Wish I had more exciting news and this won’t blow your socks off but London finally have a few air-conditioned busses. I had not realised that the new busses had these little vents until I sat down and felt the nice cool air blowing on me. It could not have come at a more perfect time; it has been a scorcher for the last three days.

 Scorcher, yes, you read right. The weather in London has been fantastic and you can definitely see a lot more people smiling on the street. Summer time is an exciting time in London, so much to see and to do, never mind catching up with friends who live a borough or two away from you.

Anyway, to get back to this amazing new bus I got on yesterday. My initial thought when I got to the top of the double-decker bus that these people have to be crazy to not have any windows open, until I felt the nice cool air blowing on me. I did not even mind sitting in the sunny spot all the way home as I was cooling down. Now I’m going to mind even less sitting in traffic on a hot sunny day, as long as the air-conditioning is working.

Now to get TFL to do something about the conditions on the Underground. It gets unbearably hot down there, not worth taking a tube at all. I did see a few big industrial fans that did nothing but blow hot air around the platform. This is at least something but not enough yet considering how much we fork out on travel in the capital.