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[garynortheast]

Don't really see them on the roads I use. They're nowhere near as hot as they were a few years back.

[Craig380]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

Don't really see them on the roads I use. They're nowhere near as hot as they were a few years back.

Agreed - I think the installation of average speed cameras on sections of the A5 (west of Corwen) and on roads around that area has meant fewer camera vans being deployed. I don't actually mind those sections of road being average speed checked as they're all NSL, and a steady 60 is brisk enough to still enjoy the roads and the scenery.

What camera vans there are always seem to be positioned in the same, predictable places (just after the blind S-bend on the final long straight down into Bala, for example, or just above Coedpoeth on the way to the Horseshoe Pass).

[garynortheast]

Evening all.....

[redtrummy]

Just had a week in the West - Anglesey for Folk on the Farm then four nights on the Lyn Peninsula walking and cycling - Got to have some of the best leisure cycling roads in the UK - cracking!

[garynortheast]

There are some lovely quiet back lanes on Pen Llŷn, and bits of it can feel quite remote.

[Sir Trev]

Morning all. 9:45 in the morning and I'm too hot already. Need to trim one of the hedges in the back garden today so I'm not looking forward to clambering up and down a ladder.

Hugh will be staying in the garage too as there was so much melting tar on the roads yesterday that he'd come back from a ride covered in it. And I'd boil, even with all the vents in my jacket wide open...

[garynortheast]

Yep, no motorcycling for me today either, and probably not for the next couple of days. Temps are set to hit mid 30s tomorrow and Tuesday, which is pretty scary this far north!

Working at a local repair cafe this afternoon.

[Sir Trev]

Hedge was all sorted with trimmings gathered and shredded by lunchtime, thankfully. A freezing cold shower helped me recover but it's defo light duties for the rest of the afternoon.

Up to now we've had 40 degrees forecasted for Tuesday but that's now been revised to "just" 38. I normally work from the office on Tuesdays but not this week. Oddly, my brother in Sydney has the opposite problem with all the flooding and relentless rain.

[Bri w]

Aircon on all day. It was 37* at 9am this morning. Had one of those 5min jobs, repairing garden furniture, that took 45mins. Was dripping by the time I’d finished.

Temp in the sun, currently 44*.

[garynortheast]

This is not good. Forecast of 34ºC today here in Wales in the hills. 37ºC in Shrewsbury and West Midlands. Birmingham is showing 30ºC still at 11pm tonight.