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July 2026
AND AGAIN!!! For a third month, we hit
record-breaking temperatures. It
was yet another re-run of the last two months. There were major, property-threatening
wildfires in the Cairngorms and Suffolk.
We went away for a week to Cornwall and that was mostly fine, but
it got very hot indeed during the last couple of days of the week which
made things difficult. The up-side
was that we had an enforced rest, where we simply left the curtains drawn
to keep the sun out and enjoyed the quiet! As we drove home (with the air-con
running “full-bung”) and as we crossed the M4 on the M5, the outside
temperature hit 36C at one point which some of our readers in other parts
of the world might find cool, but is very hot here!
Lois took an opportunity
to go swimming with Oliver during one of his lessons at The Fish Tank in
Newton Aycliffe. Ian parted
company with the RSGB as British Science Week co-ordinator after the huge
success of this year’s run; and after a pretty rigorous test took up a
place as tutor on the UK’s foremost amateur radio training course to
become a full licence-holder. That
course (BBDL) begins in August and he’s really looking forward to it.
Tara went for her annual
vaccinations and has to have more teeth out because the vet thinks she
has an abscess and our Land-Rover has gone into the garage to have a
lovely new galvanised chassis fitted.
These are both big jobs that we’ll tell you about next month!
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