Yesterday I was talking to the visiting elderly French mother of a close friend of a dd - we were at a fairly riotous outdoor b-day party of Gds.
We were v lucky with the weather, not too hot, just right. The mother has lived in Provence for over 40 years and told me the summers are now so hot, she hardly goes out of doors all summer long. She added that the best place for a summer holiday is Ecosse! (Scotland - her son in law is a Scot so she was speaking from experience!)