Another week, another heatwave. This one was the fourth this year (or maybe the fifth, I can’t remember) and, once again, the hottest place in the UK on the hottest day of the week was Kew Gardens, 0.6 miles from us, at 38.1°C.
On Friday we received a government emergency alert on our phones, the sound of which profoundly displeased poor Louis Catorze. It’s concerning, to say the least, that we need a warning not to use barbecues or fireworks when the whole country is a brittle tinderbox, but then we are the same nation who, when instructed to stay away from others during Covid, all piled down to the seaside and packed out the beaches.
Sleeping with the window wide open makes me very uncomfortable indeed, as I worry about the likes of foxes and psycho killers entering the house. Oui, Mesdames et Messieurs: London foxes are adept climbers so, even on an upper floor, we aren’t safe. And, in the event of foxes creeping in, I fear that it would be my fault because, against the wishes of Cat Daddy, I have been leaving fresh water out for our resident Foxy Loxy. Therefore it would make sense for them to mistake my pity for an invitation to come in.
Luckily Catorze, who strikes the fear of the devil into the hearts of all foxes, joined me in bed on Thursday night. He remained there for much of the night, enjoying the breeze that drifted in and moving only occasionally to the window sill to check that all was well. I genuinely felt safer with him there as he would have seen off any foxes without hesitation.
As for psycho killers, assuming them to be male (not sexism on my part, just a statistical likelihood), I know that Catorze would have launched himself at them for cuddles, screaming with all his might, both warning me and giving me time to escape.
Here are Catorze and Foxy Loxy, enjoying opposite ends of the garden at the same time. I feel quite relaxed about them spending time there, as long as they continue to keep a respectful distance from each other:
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