Author Topic: A heat wave round the corner (Read 11662 times)

goosepimple · « **Reply #45 on:** July 06, 2013, 06:30:49 pm »

Your right again VF

everyone buying up bbq coals and beer in the supermarkets today, fab day hope it last all week

MAK · « **Reply #46 on:** July 07, 2013, 07:11:49 pm »

It does usually get a bit hot down here but this year has been below the norm until now. At last the lawn is dead and I do not have to cut it !! it's a bit warm to work but but I'd rather lug water bottles around than cut the soddin lawn !! hate it. Pigs were in their mud bath at 09:30 but the stream is still flowing so no worries on keeping them cool. Tops of my ears are burnt but he ho.

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #47 on:** July 08, 2013, 03:36:56 pm »

Don't want toworry you, MAK but a friend of ours has just had a melanoma removed from the top of his ear. I suspect it's a place people don't think to protect when using sun screen.

Ina · « **Reply #48 on:** July 08, 2013, 04:25:12 pm »

Quote from: Mad Goatwoman of Madeley on July 08, 2013, 03:36:56 pm

Don't want toworry you, MAK but a friend of ours has just had a melanoma removed from the top of his ear. I suspect it's a place people don't think to protect when using sun screen.

According to what I've read, most melanoma occur on parts of the body that never see the sun - so sunscreen would seem to be unlikely to protect against them.

goosepimple · « **Reply #49 on:** July 09, 2013, 09:20:15 am »

That's about all of me then. Even my eyes are having trouble with the brightness

wearing shades all the time just now

It's BOILING here. I can't stay out in the sun for long at all but not complaining, just wish we'd got all our veggie patches and polytunnel sorted out this year.