Hi PamelaJ1
I am in the village part of Blackheath, which I think is fairly safe, but there are a lot of trees around. My worry is flying embers, I live in a small timber cottage. No heroics here, bags and car have been packed for about a month.
The firies are UNBELIEVABLE, how do we ever thank them? They have been working for weeks and yes, many, I think most, are volunteers. There are calls to pay them, at least in this situation. The Prime Minister was rejecting that but there was so much pressure to pay them, that he has agreed to making some money available.
I did hear of one lake near me being used for water but the level was so low because it is so dry here at the moment they had to stop using it.
There is some rain, not a lot, but some, predicted for early next week. Hopefully that will relieve things a little.