Sorry to be boring but...

it's still hot!   Waking up to 25° going up to about 35° in the afternoon and down to 30° at about 11pm.   John has dug around in his old work shirt box and found a long sleeved cotton shirt which he saturates and then puts on in the evening -  it keeps him very cool as it dries.  Not pretty but functional.  I either go in the pool or in the shower for quick cool downs, then sit in front of the fan in the lounge.

It has been a very long hot spring and summer  and the house is a bit like a storage heater.  Most of the walls are half a metre or so thick and they slowly absorb heat.  It'll be nice in the autumn when they start giving the heat back into the house when it's needed but right now we are just overheating.  The lounge thermometer hasn't dropped below 29 for a few weeks now,  and we are doing as much cooking as is possible outside - we have barbeques, a gas grill, a small electric oven and a full sized gas cooker that we were given last summer - it  all helps keep the temperature down in the kitchen. 

Late last week we had a shopping day which was lovely.  Half an hour to Berja with the aircon on low and full blast, into Mercadona for a couple of hours shopping in the cool,  back in the car for 10 minutes up to Aldi, half and hour in their air conditioned shop and then half an hour home in the nice aircon cool car. 

We have been seriously thinking about buying a free standing air con unit for the house this summer but it's a bit late now......normally August is cooler than July and it should be getting better soon.  But maybe for next year.