35-36 Celsius today, expected to reach all-time UK record (38+C) on Friday.
Everything is dry, everything is brown.
Everybody is too hot to do anything.
People are going shopping just to stand in the freezer aisle and feel themselves not sweat for a moment.
We had a candle melt to a puddle a couple of days ago, without being lit.
On the plus side, there are many, many scantily-clad people everywhere you look...