Indian summer

OK, so they were quite right, "they" being the weather forecasters who predicted the spell of very warm weather we are now experiencing. Yesterday, on the evening television news, we were shown pictures of people on beaches in Scarborough, Minehead and Brighton and we were told the temperature in each place. Brighton was, apparently, the coolest at just 21 (what's happened to the little o thingie for degrees?) but the thermometer in my car had recorded 27 during the afternoon. Of course, that was a couple of miles or more away from the beach and the cooling effect of the water but I don't know where the official thermometer is situated. It may well be that my car thermometer is inaccurate anyway.

Whatever. The short-sleeved shirts have come out of hibernation even if only for a few days.

The saga of the Old Bat's car continues. You may remember it failed the MOT because an indicator repeater light on the dashboard wasn't working. This was a job for a main dealer to rectify and it was duly taken away. The wiring cluster was sent away only to be returned with the light still inoperative. When it was returned next time the garage rang to say they would be delivering the car during the afternoon but then another fault was found. Eventually the car was returned just before we went to France on holiday. It passed the MOT a few days after our return. The Old Bat took it to go shopping the other day and was mindful of the need to refuel, but a glance at the gauge showed that the garage had kindly put in some petrol. Well, we assumed it was the garage since nobody else would have done. Then yesterday the low fuel light came on - but the gauge still shows 3/4 full! Looks like it will be going back to the garage as there is yet another fault in the wiring.