Heatwave in Ullapool

The predicted heatwave has arrived at Ullapool. It is 27° but to me it feels much hotter, probably because there is no breeze. I walked in to the village to meet James for lunch on his return from Inverness and I was sweltering. I quaffed lots of water but I didn’t properly cool down until I had a shower back at the cottage. James arrived in Ullapool with a new tire on the car. Thank goodness that the garage were able to source one, it is not always easy to get car parts in the north of Scotland as we know from experience! 
The cats were very naughty last night; I foolishly let them out for what I thought would be a short foray at midnight, and they didn’t come back indoors until two in the morning. Then when they did come in, they were very excited and ran about the cottage, keeping me awake. We really need to get a catflap for them so that they can come and go as they please. 
A wee update about my sore foot. I ended up popping up back through to Inverness on Thursday to get my foot checked out at Raigmore Hospital. The nurse was annoyed with the x ray department because they x-rayed my ankle instead of my foot (as she had requested) but she didn’t get it redone and thinks that I have torn ligaments rather than broken bones, which is reassuring. Over the last few days it has continued to be painful and the bruising is spectacular on the side and the top of my foot.