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Elle, a disturbed night!
No sleep with the thunderstorm, I'm afraid!
No powercut though, and...it has passed!
Sorry to hear the England women footballers did not make it past Japan. For me, the women play the game in the correct manner, unlike the professional men's game where cheating and simulation are the norm, and encouraged.
Rant over!

Morning everyone,

How are you all this morning, and how did you sleep?
Sorry you had a disturbed night Rusty ; is the weather pleasanter today?



I see that temps at Wimbledon yesterday were almost as high as Centre of France, can't have been comfortable for the players, and probably not so for spectators either. (I wonder if it is not bordering on being dangerous for players?)

Here no thunder, a warm night with 23C and 30C at 9am with a hot south-easterly breeze, so that it feels more like 32/35C- I now have the two ceilings fands going plus a portable one that I carry around with me when I move from one room to the other. Shutters closed of course, but thank goodness we have them !

The French Open golf has been affected by thunderstorms,I see. "The golf national", near Paris. Is that near you, pigale?

Hi ChrisE,

It's not too far, about 150 km (max), but the thunder line passed to the west of us. The village is about 80km East of Orleans, bordering the Bourgogne area.

Do you know the name of town for the golf? Mind you I could google it !

PS - ChrisE, I have just googled and it is in Guyancourt, I would say 160 kms north-west of us. And yes, the thunder was to go over that area, following an axe South-West of France - North Scotland.

Finally got to sleep, then at 2.05 am my neighbour's alarm goes off. I don't have a key and even if I did I wouldn't have investigated. But I did watch and saw nothing out of place. Eventually the noise stopped but the light is still flashing.
Then heard car start up at 3 am.
Took ages to get back to sleep then,but much cooler now

Hello, Pigale!
Yes, a fine morning here, thank you!
Was very noisy for several hours during the night.
No wind, but thunder, lightning, and rain!
A Scottish summer!
It seems to very hot in France. England, too.
The Tour teams presentation is this evening.
I'll watch it on Eurosport, and hope it wont be too boring!

Elle, I read that Heather next meets that dreadful Serena (panic room) person.
Heather would be unlikely to beat her?
I shall cheer her on, regardless!
Are you giving "the ladies who lunch" the elbow today, due to Wimbledon?

Morning again, Rusty!
Sorry you had a disturbed night! At least you had a thunderstorm to clear the air - which hopefully it has done?
Pleasanter out this morning, due it's only being 23C (ten degrees cooler than yesterday!) but we are promised / threatened with a thunderstorm here by midday - it's already looking dark and cloudy.
I wonder whether it will affect Wimbledon - that's about 10 miles way from here.
Yes, Heather is to meet Serena next- I very much doubt that she stands a chance! but I shall be routing for her!(anyone who can beat Serena has my blessing!)
Today has some big names on court.....
Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Andy Murray, Petra Kvitova, Jo-Wilfrid Tsonga and James Ward (GB) are all playing.
Yes, of course I shall forego "lunch" today in favour of Wimbledon - did you really expect me to do anything else???

Elle, the air has not cleared!
It looks like my thunderstorm is moving South?
I do not know Wimbledon forecast.
You can find it on Accuweather. I find them quite accurate.
i like Tsonga. James Ward is new to me.
Maybe the "ladies" are tennis fans, too.

I am about to contact my granddaughters to see if they have anything in my "social diary"!

Good Morning/Bonjour
Sky completely cloudy here ( about 9 miles West of Wimbledon) and rain has just started. It is forecast to be heavy at noon to 13.00 hrs. and again at 15.00 to 1700 hrs. and usually Wimbledon have the rain about 10 mins. after us.
I have a question for Elle, as I feel you are one of the forum experts on tennis. I have googled until I am blue in the face, with no results. I will post later.