Still, it won't be so bad as it's gonna get for the Tories...
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A HotHotHot Day! Finally!! High today, 25+...the perfect day to kick off ya shoes and go...
While planning for D-Day, Allied military commanders decided that a late full moon, a high tide, a quiet day, moderate winds and no more than a light cloud covering would be required to optimise their chances for success. Three groups – the Royal Navy, the UK Meteorological Office and the US Air Force – were tasked with finding the ideal day for the operation. In this video adaptation of a piece published in the London Review of Books in 1994, Lawrence Hogben, a New Zealand-born meteorologist and Royal Navy officer, gives the inside story on how this team landed on 6 June 1944 and, in doing so, barely averted disaster. A riveting slice of world history...and an interesting slideshow of maps and photographs to illustrate how the fate of 250,000 troops hung in the balance.
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Yesterday, working outside, I had to keep my tools in the shade else they were too hot to handle. Today it's gonna chuck it down, with about 5mm of rain forecast.
Was up on the roof a few days ago. Couldn't touch the tiles they were too hot!
Still warm indoors - 24 degrees, humid outside, muggy cloud spitting rain to little affect. Later on the Summer will give it one last go, so...
...enjoy this little gem from long ago.
...enjoy this little gem from long ago.