What a Scorcher !

This was the temperature on the sun lounger out on the terrace this afternoon. Needless to say I didn't spend too long sitting outside.

After a good night's sleep I was up at 5.00 and already by 6.00 it was obvious that we were going to have a hot day. Fortunately there is a light breeze and by opening doors and windows and closing the curtains as soon as the sun began to shine in, the inside of the house is currently very pleasant.

6am. 

It was hot when we were riding today so we were happy to be working on shoulder-in, first in walk and later in trot. I was riding Betsi so once she worked out what I was asking her to do it wasn't too difficult to get at least some steps in the correct position. It's a dressage movement but even if you're not going to doing any dressage tests or competitions it helps to improve the horse's flexibility, and the rider's concentration. 

Afterwards I went to Morrison's where I was lucky enough to find a parking spot in the shade. Today was one of those days where it was lovely to walk into places such as the supermarkets that have air conditioning. And then a shock when you walk outside again.

I kept my town browsing to a minimum before going to Lidl. When I got home I chopped up a bag of apples from Lidl to make stewed apple and found that many of the apples were bruised or had a lot of brown at the core. I shall complain about that next week and no doubt will get a refund as the staff at Lidl are pretty good.

All I did at home apart from the apples was throw my clothes in the washing machine (they're already nearly dry) and have a shower. Peter overdid things when we went for our walk and afterwards he went to the pub with Dave and now his Achilles tendon is very painful. It's so bad he wasn't able to open the RNLI shop this morning and I'll be cooking supper tonight. A nice big frittata type omelette to use up some 'bits' in the fridge. Until I get my dentures in a few months I will have to exist of soft foods as I have nothing to chew with.

5pm.

I'll wait until just before bedtime to water the plants in the back garden.