40 degrees today. House weather. No-one is on the streets; parks empty, houses full, aircon on. I spent some quality time floating down the river on a lilo, a favourite summer pastime. There's nothing quite like submitting to the slow, steady flow of the river. The rapids - normally a bit exciting - were too shallow to negotiate, and I hurt my hand trying to get down them.

Interesting that when we lounge in the sun for hours, we are actually cooking our flesh slowly.