Talking of tides, I never realised until recently how much impact they have on the water level of The Thames. I naively assumed it was driven by the amount of rain. One of my walks entails The Thames Path between Kingston Bridge and Chiswick Bridge. There's often flooding but I was amazed it was happening now. One week, after the Richmond Weir Gates, you could almost walk across it because it's so dry. The next, at the same time of day (late afternoon) it is almost bursting it's banks. Apparently it's all to do with the tides along that stretch.

Noel Coward wrote the song whilst in the Far East. The lyrics almost entirely refer to parts of the world in the tropics. Trebor's point about lack of shade is likely what was being alluded to.

Yes Keefy. We've put a tray of water on what used to be the lawn. Birds seem pleased. The hedgehogs may come at night. (Find their poo sometimes).

Lucky only 6 % of the uk is built on including roads etc.

I still wish it could work tbh but I care about the future of AFC Wimbledon more than I care about the future of fan ownership.

I think there are a lot of people who wished fan ownership would work in the EFL but had an awakening a few years ago when despite the ground being full for most games, we were still losing between 1 and 2 million per year, before 'football fortune'.

I popped in and saw you were talking about weather :) It touches on my naval history research which I now do instead of going to football - affecting tides etc.

The lesser spotted Treebs!

Bees and Hedgehogs need water!

Mining bees? They're going to be very disappointed if they're mining for nectar.

I imagine there are quite a lot of LibDem/left of centre Labour/One Nation Tories among the fan base who also thing "community ownership" is a good thing (especially if they can hug a tree on their way to the ground)

Apparently leaving your grass longer during hot spells can cool the soil by as much as 1.5 degrees. Trouble is all my grass is dead - not mowing it cos it's all just lying flat anyway. Got my little mining bees coming and going which is good to see. No hosepipe ban here but doesn't really feel right to go using it anyway tbh.

It is so dry my concrete garage base has slightly moved making the door difficult to close.

Spit i'm an old and some would think right wing. Definately pro moving on and ditching fan ownership.

Yes everyone has turned their front gardens into concrete parking spaces and ripped up their back gardens for artificial grass. And then we wonder why its so much hotter than it used to be.

I'm sure it's the old extreme left wimbledon fans who wants to remain fans owned at all costs,.the rest have moved on with the times that League football is currently.

Also we've concreted over half our city open spaces, which will also delay the hottest part of the day in city environments.

Midday would be hottest only if the Sun got turned off at that point. When the Sun is at its peak it has its maximum heating effect as the rays have less atmosphere to penetrate. But even though its effect lessens after that, it's adding to what's already accumulated. I think Dr Noel Coward was implicitly singing more about the lack of shade at that time of the day, rather than the heating effect, and about colonial environments closer to the equator where there will be even less shade comparative with a British environment. I do suspect that Dr Coward may have misattributed siesta to midday, too, whereas in reality those countries that have appropriated the custom tend to observe it in mid afternoon - I would recommend that Dr Coward submit his next paper for proper peer review.

I always assumed that on a totally sunny day the peak would be about 4pm, from noon till then the sun is heating things up, then it gets lower and temperatures plateau and then decline

Wasn't that Noel Coward?

Meadow - can you now publish the VCOC as you are no longer bound by it? Better still - OI publish VCOC - then TM will spill the beans on £400k-gate!

It does seem to have shifted, Trigs. The old music hall song "Mad dogs and Englishmen" suggests that midday used to be the hottest part of the day.

Also is it now just the normality that the hottest part of the day is no longer 12-3pm? It’s set to be 2 degrees hotter at 8pm than at midday.

It's surprisingly liberating resigning from the Dons Trust.

It’s a big week ahead - need multiple signings.