I flit around the house from one fan to another and, although Alexa tells me the temperature has dipped from yesterday’s centre-shelf-of-the-oven scorcher, the heat drains me of any desire to ‘get up and go.’
Having said that, we were up early enough to hear the cuckoo-clock’s first crow of the day at 6 am. (It only works between then and 8 pm. Enough is enough.)
The reason for an early rise was a quick trip up the London Road to Morrisons for much-needed supplies and a separate shop for my husband, who is off to Devon this weekend to reunite with his university flat-mates – one of whom is over with her family from Australia.
Now I have seen supply issues there before, but rarely so many empty shelves. Must have been a full-on customer raid yesterday, and staff were doing their best to roll out new stock.
The situation hasn’t been helped by the frozen food section breaking down because of the heat!
The freezers and cool shelves apparently are part of an older system, but – if these high temperatures are our new norm, – there is going to have to be a real investment in machinery that CAN cope with the consequences of our self-administered climate change.
Reading in the Guardian this morning that Merryfield in Somerset was the hottest spot in the country yesterday at nearly 37 C (36.7 °C) !! Also, how several NHS Trusts were near breaking point with terrible conditions heatwise in hospital wards and A and E units. Another vital service that is going to require spending money in the future on extra cooling.
Factories, schools, public buildings and new housing developments will all have to face a new reality. The situation scares me, though l am well aware that for those much younger than me, there is much more at stake.
Is it too late to save our planet? A home shared with many other living beings who have played no part in the abuse and destruction we have piled upon it.
PS. Just had a thought. If Lidl took over the old Morrison’s Store on the London Road, they wouldn’t need to build over a lovely field further along by the rugby practice ground, and it wouldn’t affect trade at Larkhall shops.
PPS. At 13.30, Alexa tells me it is 29 C outside!
Like you, my ‘get-up-and-go’ got up and went earlier in the week! Still, hopeful of cooler days to follow. But a warning to us all: this could be the new normal!
What Bath needs is an Aldi not another Lidl!