Good Morning Wednesday 8th July 2026

Good Morning from Durham. Blue sky with some cloud and expected to reach 27 by 3pm. Like ginny I feel much better in the sun. My DF had COPD, but still lapped up the heat, saying it felt good for him.
Today, I’ve a dental appointment to discuss ongoing treatment and need petrol en route. The practice has changed hands and my new chap really doesn’t inspire confidence, but at 75, I’d probably struggle to find somewhere else.
This afternoon, I’m seeing my solicitor to amend/re-do my will, as circumstances have changed.
I might get DD2’s Little Dog later, but that’s to be confirmed. I miss our dogs at times Melanie. We had up to 10 springers, but it was DH’s hobby and I only looked after them 100% when he was away, but they were defo very tying.
Puss late DH’s friend had a fabulous house overlooking Strangford (sp?) Loch, it’s a beautiful area.
💐for WhiteSwan63 and RosesandLilac

Best wishes to all. X

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. It will warm up today but only the mid 20s.
I actually put the heating on for a while yesterday evening as my guests were shivering!

The Djokovic match entertained me while I waited for my gas kiln to reach the top temperature. I must now wait until tomorrow before it is cool enough to open.

Yarn group and community lunch today.
The French volunteers will work in the "garden".

Good grief Rosesandlilac ! That sounds like overdoing it to me. Look after yourself please. I hope the chat with your consultant goes well.

I'm glad you're enjoying Anstruther, Harrigran but sad about your pain.

I wish my back pain would leave me. I just hope the physiotherapist on Friday will at least explain what's going on.

Keep cool and hydrated all who are in the heatwave.

Good. Or inb from a sunnny Suffolk where the heat seems to be returning after a cooler evening yesterday.

I’ll go to my keep fit class as it starts at 9.30 and I ‘ll be home by 11 before the heat builds up.

I’m on the search for strawberries that I can hull. Even the ones which are sold as local seem to be the kind which need a knife to remove the green bit. I imagine they are grown in polytunnels rather than in the ground. We reminisced last evening about the many trips we made when the children were young to the local ‘pick your own’ strawberry fields when the children probably ate more than we paid for and took home.

Hope you have a well earned restful day RosesandLilac and all goes well at your appt tomorrow.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s dry and bright with a forecast high of 22° today
Gorgeous photos today thank you all
A busy day ahead, I've an online volunteering session this morning and then I’ll be off to the gym. Home this afternoon and then out line dancing this evening.
Thinking of ever with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning everyone from another bright and sunny 🌞 Northampton day. Going to be very hot again.

Was busy first thing yesterday morning; was out cutting the front grass at 9am, then as I still felt good after finishing that I decided to do the back. I managed to get three quarters of it done before both mower batteries gave out. By that time it was nearly 11am so I made a lovely iced coffee, and sat and did the puzzle page in my newspaper.

I then put the towels in the washing machine, did the washing up and then went and had my shower. That was it for the day - I just put the fan on and sat and read for the rest of the day, starting a new book.

I had a text yesterday asking me to book a pre-op before my next cataract op - so I did that and they offered me two weeks today.

Made a lovely spicy sausage fried rice for dinner last night, flavoured with coriander, cumin and chilli. Tonight it will be fish cake, fries and peas.

Before I shower this morning I will vacuum the stairs, there is so much cat fur on them! I also need to deal with the bins and cat litter tray, as tomorrow is bin day. And must also amend my grocery order as Waitrose is delivering tomorrow.

Still dealing with Tower re my new air fryer which is no use as it trips the fuse box.....

Take care and stay cool....

NannyJan looks like the meet up has been cancelled hopefully we can both make it next time. Hope you get your Mum sorted.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 16° and cloud is lifting. Roses don't underestimate the effect of heat. I think you achieved a lot yesterday. Ashcombe great photo!
Yesterday I didn't achieve much at all. I did strip the bed and got the sheets etc washed, dried and put back on. Dd kept me informed and sent photos. She sent a lovely photo of the 2 boys, beautifully dressed in smart shirts and shorts as they went out for dinner.
Today I hope to recover some motivation and get housework done. Fortunately the temperature should not be as high here in Central Scotland and I will put the fan on if needed. Later I will nip to dds house and put out the food bin and check for mail. Have a good day all.

Thank you Ash. Much appreciated. 🌺

Good morning Mick and everyone from a rather cloudy Carlisle where it is 18°C.
Yesterday I took the train to Newcastle. I arrived at the station to find mine cancelled due to a blockage somewhere. I had to wait for the next one which was half an hour late. To make up time, they cancelled all the stops so we flew to Newcastle where I would have been just a few minutes early for my physio appointment if only my taxi driver hadn't been the dimmest one on the stand! We got close so I stopped paying attention but a few minutes later realised I didn't recognise the street he said was the right one. It wasn't. Long story...after he'd insisted there were two streets with the same name (there aren't) and we eventually arrived at the right one, I was late for my appointment but it went ahead as I was the last of the morning.

Problems continued going home, all was chaos at the station with all trains either being cancelled or very late due to various issues and with platforms being changed at short notice, the announcer was in overdrive!
I was exhausted by the time I got home and did nothing for the rest of the day. If only I could face driving through Newcastle I would take my car another time.

Today I''ll probably go into town for some retail therapy and then back to progress some laundry. It's due to warm up even here so it may go outside for once.

Have a good day everyone if possible and you, rosesandlilac, just rest up!

Good morning all.

This morning we have the ‘ear’ lady coming at 9.30 to clear DH’s ears. 👂 I’ll then catch the bus up to town, I usually walk but it’s a steep hill and in this heat, it’s a no go. I have a few things to get and then meet my friend for a coffee, a visit to M and s and she’ll run me back home.

