Very hot in London Today (26 June 2024).

Kenko - I would not even dip my little toe in the Thames in London.

You’re right.
It’ll be better to join the Penguins at the Zoo and share a popsicle with them.
The Air-Conditioning industry is going to have another banner year in London.

The Air-Conditioning industry is going to have another banner year in London.

Not necessarily. I'm in London and the other day I found the stores hotter inside than outside. They didn't turn on their A/C. And I'm talking big stores.

Fortunately, the heat spell is supposed to break in the next couple of days.

I was on a bus the other day and it had working air conditioning. Unfortunately, the temperature inside was a bit too warm at 23C - presumably because people had opened the small windows and let the heat in from outside.

Not necessarily. I'm in London and the other day I found the stores hotter inside than outside. They didn't turn on their A/C. And I'm talking big stores.

They forgot where the thermostat control is?

Or from London you could go to Fenchurch Street (just up from the Tower of London) for a C2C train to Southend and Shoeburyness.

If you want the less brash side of a still major seaside resort (especially for East Londoners) then get off at Leigh on Sea, Chalkwell or Westcliff (or walk along the promenade between the three) £20.20 day return, or anyone with a Senior Railcard can buy a Senior Rover for £10- hop on and off all day at will.

Leigh especially has quite a charming old town down beside the river.

At Southend (another slightly faded town) there is the longest pier in the world with it's own railway.

The town also has 4 museums and a planetarium- https://www.southendmuseums.co.uk/

Yes I'm biased having lived there happily for 10 years, and I know we vaguely said to @cwsocial we would do a thread about Essex. It's on the list....

Very hot in Paris today too !! (Overheated emoji face )

Unfortunately, there are few sandy beaches near London - both Brighton and Southend are shingle. There is, I recall, some sand at Margate (which is accessible by train) and at a few other places in Kent which are more out of the way.

It's a great pity as there are many beautiful sandy beaches in the UK, just not near London.

It's 31° C in Stockholm right now too.

It’s pretty hot here in a field in Somerset too but it hasn’t stopped over 200,000 people turning up.

I will not be unkind by mentioning what the 7 day forecast is for my corner of the world..

But if you are curious...
.https://duckduckgo.com/?q=seattle+weather&t=newext&atb=v395-1&ia=web

I was in Blackwells in Oxford yesterday and only the floors below the ground floor had a/c (they told me the a/c on the other floors wasn't working). Had a pub lunch today in Oxfordshire and sat outside dripping with sweat. Ugh. A bartender told my husband, "Ah, you were here for summer!" :-) as it will be MUCH cooler in a few days.

it's fine; everything is green and lush, and it's nice to see the sun. But I'm not used to washing my clothes EVERY DAY haha – I DO expect to do that next week in Korea, but not here :-)

Joe, I was in Seattle 2.5 weeks ago and it was HOT. I guess I'm fated to be hot this summer!

and OP, unless I'm confused, today is Wednesday.

LOL, Laura, I checked the calendar because I have guests showing up on Thursday. I know my days are rather fluid after retiring (one week anniversary on Friday:) but I was a little worried. (Guess I should get off the forum and clean house!)

and OP, unless I'm confused, today is Wednesday.
(today Thursday 26 June 2024)

Perhaps OP is affected by heat delirium? (and a lack of a/c?)

Or is June 26 a Thursday on the metric calendar? :-)

My cat has been going around trying to find a cool spot to lie down all day. He's been stretching out full length on the floor and kitchen work surface. In lieu of a/c, I have an ancient desk fan that comes out for about two weeks every year. Ronnie has never seen the fan before and he's not fond of it.

Cherie, congratulations on your one-year anniversary! And I, too, had to verify it was not Thursday ;-)

Yep - got my days wrong. It has now gone cooler and solid grey sky.

The OP has now changed the opening post, so now Friday is the following day to Wednesday!! Really?

Sounds like it may be dehydration delirium.
It’s now Thursday in the U.S. and things are really going to heat up — it’s time for the Presidential debate!

Well, its 27 June 9am and the sun is back out. Nice cooling breeze and 20C.

I'm about to cross the Channel and go home to 22 and windy. Such a relief that I missed summer.

so funny that my gentle query about the date spurred a lot of banter ;-)
I was expecting the OP to edit his initial post, and I'd take out my question about the day of the week, and no one would be the wiser, haha.

Today was deliciously cool and wonderful.