Cloudy.....

19th June 2026 (Friday)    10.00 .... We've the occasional blue patch in the sky, but rain is

Photo Courtesy BBC News.
forecast:  though I expect sunny spells now and again.   This is one of the 'longest days' of summer with the Solstice on Sunday.    There's an Amber heat warning out for parts of England or the weekend;  it's to be comfortably warm in Scotland but not a heat wave.    

Michael is having a Lemsip because he has a summer cold:  I wonder where he got that from?     oops! .... probably me!     

The 'News is mostly about Andy Burnham winning the Makerfield by-election, and the repercussions that might happen because of  this win.  (Probably the 'end' of the Labour Party's chance of winning the next General Election).   Andy Burnham is a good 'speaker', but, for some reason I cannot imagine him on the International Stage!     UK politics could be interesting over the next few weeks and months!

17.30    The weather has been a mixed (and disappointing) today;   however the sun is breaking through again, and the day looks like ending with a lovely evening.    Michael had got my TV set up with HD so I'm an extremely  'happy boy'.   'The Troops' went out for a wander a wee while ago, but have, just this minute, arrived back.    The weather probably cut their walk short.

What have I been doing?.... I've been watching the tennis from Queen's.   And I learned something today!  I always thought Queen's was in Eastbourne, but this afternoon I found out, thanks to the BBC, that Queen's is in Kensington, London!   Why I thought that it was at Eastbourne I'll never know!    Anyway there is the Eastbourne Open, played at Devonshire Park, just before Wimbledon:  at least I had the tennis bit right.   Just shows that we never stop learning.   Thank you BBC!

'The Troops' are off to continue their walk;  I think they came in for rain jackets!... it certainly looks like rain coming our way again.

22.00    We've been watching the World Cup USA v Australia;  it's still going on at the moment, but I have taken 'time out' from watching to update the 'blog' before the Scotland v Morocco game at 23.00.

Top Photograph;  Scottish supporters in Boston ..... Only the Scots would adopt a local duck!  Photo Courtesy BBC News.     Middle and Bottom photos;  USA v Australia Anthem ceremony.    Photos Courtesy BBC Sport.   

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