The heatwave continues. A lot of Purple People are either at work or shielding from the intense sun, so not too much to report today.
I've been hors de combat, with a severely arthritic knee. Had a cortisone jab this morning, which should get me through the rest of the season and my youngest daughter's wedding at the end of the month...
Managed an hour out this lunchtime, and saw a lazy male around a giant beech on the crest of the Frome valley just west of Sapperton, near Cirencester. This is an incised wooded valley, with good areas of sallow. I spotted the male around a classic laneside beech 'master tree' at the top of the slope.
Today is 50 year's on from IRP Heslop's male 'iole' in Bentley Woods, netted after he'd been up all night watching the Apollo moon landing...
Two new sites turned up in Norfolk by Liz and Andrew.
Advise: throw a sicky on Friday and go Emperoring. The temperature is forecast to plummet down to a more reasonable 23C, in which case they should go berserk...
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friday 23rd: dull up north....no sun at all, so, no, we won't go hunting!
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