Our heating isn't on yet.

Walking the dog this morning whilst it was pleasant, there was a noticeable chill to the breeze.

During the day is fine , don't need the heating on, but it does get cool in the evenings. We have just got the gas boiler back up and working, after 3 weeks of no heat, so now, I am luxuriating with the central heating on again, I'll just leave it on for a couple of hours for the hot water. It is an old boiler , Halstead , I don't think they make them anymore.

It's still pleasantly warm. I walked the dog this morning and I really didn't need my fleece. I was noticeably chilly tonight on our walk.

Tomorrow looks to be pretty good, I reckon I'll spend the afternoon in a canal-side pub under the veranda.

While I was pottering about on my allotment on Saturday, I saw a bee buzzing around the last of the flowers - I couldn't believe it!

Coupled with our botched exit from the EU I reckon that means we'll get stuffed on food prices.

I did read that if you had the facilities now was the time to buy beef and freeze it, as there is currently a glut due to a scarcity of grass for cattle to graze on. The theory is that as time goes on, the early culling of cattle will catch up with supply and demand and the price will rocket during early 2019.

Here's another downside to the hot weather - crops have really been suffering: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45084984

I've got a lot of time for Dog's trust, but last time I was there I was particularly unimpressed with how it was being run. P*ss ups and brewery spring to mind.

Don't forget our pets during the hot weather: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/treats-needed-for-fun-filled-games-at-dogs-trust-when-heatwave-returns-7990/

I checked my allotment last night, and the soil was still bone dry an inch down; I reckon today's rain didn't do much to soak the ground either.

The dog had a wander in the garden tonight. When she came in I was expecting dirty wet feet needing drying off: but no, she was quite dry. That afternoon downpour doesn't seem to have had much wetting effect on the ground.

I was at the Game Fair today - managed to find some shelter before I got too wet.

The car's clean now!

I did manage to walk the dog between showers though.

As I took the dog out tonight a couple of spots of rain fell, but nothing to wet the ground properly. In fact, I'm beginning to think if the dry spell continues much longer I'll have to run the car through the car-wash.

We're in for a temporary reprieve from the sun. Hooray!

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/exactly-rain-hit-coventry-warwickshire-14960450

You cannot cure stupidity! - But a 9mm piece of lead does sometimes help reduce the level.

Yet more examples of human idiocy: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/arsonists-starting-fires-in-warwickshire-as-heatwave-intensifies-7860/