Yesterday, as forecast, a new all-time record for Great Britain at 40.3°C and a new record for Scotland too, 34.8°C at Charterhall just a few miles away from us.
The weather reports yesterday were apocalyptic - record temperatures, outbreaks of fire, so many in London they called an emergency, heavy rain and flooding in Devon and Cornwall, danger from lightning strikes and they even forecast damaging high winds in S Scotland - in the event, it got very breezy but no gales.
I went shopping on the Dub early in the day, then in the afternoon went for a chug on the Royal Enfield. To be honest, it was too hot even on a motorbike. I part unzipped my jacket to allow airflow but not much cooling effect.
There has been rain overnight and today is a lot cooler.