Good Morning Tuesday 14th July 2026

Good morning from my hotel room on the Wirral where it's stiflingly hot but I'll be heading home to Cornwall in a couple of hours. I really, really hope for air-conditioned trains! I'll be home by 6.30 this evening hopefully, the final leg of my journey being by bus.

Good morning from Malta where it’s already 26°C and rising to 39°C later. Evidently we are due for a period of extreme heat and the usual advice from the government has been published.

I had a surprise message from my friend to ask if I fancied a coffee yesterday. I looked like the wrath of God having showered but not done my face. I did a quick change of outfit, decided my face would have to lump it, and did a quick march up to the village, calling at the pharmacy and bank before meeting my pal. We had a lovely catch up before I hoofed back in the very hot sun, ready for my Treasures.

They arrived fast asleep so spent an hour on their bed. I just love watching them sleep, those dear little legs curled up, two little dark heads on the pillows. I wish I could freeze time as it all passes too fast.

grandMattie my parents were married on 14th July and mother always reminded us it was the anniversary of Bastille Day!

I’m having my roots done at the new hairdresser today. My lovely hairdresser is still recovering from her surgery.

Then I shall do my packing as tomorrow I’m taking DD3 and the boys to Mallorca for a few days. I will be ticking the Rafa Nadal Museum off my bucket list, and there are lots of things for the boys to do. It’s going to be as hot there as it is here so I won’t need to pack a cardi!😂😂

Wishing you all a good day. Thoughts always with our troubled friends.🤗☀️

Good morning from La Sarthe following another hot day and night with more to come. In the night there was some lightning and rumbles of thunder but no rain which is desperately needed here.

Good luck with your appointment, RosesandLilac, whatever it is! And Mick at the optician’s.

Enjoy your day out with different generations of the family, grandMattie.

My DGD, 13, is also in France but with her school on an activities week in the Dordogne. She is the one who dances but I know she’ll enjoy the change and the camaraderie of this kind of break.

Have a good day, everyone! 🦩🥰😎💐🦩

Good morning from s somerset, the very slow decline in temperature continues and I am grateful for one degree less per day

Gosh I was tired by bedtime yesterday, I was at the allotment for a couple of hours at the end of the day and I carried eight cans of water, also picked a trug full of produce. I noticed that already several squash are forming

I am doing less today, maybe some sewing as I am clearing old stash at a rate of knots. I will have more bits to give away to the cs later today. I will only be keeping on top of essentials today in the house, having done a big stack of washing yesterday, all put away too.

A cooked meal from the freezer is on the cards today, I fancy a change from salads

Good morning, a lovely cool start to the day again here in south Glos, it’s so nice to be able to breathe easily.
Yesterday I went into town for my hearing aid check, all’s good so that’s a relief.
I did buy a few bits and pieces, mainly yellow sticker food in Waitrose for a change.
A complete stranger cornered me as I walked from the car, and went on and on about how shops should open earlier in hot weather. As it was 9am I wasn’t sure what shops she was talking about. Most peculiar!
Telephone consultation this morning, which might or might not be a pre-op. Hoping it is!
Housework etc this morning, nothing else happening.
Hope today goes well for you all x
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Good morning from a slightly hazy Bristol. Once again there is a lovey through breeze between the open front door and my bedroom. The heat is more tolerable, only becoming hard to deal with in the late afternoon.
It’s the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille today, a date embedded in my psyche from my French ancestors. France will now close down until 15 August!
Yesterday gave me several bargains at Tesco, the best was a small tray of strawberries for £2, half price. I mentioned it to several mothers with small children.
DS apparently came back yesterday, because he’s taking DGD and I out (IKEA!) and lunch.
I’ll bake first thing, then enjoy my boy.
Have a good day all. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