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Dorsetbred Negative. Turns out it was the Charlie Church brigade packing out the beach today. Hundreds gather at Bournemouth beach for mass baptism in the sea - BBC News WWW.BBC.CO.UK Congregations from five churches across Bournemouth celebrate their faith with a public baptism.

Hayling Island?

Busy, busy, busy at Bournemouth beach today, including the Red Arrows a couple of times and someone on a hang glider (with the remains of the smoke from the red arrows behind them). Plenty of people in the sea too. Btw, checked out Flightradar after the Red Arrows did their thing. The last remaining plane had the title Red2 - how cool is that!

jtay where will you be staying jtay That answers that then!

jtay good luck with train and bus,in my experience both white knuckle rides lol Trains were old London Tube trains that occasionally jump and the bus drivers compete to see who can hit the most tree branches.However,a must is the uphill bus ride to the Needles,no fences,sheer cliff drop,the driver swigging Whisky to calm his nerves,normally a lot of screaming from terrified passengers.

jy I think we're staying near the Donkey Sanctuary. We'll be in Shanklin. Not bothering with the car though, so everything will need to be walkable, trainable, or busable.

jtay Enjoy.Please send picture of you walking the Alpacas,cream tea at the Donkey Sanctuary,also a selfie of you and the new Tiger at the Zoo otherwise,do what you like lol

jy That's what you'll get tomorrow. Although more than a light breeze. Off to the Island tomorrow for the week.

In from the Heat From Hell,purchasing Adolf a replacement car,question,what is wrong with light breeze,fluffy cloud and 22c,everyone can function,what on earth is wrong with that.

Both ways this morning..

jy a31 n/b around Ringwood and onto the 338 looked like Hell at 8pm last night, gridlock for miles. Luckily we were going the other way.

And upwards.... I remember the days when the beach shops only sold ice-cream, buckets, spades,beach balls and lilo's (remember them?). Now it's tents, parasols, beach pergola's and the pitch surrounding wind breakers of horrendous lengths..

Dorsetbred judging by the traffic 3 million on the beach today lol

Morning All, and so it continues.....the overnight low of 11.6°C at: 05:38 cooler than the past few nights has crept up to 25.8°C, noticeable however is the cloud to the east AND the west, putting the squeeze on to central England. The breeze is light/gentle onshore and has increased in strength so temps likely to flatten out like yesterday. From Above The Atlantic chart showing the cloud reason associated with two weakening fronts from the LP systems either side of the UK We can but hope ECM has this right for Tuesday ECM AI in agreement by suggesting However, rainfall accumulation over the next 7 days is looking "poor": Meanwhile the hoards are still invading ever hopeful for a parking space: To pitch a place here:

jy ooh is it ? Loves lightening.

Sheet lightning is a possibility

Andy Bown Agreed Andy. It's been lovely and a perfect excuse for once, to do absolutely nothing all day. I was overruled earlier though and had to modify the brolly with a bed sheet.

Just like in 2022 I’m not finding this too uncomfortable. Low humidity, dry heat, 32.4c tops late this afternoon but an interesting shift around 18.00 with an Easterly breeze which ushered in a temperature drop of more than 4c by 19.00!

Dorsetbred thank you . I have some time that I can pop in :-). i have been making use of my new fan , staying in the coolest room, but loving the clear blue sky. The garden has suffered due to parental nursing duties , but my Mum is more important .

Ciderwithrosie nice to see you pop in..

Feels warmer than 28C here in sunny Somerset. How are you all, ? Have been on here for a while - health issues and very ill parent issues all ongoing .

Dorsetbred Thats interesting never seen that station before

Rich, your closest reporting station is here: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ISTONE130

It's actually been slightly cooler here with a stronger breeze. Out of the breeze I'd say it feels warmer than the last couple of days though

No idea what the official temperature is for today around here but it does feel even warmer, sleeping tonight is going to be difficult