London Underground - Westminster Station - a District Line train departing. Change at Westminster for Circle Line & Jubilee Line, exit above ground for The Houses of Parliament, Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey. 🚇

It’s Monday and the heatwave continues… 😎 hosepipe ban in my area, so it’s watering can only, my garden is suffering a bit tbh.

From 15th July, The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar will have an open border with Spain for the first time in 118 years, thanks to successful negotiations between UK and EU. 💙👍🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy Birthday England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 On 12th July 927, King Æthelstan united the separate English kingdoms, creating what is widely regarded as the birth of England as one nation. England is officially 1099 years old today. 🎂

On page 172 of The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

It’s a warm and windy Sunday morning. Have a fab day.

London Underground - The Bakerloo Bend at Waterloo Station on the Bakerloo Line. 🚇

That iconic sound when you know you’re on the London Underground 🚇

On page 104 of The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Blue sky Saturday in my little garden. 😎

Happy Saturday 👍🏻

On page 46 of The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Happy sunny Friday 😎

My little garden lit up with lights at 10:20pm and it’s still a balmy 23 Celsius.

The Glasgow Subway. First opened in 1896, it’s the World’s third oldest underground light metro system after London Underground and Budapest Metro. The only underground metro system in Scotland and the second oldest in the UK. 🚇

London Underground - Westminster Station, a District Line train arriving. Westminster is a multi level station, sub surface Circle & District Lines, and deep level Jubilee Line. The original station opened in 1868, the deep level Jubilee Line platforms opened in 1999. 🚇

I have very odd shaped tomatoes growing this year, I don’t know what’s happened? Providing they taste okay, I’m not that bothered about the shape 😂

5 out of 5 stars to The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson, and my review: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Temperatures have exceeded 34°C today for the 8th day this year 🌡️ That makes it a record for the most number of 34°C or higher in a calendar year 👇 The record was previously set in 1976 and 2020 for 7 days

Me and my garden gnome in a mankini. Well not me in a mankini 😂 ✌🏻

Happy ‘Scorchio’ Thursday! 😎 ☀️

Millions around the world 🌍 choose to watch BBC British produced telly and our trusted BBC news output. Britain still rules the waves, well the TV and Radio waves 🇬🇧

Reform UK is quickly being exposed as the most corrupt political organisation in the UK. Always knew it, just don’t understand anyone who supports them. 🤷🏻‍♂️

London Underground - Charing Cross Station, a Bakerloo Line train arriving. Charing Cross is served by two underground lines: Northern Line and Bakerloo Line. Originally two separate stations: Trafalgar Square(Bakerloo Line) Strand(Northern Line) were linked together underground and renamed in 1979.

London’s first skyscraper - Tower 42 NatWest Tower is almost 50 years old. Still standing strong but dwarfed by a huge amount of taller skyscrapers built in the last 20 years, what is the future for Tower 42? Courtesy Londonist.com londonist.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

Andover War Memorial Hospital celebrates its Centenary, opened in 1926, it’s now part of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It continues to provide a vital role in Andover and surrounding areas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On page 610 of The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Happy International Paramedics 🚑 Day. Thank you to all of our NHS 💙Paramedics who are there for us 24 hours a day. #internationalparamedicsday

A little bit of gardening before it gets too hot, a high of 31 Celsius today 😎

Heatwave number 3 is building over Western Europe. Temperatures expected to climb to the mid 30’s Celcius in London & South East England by Friday. 😎 🥵

Six fire crews tackle Salisbury Plain blaze after spreading to farmland in heatwave conditions, Fire engines from Salisbury, Andover, Amesbury, Devizes, Melksham & Chippenham are trying to contain it www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/six-fire-sal...

London Underground - Bank Station, named after The Bank of England situated above. Bank & Monument Stations are interlinked underground and form a busy Central London interchange of 5 lines: Central, Northern, Waterloo & City, Circle and District. DLR also serves the interchange. 🚇

East Midlands Railway Class 810 Aurora High Speed Train at London St Pancras International. 📸 Courtesy - That Train Driver Mum on FB. 🚄 #UKtrains

While trying to avoid football and Wimbledon, I catch a brilliant Nigella Lawson cooking show on BBC Two and she said something that made me think - she hates green peppers 🫑 because she said they’re not ripe, stick to red & yellow ones only, better flavour. 😁

On page 559 of The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hosgson www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

The Roses have given up in the heat, last of the dead heading. Covered in cob webs. Too hot for them I think 🤔

Good riddance… 👋🏻

Morning everyone, it’s another very hot day ahead 😎, enjoy your Tuesday 👍🏻

Happy Monday and it’s heatwave number 3 this week 😎🤷🏻‍♂️

Today is the 78th birthday of our NHS. Created on 5th July 1948, it was the first free at the point of need, universal healthcare system in the Western World. One of the greatest achievements of the UK 🇬🇧 where healthcare is free for everyone regardless of ability to pay. 💙

A selection of UK 🇬🇧 trains 🚄 Hull Trains/Great Northern/Lumo/Thameslink/LNER Azuma/GWR/Heathrow Express. 🎥 Courtesy Starlife Studios.

London Underground - Elephant & Castle Station, a Northern Line train northbound to Edgware. Elephant & Castle Station is served by two underground lines: Northern Line and Bakerloo Line. 🚇

On page 444 of The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Potted up 🌱 some baby Spider plants 🪴

Heatwave number 3. Heat will slowly build this week with temperatures likely to be >30°C for many southern areas all week, perhaps reaching the mid 30°C once again by Thursday. Cooler further north.

The Royal Air Force Red Arrows, flying over New York City today to celebrate America250.

Me through four decades. Always happier naked.

On page 380 of The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Morning everyone, a cloudy start to Saturday, fingers crossed some sunshine later 🤞🏻 have a great day.

It’s officially 4th July in UK so I want to say Happy 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Birthday to The United States of America 🇺🇸, Britain colonised and started the spark that grew into a new country, we still have our differences, but we’re still trans Atlantic cousins, united by historic links, language and culture. ❤️