Has Scotland now twinned with Arizona?! Anything above 8°C (46°C) and I'm in my shorts. (I'm not kidding, either.) It was only 27°C (80°C) yesterday but that's a lot for this usually temperate nation on the edge of the North Atlantic. The ave. mean temp is 7°C!

Well, when we hit 129F in Death Valley recently, known for generations for not just exteme weather from moment to moment at times, that was sobereing. It was lower than 22C at brekkie. By dinner, only a mild increase to 37C. I am lucky, we are fully solar at my apartments, wshew.