Beautiful sunny day all day - lying outside in the sun all afternoon.

May 3rd. Spent 3 hours lying outside in the sun.

May 4th. Sat outside in the sun for about 7 hours today.

May 6th. Went out for barbecue supplies - beautiful sunny, windy fresh day.

May 7th. Another beautiful sunny day - no wind either so f'hot. Spent 7 hours lying outside in the sun.

May 15th. Sat outside in the sun for a while.

May 21st. Lay outside till midday, then the three of us went to the bar for a cooling drink (it was f'hot).

May 24th. F-hot outside - turned out to be 81 F later.

May 31st. May hasn't been so bad - lovely weather at least.

'Very dry, very sunny, and very warm (13.0C CET). Over 300 hours of sunshine was widely recorded for the first time since 1909' [...]