Good Morning Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2026

Good morning, it’s already 17° here on the hillside in south Glos , another very hot day forecast.
We’ll take the dogs out shortly and then spend the day indoors. Luckily the house stays pretty cool with the windows strategically opened depending on where the sun is. I have fans too.
I really don’t enjoy the heat one bit but I’m very lucky that it’s lovely inside. I will be finishing an embroidery and probably planning the next one! I might set up a half-finished vintage abstract piece I bought online, something very different! I need to get my floor stand assembled.
Take care everyone, I hope you enjoy the Bank Holiday x
🌹

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 13° and sunny. Rosesandlilac your vintage embroidery sounds intriguing.
Yesterday I did little apart from cleaning the windows and mirrors. I had a tesco delivery as well so the fridge and freezer are stocked up.
Last night I had some awful recurring dreams which upset me somewhat. Dd isnt working today so I don't have the boys. It isnt a school holiday here, so I will go to the library and tidy it up. Then home to do some weeding. We dont have the very high temperatures here, so some weeding will be fine. I'll roast a gammon and dinner will be gammon and chicken salad. Have a good day.

Good morning from a bright Bristol. It’s “only” 15C here, but promising much higher temps later.
I was woken up by an alarm around 0320 and realised it had been caused by a power cut. Not normally sleeping well, im assumed I would stay awake, but I went back to sleep and have only just woken up.
Still no power despite the text telling me it had been restored, so l called national grid, who assured me it was back. I checked my fuse box. Duh! The cut had caused a fuse to go, all the lights and sockets…
I haven’t resorted to fans and frozen hot water bottles yet, facing north has its advantages. I do keep curtains and windows shut on the sunnier sides and my front door open for ventilation when I’m at home.
Yesterday was very quiet; it was too hot to go out, so I didn’t. I read and did a spot of cooking. I also managed to sort out my printer which had decided to chew up paper. #proudmattie.
Today, after a shop at Tesco (by car, yay!), I shall get organised for my little tea outside. Bank holidays can be very lonely so I have invited anyone on their own to come for tea, cake and chat this afternoon.
Enjoy this day off and the warmth. 🐦‍🔥 Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩❤️🦩

Good morning Mick and all 🙋‍♀️

Is going to be warm and sunny here in S E Essex, and I have no plans other than reading on my lounger in the garden.

Enjoy your day folks 🙋‍♀️

Good morning from sunny South Lanarkshire.

A quiet, calm, relaxing day ahead, hopefully. I enjoyed sitting in the garden with my book yesterday and plan to do more of the same today.
Firstly though there’s laundry to be done and a Sainsbury’s delivery is due later this morning.

Wishing you all a good day.

Good morning from Malta where it is to be sunny and 31°C.

Thank you so much for the flowers and kind words yesterday.

The Mass was lovely and, by coincidence, was attended by the President of Malta whose grandson was making his First Holy Communion having missed being able to do it last week when his friends made theirs.

I had a quiet day but admit the tears flowed, especially as DD1 had put together a short but lovely video of DH playing with our children, pushing baby DS in his pram, etc. she’d set it to Barbra Streisand singing ‘The Way We Were’, so you can imagine. Lovely to see him alive though, so much better than a photo.

I had some good news from my niece who is expecting baby number 3. It will be grandchild number 6 for my late sister, sadly she never met any of them but she lives on in them.

I have got Milo dog for company today and unless we go very early he won’t be getting a walk as the pavements heat up too much for little paws.

Beautiful photos yesterday Greyduster, at first glance I thought they were paintings.

Sorry your DGD is so unwell Kittylester, no wonder you are worried. I hope all will be well.🙏🏻

Wishing a good day to all. Enjoy the ☀️😎 (or not🥵!)

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. It’s already warm in South Yorkshire and set to be in the low thirties by one o’clock.

Yesterday I cleaned my kitchen cabinets and tiles and then sat outside catching up on correspondence and reading. Then I was lured back up into the garden to finish off the weeding. I now have space to put in the new cosmos plants I bought on Friday.

I was thinking of getting on the bus and going to the Botanical Gardens today but it will be very hot and crowded so I’ll go another time when it will be quieter. A day pottering at home will fill the space. If I can stand the heat later, I’ll have a local walk.

Have the best day you can, folks.

