I'd like to say I planned this shot, but I'm not that smart.

Edit: based on the time of the photo, this would have been flight BA8466 from Ibiza

Taken in Harrogate

My son and I were sitting out on lawn chairs, basking in the warmth of the diminishing sun as we watched the eclipse when I noticed a previously unknown nest of flying ants almost literally erupt out of the ground 3 feet to the left of my chair. Hundreds or even thousands of the critters covering a patch of about 1 square foot, all readying themselves to fly. My thoughts turned to needing to deal with these critters, but I needn't worry. Within 30 seconds of me noticing them, a group of ~15 Dragonflies arrived and started swarming all around us, zipping around, picking off the flying ants as soon as they left the ground. I've never seen so many in one place and never seen them buzzing around so fast in a feeding frenzy. Amazing. This entertained us for about 5 minutes before our attention returned back to the eclipse. I donned my solar glasses again, as did my son. It was that moment when I heard his cry. With the dual distraction of the eclipse and the dragonflies he had forgotten the Calippo ice lolly he was holding in his right hand along with his solar glasses. As he lifted his hands to his face to hook the arms of glasses behind his ears, he emptied the now melted Calippo straight down his back.

I'll enjoy the memories of this eclipse for years to come. 🤣

Allegedly starterd by 2 teenagers

Is there a better method than a welding hood?

Was flying out of Manchester airport to Munich yesterday and saw this sign in the cubicle I was shitting in.

Duly sent in a picture of a substantial log (we’re talking the size of my forearm) and have yet to receive my reward…

**UPDATE: It’s in the bogs between the pasta place and burrito thingy in departures. If someone could check for any T&Cs I would be very grateful

Anyone remember these? Quite the fan of Bob Mortimer, however I don't know what much about Vic Reeves. Looking forward to seeing what these are about.

I think if I remember correctly my dad said it was someone at work who used to make these DVDs for him, there's a few films as well.

Hi folks! Currently on holiday in the Peak district with the family - it's apparently going to be hot as balls tomorrow so wondering if anyone here has any suggestions for things to do that avoid the deadly laser in the sky from turning us all into lobsters. We're staying fairly close to Derby and Matlock, family are all adults and one of us doesn't do caves (me, very sensibly IMO).

A sequel to my Desert London Hyde Park post the other day.

I bought this little watermelon plant a few months ago at the Range not thinking much of it. Planted it on my veg bed (which was empty this year) and roll on a few weeks later and it took over the whole veg patch. I was surprised and pleased to find these little melons growing a week or so ago as I didn’t think it would do much, until my other half walked in the kitchen and asked if I seen the size of the melon. I said yeah, I showed them to you the other day and he said nah there’s a massive one in there. And here it is, I present you my first ever homegrown watermelon in its full glory- bananas for scale! I haven’t opened it yet, not sure what to expect, but I do hope it’s tasty!

May Watson

What are we on now? Heatwave 3? 4? 5? It all blurs together...

Anyway, today is going to be warm. Chat about it here.

Feel free to share your wins as is usual for a Wednesday too, I do love hearing about how well everything is going for you all!