Most of my garden remains unmown, although there's very little that you could call lawn. Mostly woodland herb layer, pond (with a collection of various sedges), rabbit grazing or, er, cactus pat… (View Post)

Yes, that's the extraordinary thing. It looks ridiculously hot even before the sun gets to work, particularly on Tuesday. As Leon says, these temperatures are truly shocking and not something I … (View Post)

The Met Office's own high resolution model - which at this timescale is the one to watch - still has 41C as the max on Tuesday, after 40C on Monday. The zone of maximum heat appears to be the Va… (View Post)

I'm not sure going to university at 16 is very smart at all. (View Post)

I always carried a bag over the shoulder and hated any kind of trolley as they just slow you down, although I haven't played for a few years now. Maybe ought to dig the clubs out again (although… (View Post)