Good Morning Tuesday 14th July 2026

Morning from yes, sun again in S Hants with a slight breeze.
Yesterday was quiet on the voluntary phone, we have a new system picking up calls online, not dialling in to an answerphone.
More washing was done. Our garden is looking very tired, with no significant rain for weeks the hose was a poor substitute and now we have a ban. I am exempt, but feel guilty if we use it.
Enjoy the museum Bellas.
Fingers crossed for your journey Marzipan and safe travels to all out and about.
🦩🦩

Morning from Essex, clouds like yesterday morning and a slight breeze, but it looks like our sunshine will burn off the clouds and give another glorious day.

Have the best time you can, lovely people

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Crikey you lot are up early! It’s 8:30am in the UK and there’s 43 posts already! Are you all off to work? …. 😂

Good morning everybody from Málaga where it’s hot again (lovely) with a very pleasant soft cool breeze oh no that’s the ceiling fan I’ve not switched it off yet! 🤷‍♀️

It’s LWW here at 2pm up in Arroyo. I will not go in the boutique, I will not go in the boutique, I will not …

Tidy up morning here first after my cereal and Greek yoghurt with grapes (my nod to healthy eating) and before my shower and hairwash. I need to sweep, mop the tiles, put my sheets in to wash and make up the bed. Also as the family of four will be using this place before me next month and need space and hangers in the wardrobe I need to pack all my stuff into clip boxes. I hate doing it but it’s only once a year so I shouldn’t moan. I’m glad I don’t rent it out #lazygran.

The man came to do the window strips yesterday what a difference now! The old ones had gone brown in the sun over the years and the effect spoiled looking out at the gorgeous view. Now - so much better. See pic before/after!

There was a recent thread about car repairs - local v dealerships Liberty. Unless you’ve a guarantee or warranty the locals won hands down. One of my cars was recalled for a free tweak at the Dealership - fresh coffee, newspapers, pastries and a B&O tv to watch, but I noted that the hourly labour charge was 3 times what my local garage charged - I’d paid cheaper barristers!

Good morning from Wiltshire. A slightly cooler morning. It’s been sooooo windy though.

We enjoyed the Wimbledon men’s singles final on Sunday. DH completely forgot about the rugby on Saturday which he was annoyed about. Watched the England-Norway match but I have to confess, I find football very boring. DH only ever watches if England are playing in the World Cup.

School pickup yesterday. DGS2 wanted to watch EnglandvNorway again but got bored. DGD3 (7) was at a birthday sleepover on Saturday. Apparently they were “still going” at midnight. Even worse, DGD2 was 13 yesterday and on Saturday, she had a sleepover in a large tent in the garden with 6 other girls. Nobody really got any sleep according to DS including everyone in the neighbourhood I think. 😯

Congratulations to Iris on a 2nd place at the RDA national championships. Which discipline was she competing in? DD2 used to help at the RDA in West Berkshire when we lived there. When she was a boarder in Somerset she continued riding at a school there and was lucky enough to take a Badminton horse over some jumps. They were nowhere near as big as the real course but the horse jumped very high as it was used to doing this. Sadly it’s just too expensive nowdays.

I’m sorry that such an important chapter has closed in your life Gingster. I hope your cottage brings you lots of happy memories.

Good morning, Michael12 and all.

At 8 this morning, I was at work opening the 2 shop windows, and on one of them, on the inside, was a huge Airbus fly, but thankfully it was dopey, so I grabbed the swatter and battered it to death there and then, and with great pleasure too!

Because of the weather, I've got another bomber of a headache, so I've taken some Paracetamol, washed down with a can of Monster. The shop, till area, etc., are all set up, so I'm sitting here waiting for the first customer!

Have a good one, al of you!

Good morning from a cloudy Leicestershire.

Today DH is having his PET-ct scan. He is quite nervous and has been up since 6.
I am still hobbling so they will wonder why he is the patient and not me.
I have a telephone consultation with the GP this afternoon to see how long the MRI will be and to see if there are any stronger pain killers.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

grandmadinosaur enjoy your river trip. We did it when we lived in the Netherlands in the late seventies and I remember the market in Liege stretching for miles and selling just about everything under the sun!

Good morning everyone from a cloudy Northampton, feeling much cooler.
I really enjoyed the lower temperatures yesterday, it made going out pleasant.

Also enjoyed yoga yesterday and the coffee gathering afterwards especially as it was the first time I'd been out in a week.
Came home, did a few household tasks, had lunch then it was out on the bus to the shops, mainly to get an M&S voucher for the cousins whose ruby wedding celebration I am attending at the weekend. I also popped into Boots and spent a mini fortune on skin care and make-up..... in the forlorn hope that it might take a few years off me by Saturday!

Must get a few more things done around the house this morning; have already got a load of washing in the machine.
Hope to get out on a group walk after lunch - I have spent too long indoors lately.

Wishing all a pleasant cooler day.

Good morning from overcast South Lanarkshire.

We arrived home yesterday from an absolutely wonderful trip. Eight of us across three generations, aged seven to seventy seven visited Thailand and Singapore. The heat and humidity was intense yet we managed to enjoy all the sights and sounds including seeing monkeys and snakes in their natural habitat, although I was surprised by the snake which crossed my path in the hotel gardens on the island of Koh Samui to be honest.

The jet lag is fierce but I’m hoping we feel much better by this evening as DH and I along with DD and DS are going to see James Taylor at Edinburgh Castle.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 13° and cloudy. I think its a sea haar so might burn off later. Its very still. Grandmadinosaur enjoy your river cruise. marzipan safe journey home today.
Yesterday, for whatever reason, I felt more energetic than I have for a while. I did 2 lots of weeding then polished, hoovered and mopped all the floors. Mentally I felt better for it. Dd sent videos of the boys sliding down water slides. Dgs2 has improved his confidence in the water massively. It was nice to see them so obviously enjoying themselves.
Today I will check on dds for mail. I want to clean the glass in the house. If the sun does come out, I will have to do it in stages. I might even finish weeding the front garden. Have a good day all

Good morning all and it’s beautifully cool at the moment.

