Great drive through sunny countryside.

June 4th. Beautiful day.

June 5th. Even hotter today.

June 6th. Hotter still. Conceded to the weather so far as to wear shorts.

June 7th. Really hot today. No sign of thunder yet at 10.46 pm. Went into town, got a pair of thin trousers which'll be more comfortable than jeans if if we have more of this weather.

'A plume of hot air up from Spain gave a very hot first week - the earliest such hot spell since 1976' [...]

June 8th. Impressive classic cold-front passage last night, with gusts, rain, thunder and lightning and the temperature dropping 3° F in 10 minutes. Rather grey and rainy today.

'As a cold front moved south in the evening on the 7th there were violent thunderstorms, particularly from Dorset through the East Midlands into East Anglia... The 7th was quite a day'