The 4th heatwave of the year didn't seem to be as hot as predicted here in Mid Suffolk, although that might be because I didn't do anything much outside after about 10 in the morning! I wondered what actually constituted a heatwave and found..........................
England has entered its fourth heatwave of the summer, with a number of places seeing temperatures higher than 30C on Tuesday. Areas in South West England, the South West Midlands, North West England and East Anglia met heatwave criteria, by having three consecutive days above a certain temperature.
Tuesday wasn't too hot early on and we managed to get through the exercises at the Keep Moving Group without melting too much and Wednesday there was a lot of cloud. On Thursday a bit of a breeze kept things comfortable indoors but on Friday things got hot, hot, and hotter.
One of these days I'll get a new outdoor thermometer and then I'll know exactly how hot it is.
Temperatures next week should be back to average for August, many will be grateful.
I've put 2½lb of the giant tomatoes into the freezer so far - that was just 5 tomatoes, there are plenty more still to turn red, not quite as big as those first 5 but still a good size. The other things needed for my favourite chutney are red peppers, red chilli peppers, red onions and red wine vinegar. I've got the vinegar and will buy the other things when I get around to making the chutney later in the year.
Some years I'm able to use my own peppers, but there are so few this year and some will be yellow anyway - when they eventually turn from green.
The climbing green beans have finished and I was going to pull them up but couldn't get them or the canes out of the rock solid ground. That job will have to wait until we get rain although I did pull up the squash plants - they'd never done well and they had flowers that just hadn't set.
There's fireworks over the road in the churchyard tonight - the church have a Patronal Festival thing - something to do with The Assumption of Our Lady. They follow that with hot dogs/burgers and a specially brewed local beer! I've only ever seen the fireworks once since being here as it was cancelled one year because it was so dry and another year because it poured with rain and last year I was away with the family. Hope it's not too dry this year as I love a free fireworks display!
Have a good weekend, not sure what I'm doing apart from standing on my doorstep at 8.45pm!.
Back Monday
35 deg here again in Dorset yesterday. As someone who struggles with any temp over 20 deg it has been a very uncomfortable, unproductive summer. Laying in front of a fan is all I can manage. Ground like concrete here as well, garden dying, too expensive to water and no rain. Sandra.
ReplyDeleteHope the fireworks go ahead if they decide it isn't a fire risk.
ReplyDeleteWe are also doing things outside early or late, it's much pleasanter for us and the dogs to walk then. Yesterday's heat was a challenge, so much in the garden is frazzled or wilting but the sweetcorn cobs look as though they're going to be good so some saving graces.
Penny
Hot here again. Even in the Parish Church fir the VJ Day service. And it hardly ever gets above chilled in there!
ReplyDeleteIt has been far too hot for me. The heat not only leaves me physically wrung out, it also dulls my brain. I can't concentrate on anything when I am hot and bothered.
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