England…