Not looking forward to extreme heat

I keep hearing 1976 mentioned in relation to heat, so I did some research as all I remember was grass going brown and staying that way for a long time and hosepipe bans. We lived on the South Coast then. I looked up to see what I could find and apparently we only had temperatures in the 20s. I found an interesting article by Matt from the BBC about it and see that other areas had temperatures above 30. The other thing I remember is that there must have been rain in Cornwall because when we stayed with family there, the grass was green. 

I remember 1976 as a child.  It wasn't just the heat.  The dry cloudless weather just went on and on and on, and we had a shortage of water with standpipes being erected in the street, ready for mains water to be shut off.   Just as the situation was really becoming critical, a cloud appeared in the sky, then another cloud, then it started raining and we had a record breaking wet autumn.

It's been 35 here, not much breeze and unbearable.

Looking at the weather maps I'm seriously thinking that next time they say theres a heat wave coming I'm heading north, Orkney or Shetland, they rarely have temperatures of 20.C let alone 30. I will be a good excuse to visit some archaeological sites I want to see like Skara Brae and The Rings of Brodgar

They aren't out so much in bright weather and if there is a good breeze. When the sun starts setting then they come out in force to feast on the unwitting. (Generally it's fine if your not camping).

They aren't out so much in bright weather and if there is a good breeze. When the sun starts setting then they come out in force to feast on the unwitting. (Generally it's fine if your not camping).