It's a scorcher!

[muskrat]

Same down here. Middle of winter and was working in a T shirt most of the day. Only a thin blanket on the bed last night.
Cheers

[Sav]

New high here on the coast today 27 degrees, hate to think what the poor buggers have got inland.

Fortunately I painted the roof of the workshop with solar reflective week before last otherwise the BSA's would be simmering on about gas mark 4!

[cyclobutch]

Sitting in the office here up the Smoke in air conditioned splendour. A different story when I wander down for a train later - matt black roof and all closed up in the sidings all day.

[Greybeard]

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

UK heatwave: Met Office says stay out of the sun - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44924406

[muskrat]

Getting youall ready for your winter holiday in Australia!
I don't mind the cold but I start to melt at 25C. At least here we have COLD beer on tap
Cheers

[Greybeard]

The summer we are having here this year is the sort of summer that only happens a couple of times in a lifetime. We still speak of 1976.

[RogerSB]

9.30 pm and just returned after an evening ride (wife on pillion as usual), we're making the most of it while it lasts. It's a bit cooler in the evening at 20 C to face having to put our motorcycling gear on. Once on the move though it's a pleasure - even weaving around all the potholes, sunken manhole covers, traffic calming speed bumps, chicanes and stopping at traffic lights every 50 yards.

[lawnmowerman]

Are the new pick ups and brushes still performing well Roger. Still waiting for mine to arrive.

Unbelievably hot here in SE Kent even now at 10.20 pm.

Jim

[kiwipom]

Getting youall ready for your winter holiday in Australia!
I don't mind the cold but I start to melt at 25C. At least here we have COLD beer on tap
Cheers

That goes for us in NZ musky, i`ll be over in the Sunshine Coast in first week in September, love it, cheers

[RogerSB]

Are the new pick ups and brushes still performing well Roger. Still waiting for mine to arrive.
Jim

Hi Jim, yes running perfectly and it seems smoother than before. Coincidentally though, also running it with my first tank full of BP Premium petrol (as opposed to the supermarket petrol) so maybe wishful thinking or psychological.

[RogerSB]

The summer we are having here this year is the sort of summer that only happens a couple of times in a lifetime. We still speak of 1976.

Yep, I remember it well, loved it, great!
1963 was the winter to remember  but I was ulu (jungle) bashing in Borneo so I missed it  .

[Greybeard]

1963 was the winter to remember

I was 13 that year. I cannot remember specifics but I'm sure I enjoyed the snow.

[RogerSB]

I was 13 that year. I cannot remember specifics but I'm sure I enjoyed the snow.

I was 19 and on active service.

[kiwipom]

hi guys, (1963 was the winter to remember) yeah i lived in Canterbury Kent at the time, the sea froze on the coast, cheers

[WozzA]

Well I'm Bl00dy freezing here in Melbourne.. winds blowing at 100Kph.. 6c low... 16c high..
I'm off to Townsville next week for some of that 27c every day to thaw out..