I don't know about other gransnetters, but I really struggle with this heat, and it brought to mind a passage from the film To Kill a Mocking Bird which for me sums up the unusual high temperatures that we are experiencing here in England perfectly.
'Ladies bathed before noon, after their 3 o'clock naps, and by nightfall, were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum'.
Do other gransnetters have a description of this heatwave?
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. Yesterday was busy, though, with my daughter, granddaughter and dog here for most of the day. Paddling pool was inflated, lots of suncream being slathered on, lots of excited shrieks and much running around by toddler, making the floors wet and slippery. Plates of chicken salad dished up around 5.00pm. Floors mopped dry, wet things on line, towels in washing machine. A lovely day, but exhausting! By 7.30, after they'd gone home and all the washing up and tidying had been done, I just zonked out and slept. For 2.5 hours

