The midlands are warmer

Carrying on my old " the weather is milder north of Watford gap" argument, it was today, although without an external thermometer on the car it is difficult to prove. I spent the afternoon topless painting the second shed and boy was it hot. Very pleasant indeed. Due to the shortage of days between hospital visits we have opted to complete outstanding jobs at home rather than take another short boat trip. If we get the expected all-clear from the recent exhaustive hospital tests we'll celebrate with a longer boat trip later next week ( but we have said that before, remember? ). Failing that we should get a long break from late July to late autumn. But that is enough of counting my chickens.