No brunch out for Dh as his pal is otherwise engaged today.

My new painting has arrived but I need a handyman to come and repair the plaster on the wall where it will hang and then hang it for me.

Good morning everybody from Málaga where it will hit 37°C by noon. No matter, I like the heat and there’s a gentle breeze. It’s the humidity when high wot does for you!

I’m lunching at 2pm with my lovely Glaswegian neighbours. I had to bail on them a week ago when I had that tummy bug so it’ll be really nice to catch up with them today.

I think I’ll nip over to a supermarket beforehand as supplies are getting low. I’m getting through so much bottled water! Cheap as chips out here, unbelievably so.

Good morning, it's 16C here, with cloudy skies.

Roses, please don't over tax yourself. 💐

I have just done an e-consult, I have been feeling pretty grim for days.
In my immunocompromised state, I have obviously picked up a virus. I hope that is all it is.

Enjoy your day, what ever your plans.

Oh sorry posted to soon,
Take it easy RandL.
I hope your SIL recovers now he’s home Marzipan and you’re back home to your little haven.

Take care all.🌺

Morning from already warm S Hants.
Goodness *R&L no wonder you were worn out, rest today.
Very good advertising Ashcombe 🙂
Lovely gardens Gelis thanks.
Yesterday was quiet, cleaner came, garden was watered late at night and MrJ went to bowls early evening.
Must get something out of the freezer for tonight, ring the library, nip to the cashpoint and wash towels.
You must miss your haven Marzipan hope your SIL recovers well.

Good morning from a Sunny W Kent
I think my visit to a new hairdresser has gone well although a different experience to my old one. I am used to young hairdressers and lots of music, this was a mum and daughter team very pleasant but left me sitting for ages with wet hair which I don’t like. Result as asked for so will probably go back
Today visiting friend with her foot up, week 3 I think and needing a good chat. Later tennis I guess
R&L that was a busy day
Marzipan Hope your SIL recovery goes well
Best wishes

Morning all from West Oxfordshire where the temperature may reach 31 degrees.

I seem to have overslept. I wasn’t particularly busy yesterday - WI coffee morning followed by a visit to a friend,

Today I must pop over the road to another friend with some bits and pieces for her. She is feeling the heat. I also have bottles to deliver for a bottle stall at the forthcoming Village Festival this weekend. I can’t attend most of it as I’m out all day Saturday making a ceramic cat and out with our daughter on Sunday.

Have a good day everyone. I’m finding this extreme heat quite befuddling.

Marydoll I hope you get a reply to your e consult today and a bit of help.

Good morning from Sunnyside northwest coast. Slipped up yesterday as thinking the music club was meeting after a three week break due to repairs at our venue, I turned up armed with music etc. to find scaffolding still in place. Strange nobody mentioned it to me…

A guitarist friend also turned up by mistake, so we went for a coffee where he talked the hind leg off a donkey for a couple of hours. I had a card I painted for his recent birthday with me, so was able to give that to him.
Today to the usual lunchtime recital and I think I’ll go in by bus for a change whilst the weather is nice and have lunch in town. That solves my evening meal.
I’m abandoning my latest book for another, life’s too short to force an interest.

Thoughts to Marzipan and R&L🌺

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Good morning from West Sussex by the sea. Another day of blue skies and sunshine. I love it when the temperature is mid-twenties and not too humid. DH prefers nothing much above 21 degrees. The very high pollen affects him too.

I got up early to that I could go with DH to a meeting in Worthing where I planned to go to Waterstones to buy my next bookclub read and have a wander and a coffee until he was finished. We were then going to DD1’s, a little further east along the coast so that I could continue with weeding her garden while she paints the metal garden table (I was planning to start as soon as it cools a bit in the afternoon). Anyway, DH, had a phone call from someone also going to the meeting and arranged to go with him, saying I could take the car. Then he decided he wouldn’t come to DD’s. Now there is no reason for me to stop in Worthing apart from the bookshop and I was hoping to be driven there 🫤. I am sitting at home now trying to decide whether to drive or take the train. I am so indecisive!

Gelisa and am envying your trip to Shetland. I would love to go there but want a guaranteed calm crossing! The weather looks good for your journey.

Ashcombe, your photo of the ‘castle’ made me laugh when I enlarged it and saw what it was made from 😀

Grammaretto, so sorry your back pain hasn’t eased - hope the physio can help.
Harrigran, I’m sorry to read that your pain is spoiling your holiday in that lovely part of Fife. I’m glad you have the lovely view to enjoy.

EkwaNimitee, what a frustrating journey to Newcastle. I love taking the train but it is so unpredictable.

RosesandLilac, as others have said, that was a lot for one hot day when you are already unwell. Advance preparation is good but not if it leaves you exhausted. That’s good advice about protection from cuts and scratches in the garden and using the hydrocolloid plasters. I hate wearing gloves and tend to plunge into weeds and shrubbery with gay abandon. It is probably time I took a little more care!

Marydoll, I hope your econsult results in some treatment for you 💕

I think I have decided to take the train but I will have to leave behind the verbena bonariensis I had potted up for DD3’s garden. I may go on to Brighton and get the bus back to DD’s. I can pick up my book in Brighton.

Enjoy your day as best you can and thoughts with those suffering 🌷

Good morning from a very hot Co Armagh
I went to the greenhouse but beat a hasty retreat after splashing some water about , there are some tomatoes turning colour ! Not a sign of anything on the cucumbers
I have the awning out , it keeps the south facing kitchen and sitting rooms cool
We actually got it to keep out the winter sun . Being south facing the low sun is very strong shining straight in
I’m sitting here expecting Homes Under the Hammer ! Forgot about wall to wall sport !
I’m not going outside again today
Stay cool and hydrated everyone