It was as hot and lasted for weeks. We had just moved into a new build and laid a lawn in April as had other residents in the small enclave. Our lawns stayed green and others thought we were watering madly. It turned out that this development had been built over an underground stream!
My son was 18 months old and at the end of May we spent a week in Bath with my in laws, it was cold and wet. We then spent the next week at my aunt's house in Sidmouth. The heatwave started on the Sunday and we had the most wonderful week by the sea.
We came home to Suffolk and it just went on and on. I didn't mind it at first but got pregnant at the end of July and immediately started morning sickness. I just remember really grim hot days with a toddler feeling like death. I was persuaded to go to visit my ex husbands grandparents in Blackpool. It was a horrendous drive ending up with a puncture on the M6 at midnight. FiL drove to get myself and son and took us to Blackpool, husband arrived at 3am after the AA came to his rescue.
I will never go to Blackpool again. All I remember is interminable heat, the smell of raw sewage littering the beach and fish and chips. Coming home I drove in tandem with my in laws. Passing through Staffordshire on the M6 the whole road was covered in smoke from the many fires in that area. And a horrible accident. I arrived in the Cotswolds to stay with friends feeling a total wreck and very sick. The next day the weather broke, I think it was August bank holiday.
On arriving home I learnt that one of my friend's twins had died a cot death while I was away. She told me that the day of her funeral in Suffolk in early June it has snowed!
So that summer started really well and then became a nightmare I remember to this day!
What gives you a warm feeling? 🥰
