Yeah the storm on Monday night we had I’ve only ever witnessed in Rio, I was talking to the woman at the coffee shop who is from Brazil and she said it felt much like minas storm.
Thing is you sit back and do nothing on holiday… working in it has been a joke.
Also like Brazil I think it was 33 the entire I was there but it just had a humidity that you didn’t mind here the heat and humidity hits different
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I was speaking to my brother yesterday (postman) and he said they have been feeling physically sick if they work past midday at the moment. He also has the benefit of living and working right next to the Irish Sea, so for somewhere like London or Birmingham it must be worse.
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Yeah luckily they shut our office and I’m in the South West but I live close to a bypass so it’s not particularly cool
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What people often forget when they compare heat/humidity in places where it is more usual to heat waves in places like Northern Europe is just how long the days are (and how short the cool night period is). Sao Paolo’s longest day is 13 and a half hours, life has a rhythm around doing things early and late. By contrast, London is 16.5, in a heat wave like this people are spending close to a normal waking day in extremely hot conditions.
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Been grafting in it up here, except for during the thunderstorm.
Now either we don’t have it as bad up here, or the term “southern softies” really is true
It’s definitely nothing like as bad. Generally it’s much cooler in the summer, and there are far fewer places that suffer from a microclimate in the way London does.
Of course, the winters can be brutal.
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Colder currents have seemingly finally reached us. Some whale activity as well, along with the shad. Caught 6 over the last two days, lovely dinner. Sadly, the utterly predictable carnage has also happened. Fucking free for all. Found a nice rocky outcrop this morning all to myself and caught my bag, relatively decent sized, between 35 and 45cm. By the time I’d cleaned and left, the multitudes had caught a whiff and place was jam packed. Took a walk to the pier and the common local parlace of ‘flying fish’ was in full go there as well. Cast, hook, pull up and over. Repeat x whatever.
Sigh
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Also buildings are better accommodated.
They shut out office this week due to the heat.
It was 35 C in Fort Simpson on the weekend. Not surprisingly, some huge forest fires have started.
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Members of the European Parliament travel to Albania to investigate Jared Kushner’s corrupt resort deal — and deliver a stunning warning about the “Trump clan.”
This deal is really circling the drain now…
“If [Prime Minister Edi] Rama is really serious about his EU ambitions, he should step back from this trajectory and say to the Trump clan, ‘sorry, the EU is my first priority’,” said Dutch MEP Tineke Strik, head of a fact-finding delegation sent to Albania for four days.
“Right now, they’re endangering a process that is so dear to them … They’re playing with fire," Strik added.
The EU has warned Albania that Kushner’s plans for a $1.4 billion development on the island of Sazan and a $4.7 billion project along the protected Zvërnec coastline could endanger the nation’s entry into the Union because the plans run afoul of environmental regulations. Protected wildlife, including flamingos, inhabit the earmarked coastline.
This entire saga boils down to environmental protection for the public good against crooked private profits.
The people of Albania stand in staunch opposition to Kushner’s plutocratic designs and have repeatedly taken to the streets en masse in recent months to protest. The widespread upheaval has been nicknamed “The Flamingo Revolution.”
As it turns out, Albania isn’t too enthused about the idea of Kushner and his wife Ivanka building a proverbial playground for the pedophiles, war criminals, and money launderers of the Epstein Class.
Meanwhile, 92% of Albanian citizens support joining the EU. Rama has defended Kushner’s deal in the past, but now he’s being forced to choose between the incredibly popular EU integration and the incredibly unpopular resort.
“If they go ahead, they’ll have a big problem with the EU during the negotiations – especially on Chapter 27 where they have to meet all the benchmarks of EU environmental policies," said Strik. "The planned construction of such large-scale real estate in such a fragile area is an immense threat.”
She added that the work that has already been completed in Zvërnec has inflicted massive environmental damage, with forests being destroyed and gravel road being paved over previously pristine ground.
Strik’s delegation was “encouraged and reassured by the Albanian people” because working people are taking to the streets to defend the values that the EU holds dear. At the same time, Strik is concerned by the government’s continued stonewalling on the issue and allegations of corruption.
“I left today’s meeting with the impression that they intend to continue with this project before they have to be aligned with EU law and this, of course, is not a way of loyal cooperation,” she said. “They cannot say now ‘we can do more damage and then we’ll see at the end of next year where we stand’. That’s not a way to go and we will call upon the EU commission to follow this up very strongly with the Albanian government.”
“Albanians are protesting every day because they want to have a proper democracy, which really strengthens my trust in the process and in their desire for accession," said Strik. "What I am not so sure about is whether the government of Albania is taking at all seriously the concerns of the Albanian people, of us [MEPs] and the European Commission – which is why I have called on it to change course and take its citizens seriously.”
These Albanian politicians now have a choice. They can either side with their people and stand up to Kushner, or they can flush their futures away on behalf of the world’s worst family.
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We have been driving up to the Baltic today, and I saw something curious. The first lane of the A1 Autobahn appeared to have overhead cables for a trolleybus.
It turns out that this was a trial for a eHighway system that would allow for electric trucks to travel and charge on sections of the motorway.
The trial has finished, but it sounds like a feasible method of electrifying freight outside of the rail network.
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That would work a treat in the UK. Charge while you’re not moving
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I can’t wait to get back to wet and windy North Wales next week. This is our third week-long heatwave this year and has just about done me in.
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It’s roasting here too at the moment. Cool northerly winds overnight which helps.
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We’re on Anglesey this year. I won’t be going any further inland than Llangefni. 
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I’d be looking at Red Wharf Bay, Benllech or Lligwy to if you want an on shore breeze this weekend.
I would love to go kitesurfing at Lligwy on Sunday but I don’t think my back is up to it yet.
We’re at Benllech , nice sea view. Can hardly wait to escape this heat over here. It’s been unbearable. How the fuck those cyclists got upto Gavarnie yesterday amazes me. Good luck with the recovery mate.
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