Today I’m hopping on the train , just two stops, to meet my ‘oldest’ pal for coffee for a couple of hours. I won’t go to Bridge today as I don’t like leaving Dh all day. Also I have to go up to town to take papers to the solicitors., DIL came and we went through it all together so hopefully we’re nearly there. 😤. My lovely neighbour came in to witness our signatures . He felt quite important, I think 😉.

I hope you’re feeling better today Utbb. That feeling is horrible especially when you’re out.

GG 💐.
Safe and troublefree journey wished for you Marzipan.

Take care all 🌺

Good morning from a cool and cloudy Suffolk where it is supposed to be sunny and hot unlike yesterday when both DH and I needed jumpers on in the house. It was 22 degrees but I think we had adjusted to the hot weather well and therefore felt chilly in the evening.

I am still awaiting a phonecall from the garage after leaving my car there yesterday for a service and MOT. When asked if I had noticed any problems I said I thought one of the side lights was out. My confidence that that was the only problem was dented when they phoned mid morning to say I needed a new tyre,work on the brakes etc with an estimate stretching into 4 figures!

We have used the local main dealer for nearly 40 years and trust them to do a good job so the work was authorised. No choice really but I do value the freedom of having a car especially since we are 2 miles away from very limited public transport.

Hope today is a good one for all and those on holiday continue to enjoy this hot weather.

Good morning all from a really dull and miserable Suffolk coast.

We had a lovely day mooching round the Maltings and then spent the afternoon in the hotel.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s warm with light grey clouds, sunshine later
Take it easy today ginny after a stressful day yesterday, hope your neighbour is doing ok
Yesterday I enjoyed pottering in the garden, mainly weeding and cutting back. I’ll not get much chance again today as I’m meeting a friend for coffee this morning at the garden centre and then I’ve the hairdressers this afternoon.
Lovely pictures grandmadinosaurand gelisa enjoy your holidays and everyone else away just now
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

ginny thank you for that info.

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. The cloud is clearing already but it’s still cool out. Yesterday it was lunchtime before the cloud cleared so it was a very cool breezy morning. I met a friend for coffee and then had a browse in the shop at the RHS garden.

I need to go to the garden centre for some birthday cards and more compost, and will see my dementia friend later. I hope her DH has the patio door open, otherwise I’ll suffocate!

marzipan I hope you have a trouble free and comfortable journey home today.

bellasnana have a lovely few days in Majorca with your DD and your treasures!

utbb and ginny I hope you both feel better today, somehow the heat makes being unwell feel worse.

grannygravy enforced inactivity is frustrating isn’t it? Even when it’s really too hot to do anything anyway! I hope that your body is responding well to the rest.

Have the best day you can everyone.

Good morning Mick and everyone from sunny Carlisle. We have a cool northeasterly breeze which is keeping the temperature down most of the day inside though it gets stuffy by late afternoon. I'm still finding it too hot to do anything physical outside so I'm getting cabin fever!
I was going to go to the garden centre this morning, I have a space or two to fill but really there's no point if it's too hot to plant and then it will need careful watering. I've got plenty of that to do already.

I'll crack on with some housework and get out somewhere, anywhere tomorrow I think.

Enjoy the day if you can folks.

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Good morning. From Shetland . It’s dull today following a glorious day day yesterday. We added to the wildlife total with thousands of seabirds which we could see on the cliffs as we went round small islands in a boat. Gannets guillemots razorbills kittiwakes arctic skewers amongst the sitings. We did the trip in the afternoon after climbing Shetland’s highest hill in the morning.
Today’s plans to visit the two most northerly islands are up in the air as we can’t get a ferry booking at the times we had planned. It shows how popular Shetland has become. We’ve never had a problem before in twenty odd years! Take care everyone 🌸

Cools down *

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Good morning all from a sunny Maastricht.
I will join you today and share my picturesque view from our balcony in our apartment as I eat my breakfast. It’s lovely and cool on here.
Today we are going in a boat trip down the River Maas (our view from the front of the apartment) is where are heading into Belgium and Liege for a few hours. I love this country everyone is so relaxed and friendly.

Enjoy your day everyone. I hope it cools didn’t for when we are home later in the week.
Incidentally workmen have appeared working on the roof of the church 4 of them. Not a hard hat in sight.

Good morning from an overcast W Kent. It was lovely to see DGS3 yesterday and catch up with his interesting life. I then saw him off this morning at 5.15, he said he had a good sleep I of course didn’t.
Today is the U3A AGM and monthly meeting in a cool local church, quiet the rest of the day I hope
What a day ginny hope everything settles down
Best wishes

Helterskelter she has one of those neck cords. I think she pays something per month. In case of accidents she pushes a button and they attend to help.
I expect someone can explain better than me.

Good morning all from a sunny Black country.
Second load of washing on catching up after our weekend with our friends from Portsmouth, although they didn't stay with us sleeping at a nearby hotel a busy time as they were here early morning until late evening .
Today we are having a gas smart meter fitted not by choice but our meter is old and due for renewal.
Safe travels those on the move, hope all goes well with any medical appointments.
Have a good day everyone whatever your plans and stay cool 😎.

ginny your poor neighbour. That is a very long wait. Who are the emergency people to call out for a fall? I hope she didn't then have to wait in AE to be treated or admitted.

How kind of you to sit with her for so long.