A stifling hot day and, after a lunchtime visit to check on my aunt, Jorgie, the parrots and I all tried to find spots around the house and garden to keep cool.

Quite late in the evening I decided on a stroll around the common.
Apart from a couple of stonechats watching me from the top of their dead tree lookouts, there was a distinct lack of bird and animal life.

At 10pm it was still 24 degrees