It has been awful. So hot, so humid that going outside is misery. This means that very little is done unless you are in an air-conditioned space or in the car. It is like hibernation in reverse.

This means that the smallest event gains significance. Guests have started to complain about my frying pan. It is a very heavy cast iron thing that used to have beautiful red enamel on the exterior. It works great but looks unhygienic, hence the complaints.

Only days after the extraction of two molars I return to the chair. This time it is an operation to screw in another implant. It is not much fun but better than being outside.

I change my car. The previous one had a 1000cc engine and was way too powerful for me.

I spend a lot of time watching a demented Chinese guy scoff shellfish https://www.facebook.com/mnfoodtk It is astonishing.

I bite the bullet and contact Jigen san to see if we can make progress on setting up the jib roller reefing system. Then I could actually go sailing in the cool breezes that waft around Okinawa. To do this we have have to lower the mast, which is a fairly complex operation. Before that I have to take off all the typhoon protection stuff, cover, sail cover, bilge pump etc etc. This is really hard work as I had done a very good job lashing down everything possible. It is terribly hot. Sweat sprays out and my clothes are soaked.

Jigen san shows up and after a lot of discussion we succeed in lowering the mast. He shows no sign that the heat is bothering him whereas I think I am going to die.

Luckily, Arisa san suggests going to a local Yakitori place.

I hear that it has been exceptionally cold and rainy on the West coast of Scotland this year. Bliss