Phew what a scorcher

The average midday temperature during July was 30.3 C (86 F), slightly up on last month. Again, we had no rain and we now have water restrictions in place. It has only rained once, for two consecutive days, this year and that was in April. Before that it was August 2004. Not many people know that! (Why would anybody want to know it? - Ed.)

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Jan's leg is finally on the mend and all the scabs have fallen off
(Oh pullleeeeeese - Ed.) This may be just a bit more information than you need, but to us it's a milestone! Jan is now much happier getting into the pool and the locals now no longer run away shouting, "lepreuse, lepreuse".

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Jan has mentioned again about getting a friend for Max and suggested that I ring to check what's available. She is probably serious, but we wouldn't do anything until later this year, at the earliest, when we would have much more time available. We shall see.