I want to know whether a cat will take to the idea of a water-filled hot-water-bottle that has been being kept in the fridge.
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I have retreated to the bedroom as itâs really hot and the sun is very high UV levels that are too strong
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Well itizz 37.9° outside today, so I would imagine that any chance of a slightly cooler spot would be welcome.
There are notices up asking people not to walk their dogs.
I was supposed to be going to have my hair cut tomorrow, but we have decided that it isnât a good idea, so I am going on Wednesday afternoon instead.
Carinthia.xx
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Barefoot on hot pavements is no fun for a dog.
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Ghastly.
We drove up to Inverness with kids and Dog on board. The forecast was for Very Warm weather, so we took some chilled water and old teatowels, with which to cool down the Dog. She was fine, but DS was really quite unwell by the time we could stop the car and lay him out on some grass and slap him around with wet teatowels. Did the trick 
Soo xx
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I got heatstroke travelling in the car through Germany.
Mr C got sunstroke as a child after a week in Paignton. They thought at first that it was Polio, which was rife at the time.
Carinthia.xx
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I had heatstroke travelling back from Clacton-on-Sea and again in Spain. Diet Coke helped the first time and Red Bull the second - neither of which Iâd ever consider drinking, otherwise. My presence is requested to goggle.
Soo xx
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Hasnât yet been deployed, but I doubt he will take to it.
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In that case you can put it under your own neck.
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Prescription for heat-stroke victims is a half-pint of lukewarm water with one teaspoonful of salt and one tablespoonful of white sugar dissolved in it. Tastes of nothing at all if you need it, which is how you can tell that you needed it; if you didnât, it tastes absolutely vile. After you have downed that, you should then go on drinking water or whatever else you like for a bit, ideally not too cold because your stomach wonât like the shock of icy water and may reject it vehemently, which is a waste of the helpful salt and sugar.
Donât wear a matt black crash helmet to go for a long bike-ride in thirty-degree heat is another good tip.
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Duly noted, Fishers. I think that I, more accurately, had heat exhaustion but it was horrible, nonetheless. Caffeine and sugar worked for me, but I think that I possibly also scoffed crispsâŚ
Tonight - cheese and lentil loaf from the freezer with ready-made couscous salad and padrĂłn peppers (I know).
Soo xx
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We brought back a few hard-boiled eggs from the hurtling, and they need to be eaten, so there is an eggs-mashed-with-mayonnaise and no cooking option tonight.
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Nowt wrong with that, Fishers.
Soo xx
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Here we are having beef koftas cooked on Ozzie later on
Ozzie smoke deters midges
Have I said I adore Ozzie?
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You may have, right enough. Enjoy your grub 
Soo xx
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Midge numbers in Scotland are much reduced, this year, as a result of the very dry summer. Have you noticed this in your area, Twellsy?
Soo xx
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We have indeed wee 
I am not complaining
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Whereas I intend to complain in the strongest possible terms. To whom should I write?
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Did ever tell you about the time, back when London telephones had letters on the dials as well as numbers, that my brother was very fed up about something he attributed to the Almighty, and picked up the phone and dialled G - O - D?
About three seconds later he went a funny colour and put the phone down very carefully, so my mother asked what was the matter.
âI got a ringing tone,â he said in a shaken voice.
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