If you can't stand the heat...

They can't say they didn't warn us.

Last week the forecasters told us it was going to be hot. A heatwave. A difficult-to-sleep-in kind of heat. 

And it is.

It's even more difficult to work in.

Especially when there's an hour-long power cut which means we can't open the freezers and the fans aren't working (3.45-4.45 this afternoon).

This didn't seem to worry the many who sat in the garden shade, sipping elderflower presses and eating the first Wimbledon Cake of the season.

I made it this morning - orange zest sandwich sponge, filled with fresh local cream, local strawberries and not-so-local passion fruit, topped with more strawberries. I so wish I'd taken a photo but it had all gone before it even crossed my mind. 

I shall try again tomorrow but may be thwarted by an overdue visit to the dentist. 

Who I am sure will tell me to eat more cake.