Good morning everyone from Morecambe Bay. It’s 14 degrees with a clear sky and should reach the high 20’s with a zero percentage chance of rain according to my most reliable weather app. Because of my work as a gardener I have several weather apps and they vary considerably. If they all agree then I can be confident of the days weather. It surprises me how different they can be.
An early walk in the woods which will be as shady as anywhere. The woods are now in full leaf so quite sheltered in the rain and shady in the heat. I was sad to see police notices yesterday warning about nest disturbance. In this day and age who collects birds eggs?
Not a lot else planned for today so maybe get our next camper trip planned. We have blanked off the dates in the diary and intend a road trip right down the east coast, but have no campsites booked as yet.
Thinking of all with worries and sadness. Take care🌸.

Good morning from a very warm corner of La Sarthe. Yesterday we spent much of the day outside apart from over lunchtime when the heat was too much, hitting 31deg C at its height!

DH did some strimming whilst I read my book in the shade. No doubt today will be more of the same.

How kind of your DD1 to make a video for you, Bellasnana! She has inherited your capacity for thoughtfulness.

I hope today’s news of your DGD is more heartening, Kittylester.

Recurring unpleasant dreams aren’t conducive to feeling rested, Grandmabatty so perhaps you can 💤 later.

Wishing everyone a good day, whether or not it’s a holiday. 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning from Sheffield
We are back home having brought the weather back with us.
I like coming home just before a bank holiday as it gives me a day to reset. I certainly will be able to get my washing dry
It’s been a wonderful holiday and just what I needed, a good rest
I need to catch up with everyone’s news now.
Take care everyone

Good morning all - another scorchio!
Lovely but short surprise visit from youngest D, SIL and the little boys yesterday for an hour en route to SIL’s parents..
The boys let off steam outside and then started playing shops and I am still finding Post-its around the house saying “Pay her(e)” or bearing drawings of mobile phones or keypads. How the world has changed!
So today I am giving up on outside and going to sit in a nice air-conditioned cinema to watch The Christophers, probably sipping something cool, to the disgust of my friend who hoped I would go National Trusting with her but honestly? BH traffic, roads, trekking round a garden in full sun?
No contest.
Wishing you all a pleasant day. ☀️

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. It will reach 31 degrees later. We are planning a barbecue but I will find the heat difficult.

It was good to see our daughter yesterday. We had a great Sunday lunch which included the must delicious lemon and raspberry creme brûlée.

After lunch today OH will drive our daughter to the station for the train back to London. She has work tomorrow.

We were talking about hobbies. One of hers is her singing group but the main was is holidays! Sometimes on her own, sometimes with friends. Next week she is off on her own to Malaga for a week where she lived for three months before moving to Madrid for a year.

Have a good day everyone and don’t forget sins and plenty of liquids.

Thinking of the MDs and other missing posters.

Good morning from s somerset, baking hot again, it will be more than yesterday when it was 29.5 at 6pm

Going to the allotment at 6pm undid all my cool calm actions during the day. I had 2 litres of cold water in my fridge, best way to keep track of myself during this dangerous weather and even then I did not quite finish it. Oh of course I had not counted the first glass of water plus the gigantic mug of tea but the number of wees told me I needed all those drinks

GrandmaBatty Ahh thank you, I also enjoy your posts very much

I used to have two friends, old ladies, sisters who lived together. They were farmers wives and had all the life skills, very smart too and they downsized to an apartment near our town house. They sewed and yesterday I realised why they wore the same pattern blouse and skirt all the time, different fabrics and colours. I am going to copy them to some extent and yesterday wore a very cool, comfortable cotton poplin top with a simple A line linen/cotton skirt with easy fitting gathered waist. I was comfortable and my body was airy all day. The top was the Ashton top by Helens closet, short sleeves and short fit but very flattering on me

Last night I cut out another Ashton top, it only takes a little fabric and hardly any work. I will sew that today and put together another set, ready to wear when the weather is hot, when I need to wear something other than a kaftan. Itch to Stitch Seychelles is another very easy airy top and I already have two sets, ready to take out of my wardrobe

I feel as though I have been inspired by these ladies, I do love role models that help me to glide into older age.

Obviously today then will be adapted to the heat with water melon and salad, reading, sitting out until it becomes too hot in the shade and then sewing, the Ashton will take about an hour to sew this evening

All about me today, I am not going to think about both Dds doing their outdoor competitive stuff, one did hers yesterday and is still chirpy after 32 miles. The other starts with a sea swim at lunchtime. I daren`t think of them in this heat, they are fit adults.

Look after yourselves

Sins! I think I mean sunscreen!

sins and plenty of liquids. Sounds a good day, llfl !

