Are you awake / hot? ?

We aren't used to this much heat here in N.Ireland so it's knocked me for six and it's nowhere near what any of you Grans have had to deal with.
I took the dog out at 10.30pm and the moon was amazing, very orange. As soon as we stepped back into my bungalow the heat hit us. The dog lay at my bedroom doorway sharing my fan, still didn't have much sleep though.
Up at 6am and we set off for another walk along the seafront which had a wee bit of a breeze, it was lovely. Clouding over a bit now, weather warning for thunderstorms, looks like we are heading for a bit of respite.

For some reason I’m warmer today than I have been all week.
I have jackdaws hammering at my windows, so I can barely open them and have to keep the blinds down, in case one decides to hop inside - awful things!

Both. My livingquarters and badroom face West...
I have a fan and a (hot) water bottle, frozen, which helps a tiny bit.
I try to keep shaded and to do as little as possible.
I hate this heat; I turn a fetching shade of beetroot and and extremely grumpy if too hot!

There are some strict orthodox Jewish communities where all the women ( where all the women are menstruating together) go to live in a separate ( from their husbands) building.

Esmay

I'm going to try to sleep now.
I have prickly heat from trying to save my plants .
I've given up with jewellery-poor you MissA .

Rain might mean floods as the ground is like concrete and how many people have had their front gardens paved over ?

I've deliberately kept a a circular lawn and borders in my small front garden to compensate for the rear courtyard being fully paved (but full of large potted plants). Totally mindful that paved/concreted garden spaces aren't environmentally friendly.

You are right about it being awful if you're not feeling 100 %. I am not feeling right at all and have to walk my dog every morning before it gets too hot, when all I want to do is stay in bed.
On the positive side, the washing is drying quickly and sitting in the sun for short periods of time bucks the spirits up.

I sleep badly in the heat too. I found by closing my windows and drawing heavy curtains in my bedroom through the day helps. I don't use a fan as I find them really dehydrating but place bowls of ice near my bed, use natural bedding and fill my room with plants.

Too hot to sleep, I wet a bath towel, spin it to get most of the water out then put it over my naked body………., hope we don’t have burglars ??

In the day time I wet a tea towel then put in freezer. It’s lovely draped around your neck for a while ?

I was looking forward to a more comfortable night last night with a fan delivered from the "South American" place yesterday, but when I opened it up there was a crack in the casing and it has to go back, so spent another sticky night.

It was difficult to fall asleep ? despite a fan on in this heat.

Then there was a terrific thunderstorm. Nature gave a wild performance of thunder and lightning ? effects. The fuses popped then the power went out completely - despite re-setting the main fuse. Trying to preserve the cold in the fridge, I filled up a hot water bottle with cold water and went back to bed. I had to close the shutters because the rain was coming in. A wee bit of airflow but not much.

DH woke later, and the power came back on. It was an electricity box that connects our house to the main public electricity that had gone down, but reset itself about 2 or 3 house later.

Nearly 100 lighting strikes recorded on our tiny weather station. Nature vented her spleen!

Loving the cool rain now, here in France. I hope it puts out some of the fires! ?

Georgesgran
I had to smile when I saw your picture! We don't have jackdaws but do have very noisy crows and they are really quite big.

I do have my window open at night but am a bit aware that something might fly in so I keep the blind closed.

Don't go to bed too early to make sure you are really tired ... Close all windows with sun on them , draw curtains / blinds .. start to open windows when it becomes cooler in the evening... sleep with just a sheet or nothing .. Last night really hot so I just had a thin cotton night dress no covers and I slept from 12 till 6am , when my alarm comes on as I start my pills then , I suffer from Polymyalgia for nearly a year now which is awful .... Fanny cornforth says she takes pain killers ,, Correct me if I am wrong , but I think they will make you hot ? I don't have a fan in my room , but I was comfortable .. But I do live in a brand new house which is very well insulated ... keeps the heat out in summer and in winter keeps the heat in !

I close all my windows, blinds, and heavy curtains from about 9 or 10am, until 5pm at the earliest. No shade in the garden as it gets the sun all day. At the mo the temperature is 31°, but I am comfortable without turning on the fan. I am in London.

I’ve bought a Meaco fan. It’s absolutely a game changer in this heat I heartily recommend .

When it’s so hot and sleep eludes me, I get up and have a very cool shower. Then go back to bed and get off to sleep!

Fanny, try taking your painkillers after you eat, helps them to stay in your system it seems or they go straight through before they get time to work. Hope you get a better night's sleep tonight ?

I bought some of these last week, stay cool round my neck for over 4 hours, then rinse in cold water, ring out and use again, great in this sultry south of England.

Thunderstorm here last night and some rain. It's a bit cooler today thank goodness. I will have to get round to some of the jobs I've been putting off because it was too hot.

I was awake from 4am, only cat-napped from then until OH woke at 7.15 and now I am flagging! Simply cannot keep my eyes open despite drinking plenty of water and the odd cup of coffee.
Perhaps I should surrender and have a proper snooze.

I have lots of jackdaws here, cheeky bu**ers at your window georgesgran and the crows, oh so noisy when they settle for the night

Anyway, like most people, I am feeling sleep-deprived. I am always energetic but have zilch right now and am hopping from meal to meal. I am finding that my humidifier is so much better for me than the fan. Humidity has been far too low for the mucous membranes and eyes.

The air from the humidifier is far nicer than from the fan. I do use the fans, in the evening when my weather station tells me outside is cooler than inside and then the back of the fan is in front of an open window or door

I am in my cave right now, west glass all covered from the sun right now and am starting to cover east glass as the sun is creeping around. Trouble is that the glass behind the blinds and shutters retains the heat for quite a long time

MissAdventure

It doesn't even look like a hand!

At first glance I thought it was the full moon!

Joking apart you have my sympathy

Woke up at 4am and got up and the ironing before it got to hot but still melted

I slept for nearly eight hours. Cotton nightie, no covers at all,
windows open. Radio 4 on - but of course I didn't hear much of it.
For some reason I do tend to sleep well on hot nights but then I'm a normally chilly person.

Hi there - can’t sleep as too hot and wheezy- two days post operative ( right hip replacement) and home. Feel very sick as my spinal block didn’t work after 3+ attempts so had anaesthetic that was unplanned. Due to my hiatus hernia repair can’t be sick just endless nausea. Sorry for the moan ! Nice to know you’re out there girls xxx

Ive lived in Spain for 33 years, - End of May - end of September is HOT HOTHOT!! I love Feb- May, and September until Dec! No heating bills then, as the temperatures are just perfect- not hot and not cold !