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We've not had any storms either pikey, but then we aren't part of the UK.

Obviously Henman land isnt either!!(He lives up road from me,not that he hangs out at the local tennis club or drinks in our pubs!! )

Perhaps this little corner of middle England should henceforth be known as The Principality of Henman! Complete with own unique weather!

Seriously(and am sure Larry and Westy can tell more than me),we do seem to have our own microclimate here.We are very close to the ridgeway and a lot of wet weather finds its way there but doesn't reach us.However,being a few miles from a huge power station we tend to attrubute any climate anomalies to that!

My patio (sounds posh..it ain't, it's basically a few concrete slabs) is shaded from about 2pm and it's still warm when I walk on it barefoot
Can't sit in this leather chair for too long either.

Oh god!Leather chair!Sweaty legs!Ouch!

I'm alright now I got myself a cushion

Much cooler here thank goodness. The last two nights have been unbearable.

Tis cooler outdoors.Thing is this house is a good insulator.Takes an age to warm up but when it does......takes an age to cool down again!

I had to get something out the loft yesterday and I could really feel the difference between my lower and upper body when standing on the ladder with my top half in the loft, and it actually felt cool when I came back down, and the upstairs here is always really hot.
So there's a tip...shut yourself in the loft for 5 minutes and the bedrooms will feel cool after.

I popped down to the gym today which had air con on and when I walked out it was like stepping off the plane in Florida.

Bet you wish it was Florida though huh?

yeah if it weren't for those pesky Americans

Yeah they're always dressing up as mice and stuff and look right prats

Yesterday evening we had a storm without lightnings, strong wind and rain after warm and sunny day. Today it's already sunny and warm and it'll be the whole week... Water is best friend of mine these days - because I love this weather! Basic temperature is always taken in shadows, but it's at least 25C and it'll be 26C or 27C's during the day. But of course nights are cooler.

On the subject of missing storms. Here we don't get many due to the valley. They seem to go to the North. But if they do enter the valley we know that were in for a big storm.
Yesterdays storm was almost over head in Wellingborough where I work ,but I still haven't found out what caused most of the county to loose the power.

We had a storm early this morning, it's a lot cooler now but still opressive.

We often miss them too, they often rumble away in the channel but don't come inland.