Good morning everyone from Basel where it’s going to be another very hot day
Sorry to hear about the bad dreams grandmabatty hope that’s the end of it now
Yesterday morning we enjoyed a wander in a local park and found a cool shady spot to sit, later we took a short boat trip along the Rhine to another area which was very interesting and modern, it’s where the borders of France, Germany and Switzerland all meet. It’s been so lovely seeing DS and his partner but this afternoon DH and I are heading off to Arosa, it’s in the mountains so hopefully a bit cooler there.
llfl
Hoping everyone enjoys the warm sunny weather in the uk 😎
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning from sunny Stockport.
16 degrees and a forecast of 31 later.

My GS is 17 today and his dad, younger brother, older brother, his partner, my 2 GGD’s and I are going out for an early evening meal.
They have not seen their mother for two and a half years, it is very sad, they seem ok but we don’t know what they feel as they never talk about her, the two younger ones see counsellors
through school but it is confidential and never mentioned.

I stayed indoors all yesterday as instructed by my GD who is away for a couple of days.

Keep cool and hydrated today, we are promised a drop of 17 degrees soon, the vagaries of British weather.

Good morning from Shropshire.Another very hot day.

Will catch up with the laundry and admin after our weekend away then reading and relaxing.We are looking after our granddaughters little dog so a couple of walks at the cooler ends of the day.

I can imagine how emotional it was seeing the film your daughter made Bellasnana but what a lovely idea.

My first thought was that your photos were paintings too Greyduster.They reminded me of paintings my mum had done.

Thoughts with all our absent friends and all struggling with their own health and that of family members.

Wishing everyone the best day ahead🌷🦩

Good Morning all from another lovely sunny morning here on the central south coast. We have got the hang of coping with the heat indoors and the house is comfortable even in the hottest part of the day. Blinds, curtains, open windows and fans all play their part in an efficient cooling system!

We are very pleased with the new patio furniture and set up though it was too hot for me to sit out. Even DH, a heat lover, came indoors at the hottest part of the day.

Hope all our GNs with health issues are coping with the heat and that they can re-join us soon with positive news.

Good morning everybody from Málaga it’s wall to wall sunshine 🌞 I love this weather bc it’s not humid so it’s very pleasant in the heat I love warmth you’ll never hear me say I’m too hot (except in August here with the family I wouldn’t choose to come that month otherwise).

Well I’ve had a week here and I’ve decluttered cleaned and tidied every drawer wardrobe and cupboard. Apart from one containing 4 clip boxes containing Himself’s effects and I cans quite bring myself to bring those down yet. No rush. I’m here for two more weeks.

Just the gardens today I have no need to go to the supermarket. Lounging with a book sounds the best idea for me too dear pen pal!

I might ask my fellow widowed neighbour whether she’d like to join me walking to down to a curry house that a friend from Manchester has recommended to me.

Good morning from a bright and sunny W Kent. Another quiet day here, I shall read in the garden and get some washing out. DH is struggling with the heat and sleeping during the day a lot.

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. Dry sunny and already warm, we are forecast 30 degrees today I think. Hot yesterday, so didn’t go for a walk. DD1 dropped the dog off to me on their way to a local outlet shopping centre to buy equipment for the 11 year old’s three night residential trip with her year group. It will be 3 days of outdoor activities sometime in June. The dog and I stayed indoors all day, but I’ll sit out in the shade today. But if DD1 decides to take the DGDs out for the day, I’ll have the dog again. I have some plants to put in pots so may do that,

brook enjoy your holiday in the mountains, it will be cooler there but hopefully still sunny.

Thinking of our absent posters and hoping that life isn’t too difficult for you.

Have the best day possible everyone.

18 degrees in Huntingdon. Any moment now I will nip out into the garden to do the days gardening while it is cool. Nothing strenuous, just wafting a weed burner over the weeds in a couple of narrow beds.

After that, a Monday as normal, do some cleaning, organise the short holiday we are going on that starts on Wednesday, then start making the curtains for our living room

...and keeping DH cool. This hot weather is a seriously aggravating factor when someone has a serious heart problem, I am sure others have the same problem. We have fans and the front of the house faces north so we have several fairly cool rooms. Lots to drink and not doing anything.

Good morning from a blistering Cornwall. I shifted lots of earth yesterday in the deep shade of my wood and potted up my lone globe artichoke, planted in memoriam of my allotment. My patio was alive with bees and butterflies. I introduced valerian a couple of years ago and they love that. A tiny, pretty mint moth appeared too, attracted by my various mint planters. Today will be more of the same though I may pop around the corner to the cinema for a coffee in their cooling café at some point. It's in a converted old hall with stained glass windows, very pretty.

The town will be very quiet I expect as everybody else heads for the beaches! So lovely for children on holiday.