Yes Friday to Sunday. They'll still run it I suppose. Hope they don't set light to the Racecourse.

All that messes them up usually is wind. As I'm sure Vlad could tell us and possibly might they can't get them to erect properly in the wind - they just flop down which is no good to anybody, Plus they don't want to end up over Russia.

Hey Mark,



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Quick reminder: use less electricity than usual from 6-8pm this evening (Wednesday, 12th August) while the sun's taking a breather behind the moon.


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I only use grid energy for charging between 2am and 5am and very little then these days. I signed up anyway. My system will be exporting over part of that period as will anybody else on the Octopus Flux tariff if they've set their automations up properly to do so as that pays a high rate for any export between 4pm and 7pm.

Klondie,  its supposed to be the balloon festival this weekend I believe.
I wonder if they will still run it in this heat?

More on this extraordinary heat.
It says in Norfolk last month,   it reached 38°.     That is 106f as we used to call it.  Quite extraordinary for the UK,  isn't it.

You may well laugh,  but I have a feeling this is all leading up to something.  


 https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cn8n9pg54m1o 

I don't know if others had an email from their electricity company today,  but I did,  and it  explained about so many people running cooling fans, and air -con etc,  and it's  putting a big burden on the electric company's equipment.
Then they went on to say not to open our freezers,  fridges, and check if any medications need to be kept cool.
And finally they gave us an emergency  number to ring incase our electricity all conks out.
Just seen we've also got a 'Severe'  heat warning her for tomorrow too now.

Dear oh dear.   First the water running out,  then threatened food shortages,  and now the electrics on the blink!     We might as well all snuff it now and stop inconveniencing all these big companies!   
 




August 12, 2026, 05:04:52 PM

Quote from: muddy on August 12, 2026, 04:37:18 PMIt's 32 degrees here now

It's stifling isn't it, Muddy.
How is  Mungo coping?

It's 32 degrees here now 

Quote from: klondike on August 12, 2026, 01:46:13 PMThey sound like they'd come in very handy on hen nights.

'Ewwwww!'

They sound like they'd come in very handy on hen nights.

They were able to cut down on the size of the antenna and the low-level ones work just as well for that. I can guarantee that having used both types myself. Far better than the stand up sink type which tend to block.

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