Friday 26 July 2019

Friday

Good morning, everyone.  Well, it was a horrible night at first.  Despite all my efforts, the bedroom was oven-like and sleep was very restless (and damp).  Later on there was some lightning and some rain.  In fact, it is raining as I type, there's still a storm grumbling around and it is so much fresher, the contrast is amazing.  Despite the rain, I have all possible doors and windows thrown open and inside is cooling off and feeling much fresher again.  Sheer bliss.

We didn't do very much yesterday.  I popped to Morrisons for an early morning shop and then, as it was still not to hot, got the ironing done and away. After that we stayed as still as ever we could in front of the fans and that, really, was the rest of the day.

At one point in the afternoon, Writtle (local village) was the hottest place in the country alongside Kew at 37.9C which is majorly hot by any standards!  The cucumbers and tomatoes love it; me, not so much!

I went to SW but the scales showed a massive gain which has now disappeared again this morning.  I know one shouldn't use different scales but mine are always very close to the group ones so there was something odd there.  Never mind, onward and downward and I reckon the extreme heat played its part.

Today, it is so much nicer again.  It's raining so no need to give the vegetables an early drink and I've just had to almost close the French windows because the rain was coming in.  How lovely is that?  It's expected to be around the mid twenties which is hugely less than yesterday and, once the rain does away and the sun comes out, it might very well be a snoozing-in-the-back-garden afternoon, you never know.

I take Alison to the station at midday and am most relieved that she won't have to endure so much heat in a stuffy train carriage or lug her case around London in such heat.
Despite the heat, we did manage to do some interesting things during her stay.  Hanningfield Reservoir was lovely and I will definitely be going back there again.  The new Chelmsford Museum was great and I need to revisit there as well as there was so much to take in.  Writtle church was, as always, a haven of peace and cool.  It just shows you don't need to spend a lot - all these were free with the only additional cost being the petrol to get there.

Well, my coffee mug is empty and it's time for a refill.  It's nice to want a hot drink again!  Have a lovely day, one and all, and, if it is cooler for you, I hope you can revel in it.  I'm going to count my blessings, for sure.  xx

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  1. 21 degrees and raining WONDERFUL

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    1. Sheer bliss, isn't it. Just lovely.
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  2. It doesn't feel much cooler here yet but I'm enjoying my coffee regardless.
    I think I would find it very frustrating to have a difference between your scales and the SW ones but fingers crossed it will be a loss next time. I've stayed the same. X

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    1. Maintaining is great, well done. And here's to the colder weather reaching you soon. Fingers crossed.
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  3. Just looked at the BBC online weather and highs of 27 today and dropping down over the weekend. Hope your friend gets home OK travelling by rail over the last few days sounded awful

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    1. Hiogh 20s is warm but nowhere like yesterday. She was originally intending to travel on Thursday but changed it before we knew about the predicted heat. I am most relieved too and I'm sure she it! :-)
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  4. Should be a big loss next week then. My scales are always 1lb more than at group so I generally trust them but I know SW say our scales are very accurate, expensive ones......!

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    1. I'm very much hoping so, Lyn. Tomorrow's morning check should be interesating (I don't normally but I'm keeping a close eye on things this week).
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  5. Hopefully the weigh in next week will correct the error but it's still a bit frustrating for you this week.

    It always surprises me just how many free and interesting places and events are available in our local areas if we choose to look. I've made a list and am slowly working my way through it, all just for the cost of the petrol.

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    1. I should do this a lot more too. It's taken a while for me to cotton onto it.
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  6. Has the Chelmsford museum been redeveloped? I have often visited it in the past and always thought it was a very good local museum. Somewhere cool to go to as well.

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    1. Yes, it has, Philip. There's still a section that is the Essex Regiment museum but the rest has been done up and reorganised and I thought it very good indeed. It's still got the bees as well.
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  7. One summer holiday my daughter compiled a list of free activities/ suggestions to do in her area with the children over the summer holidays.It is amazing what you can find.Barbara

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    1. AN extremely useful thing to do, I'd have thought. Has she sort of 'spread it around'?
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