When the cool of the evening finally made its presence felt last night it was almost midnight, and even at that time, the radiant glow of the heat still rising off the land sent a crystal clear message.
“It’s going to be a warm one tomorrow!”
Let’s not beat about the bush. In a country designed to allow it’s inhabitants as much direct access to the sun’s warmth as possible, opportunities for discovering cool shady spots on the few days when it’s sweltering, are, not to make too fine a point of it, limited. Thirty-eight degrees inside makes the boat a tad uncomfortable too, but with almost no humidity, the fan and a couple of wet towels keep things manageable if not pleasant.
With that in mind, we decided we’d stay here, where there is electricity to power the fan. We’d taken care of the remaining “fixes” before morning tea, almost had the boat ship shape before lunch, but then took the rest of the day off to laze around and moan about the heat.
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I suppose you have loads of people saying 'surely you're used to it, you Aussies', don't you? So, is it even hot for you?
Gorgeous photo by the way. That's lovely! The VNF are sending boaters back north from here on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne (the Marne-Saone canal to all normal peeps) due to lack of water. Bang goes our hopes of faring the HH down here later this summer...unless the rains come!
Usually 30 plus comes with 80% humidity where we live - it's not pleasant, but that's an age thing we think. When the indoors temp hits 29 we turn on the AC!
Thanks - and yes, sadly the French Canals seem to lurch from one disaster to another, we miss France, but there's still a lot of north for us to see!
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