So bored!

Oh that looks like a nice supper.

It can be boring if you don’t drive I suppose.I still do a part time job but any housework here is done early morning as there’s a cool window of opportunity between 6 and 8 a.m.
I did the bathroom then, saw to laundry and pressed a few clothes as well, then watered the pots in my yard.DP did the vacuuming and then a bit of local food shopping.
There are books to read, tv programmes and radio and podcasts and stories on BBC Sounds.Crosswords and puzzles and having a nap.
Chins up, the heatwave won’t be forever.

Mostly watched North and South, on Channel 4, bookended by watering plants early & late. Reading Clay by Melissa Harrison & picking through the fridge.

Well I don’t drive but I m not really bored I m still volunteering and popping off for a sea swim after work
Allotment tomorrow to put second sowing of peas in and give it a good water then lunch with some friends
Shopping Saturday and maybe beach in the afternoon or some gardening
I can’t just stay in it drives me mad
Aren’t there any parks or woods nearby I m sure it must be horrid to be in the middle of a city either when it’s hot or freezing cold
Certainly nothing on TV at the moment if you’re not a sports fan, which I m not ( neither am I a housework fan) I always have a jigsaw on the go

Tea and a biscuit in bed first thing and read for a bit.
Had a bath.
Breakfast.
Paid credit card bill online and made an Amazon order.
Some ironing.
Deadheading flowers in the garden. Staked tomatoes bushes.
Coffee break and puzzles/crossword.
Some painting [acrylics on canvas]
Lunch.
Browsed the internet.
Some knitting and watched Wimbledon.
Dinner.
Played an online game for 30 minutes.
Went for a 40 minute walk as it was cooler.
Watched football.......

keepcalmandcavachon

Mostly watched North and South, on Channel 4, bookended by watering plants early & late. Reading Clay by Melissa Harrison & picking through the fridge.

Thanks. I didn't realise it was on Ch 4; I've been looking for it on BBC iplayer. There are a few other things on there to watch, too.

Prepared lunch and veg etc for our tea. I made rhubarb crumble and apple pie for the weekend.
Stripped beds for washing machine taking advantage of the sunshine. Dry within no time folded and put away.
Everyday I have to weed my veg patch the horses tail goes into a bucket of water to eventually end up on the veg patch.
Our dog is very ill she follows me and watches everything I do. When I'm in between my jobs she sits and cuddles me. Her time is limited now I have to keep occupied I am never bored.

Listen to music, music, music, a joy of my life.

: R3 unwind, some R3, and U tube - all sorts, classical, World Music....good folk, golden oldies. (I subscribe, only the odd advertisement.

I do have a car - would be lost without it where I live. When it has to go, I move.

So if I go out in this heat its
aircon gym
aircon supermarket
aircon Costa

very early morning or evening water the garden do active stuff like a wash or admin

Sorry Maybee70 North and South is on Channel U, not Channel 4. Heatwave Head
It's one of the free channels so plenty of adverts but hey ho.
I love the way in dramas from yesteryear seemed to quietly unfold, little moments not rushed.
I'm going to start buying older DVDs from charity shops in order to be able to watch The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Woodlanders and the like, all of the Dickens addaptations and The White Queen!

I agree the heat is a bit too much and induces lethargy, particularly in the heaving metropolis. From a personal pov, right now we're down in Dartmouth, having much breeze from the River Dart, various boat trips, one to NT Greenway, Agatha Christie's house. Saturday we 're moving on to Salcombe, so I'm not bored, o/h is playing golf today, I shall have a swim in the hotel pool. I can't remember another British holiday where it's been unbroken wall to wall sunshine. I think mainland Europe are getting terrible extremes, for once I'm glad I'm here and not there.

It is on Ch4. I found it last night. The Mayor of Casterbridge was on iplayer, I watched it last year. I love The White Queen. I wasn’t so keen on The White Princess but I might try it again. What I did like was the Elizabeth series with Ann Marie Duff and a young Tom Hardy. It got overlooked because there was another series at the same time starring Helen Mirren, but I preferred the Tom Hardy one. I still buy DVD’s because I like all the extra stuff you get with them.

TerriBull

I agree the heat is a bit too much and induces lethargy, particularly in the heaving metropolis. From a personal pov, right now we're down in Dartmouth, having much breeze from the River Dart, various boat trips, one to NT Greenway, Agatha Christie's house. Saturday we 're moving on to Salcombe, so I'm not bored, o/h is playing golf today, I shall have a swim in the hotel pool. I can't remember another British holiday where it's been unbroken wall to wall sunshine. I think mainland Europe are getting terrible extremes, for once I'm glad I'm here and not there.

