Probably the hottest day yet, right from the start. No relief in the morning unlike yesterday.
After breakfast and the obligatory cappuccino from the Sage coffee machine I went to the GP surgery to collect prescriptions for both of us - one thing I can now do to take a little of the strain off Sue. Much of the car park was taken up by a truck unloading a large number of portable air conditioning units - they must be putting one into every room. Things have also changed in that patients are now allowed into the waiting room and up to the reception desk and dispensary window although under strict distancing rules, and there are perspex screens to protect the staff - so collecting the prescriptions was a lot quicker than it was in the days of queuing up outside and waiting for someone to notice you and come to the door.
The temperature was so high that I allowed myself to declare that expedition sufficient exercise for the day, which it certainly wasn't. I've felt fairly good all day (possibly a touch of dex mania from the 20mg this morning) but it was just too hot. The next thing is to find out what sort of dex night I'm going to have tonight.
Nearly. Not quite but very close. Highest reading I saw on the outside thermometer (in full shade, surrounded by leaves so probably some transpiration cooling, but no max/min function) was 37.5C or 99.5F. The digital weather station maxed at about 33.2C (91.8F). It certainly felt hotter than that! In theory a digital sensor should be more accurate than a simple alcohol thermometer, but there are reasons to doubt it. I've already sent one of those back because it was consistently about 4C lower than everything I could test it against. This one doesn't appear to have a consistent error - it under-reads at high temperatures and over-reads at low ones.
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