I have fond memories of a pub at Salcombe called The Pigs Nose…

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ykmm

Try this, it will cool you down!

Some of you are so busy that I need a rest to recover from reading about your activities.
I'm sitting here in the dark with the blinds down. I had the windows open earlier when it was cool.
I'm contemplating taking a doc into an office in town then food shopping locally. Don't want to do either.

Thankyou Maybee70, I didn't know of the Ann Marie Duff Elizabeth!

Yesterday I slept late due to having a very uneasy night. I did no housework whatsoever but sat outside in the shade for a while. Did my usual morning puzzles and then made lunch. In the afternoon I settled down to watch the Wimbledon tennis.
I watered the potatoes when they were in the shade and then had a little walk around the houses. Evening television was poor so I scrolled through some YouTube videos and found the very first episode of Catweazle which was a trip down memory lane.
Today our son is coming for lunch so this morning I have dusted the living room. Still need to vacuum but DH is having a nap and I don't want to disturb him. It can wait until later.

keepcalmandcavachon

Thankyou Maybee70, I didn't know of the Ann Marie Duff Elizabeth!

The Mediaevil [sp] Babes did the music to it, too. I always claim to be the first person to discover Tom Hardy!

Well I was brave and drove into town to drop off that document. I was so thrilled to spot a parking space in central Edinburgh that I failed to notice that it was the wrong way on a one way street. Luckily I got away with it. Food shopping at nearby shopping centre and now home. Hiding in the dark with my Dyson fan going. The cat's long fur is wafting in the breeze from it!

We have Virgin Queen CD. Never get tired of listening to it. It was a fabulous series.

Been playing piano, watching YouTube, reading and repotting houseplants (in deep shade). Poor dogs are bored although sleep a lot so passes their time!

I'm with you Aveline. Compared to the rest of you I'm like a sloth? Thank goodness for Wimbledon and the World Cup.

Luckily I am an early riser and spent part of my childhood in tropical climes, so I am up at 6.00. Cleaned the kitchen and come 9.00 am did a short walk to the newsagents to get the papers, Argos to collect a package, M&S Food to collect more ice lollies and home.

By the time I got home, around 9.30, the builders had arrived so we discussed with them what they intended to do today. They are currently refitting the bathroom, including external downpipe to the sewer and reroofing a single storey extension. Coffee and the papers followed by doing some pqperwork at my desk,

We have just had lunch and I will do more paperwork before painting an internal door frame. The house being the way it is , it is best to break redecorating into small tasks so that any area with wet paint is not so big that people are bound to brush against it. Just one cat of paint and then I will start making new living room curtains.

Spending as much time indoors as possible - much as I like the sun an almost constant 36 degrees is just too much for me, especially when it doesn't go below 26 overnight so I can't sleep. Sewing, watching films, crosswords, Scrabble, very little housework unless done early, laundry is brilliant because it all dries so fast. I've just washed three Winter puffer jackets and dried them on the line.

Had to go into London yesterday for DH hospital appointment and I just found it difficult to breathe in the hot air. We had a fair walk to the hospital, not to mention between tube lines. The train coming back was much cooler than the train going out but I was so happy to be home again.

Watch tennis

Over the hot days, I've noticed lots of jobs needing done around the house and garden so I've been spending time, listing and researching how to do them - Big Job! When that gets too alarming boring,
I've been catching up with Ancestry a little.
Making lists of stuff we'll need to get in over the next few days as we have no c & c's arranged.
Ordered up some stuff I need from online, checked banking accounts,
Investigated the best way to go about upcoming car MOT - inclusive of service/pre mot check and so on,
catching up with memoirs for DGC,
and in the evening deadheading and watering the garden, although it really needs weeded after a terrible gardener supposedly weeded it.
Today went out early but ended up bumping into friends and chatting.
Trip to vets for meds and to Tesco for lunch and dinner stuff.
I will chill and read this afternoon and
'Think about' cleaning tomorrow
and save the hoeing of weeds and supervising the sanding down of garden studio until tomorrow when temps are apparently dropping here in Scotland.
We are at 'only 26 degrees and it just wipes me out nowadays!

Learn a language - lots of free websites, or Duolingo. I have also dropped a few hints about getting a keyboard for my birthday next month so I can learn to play something. Currently making a photobook online with photos from holiday in Italy before the heatwave started. Walks early and late. Making ice cream. Lots of admin and shredding to do too. Not enough hours in the day really.