https://richardherring.com/warmingup/ en robs@notbbc.co.uk Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:11:13 +0100 https://richardherring.com/warmingup/31/5/2026/index.html Sun, 31 May 2026 11:20:00 +0100 8582/21502On the way back from the wedding yesterday I bought the kids some cherry flavoured Tictacs for the journey. I used to love Tictacs when I was a kid, not that we had the array of flavours they have now and so I was suspicious of the cherry ones. But I tried some and it turned into a very Proustian moment for me. Firstly because I was eating Tictacs again, having not eaten many in the last 45 years. I remembered eating them as a kid and suddenly had a hankering for my Tictac of choice, the orange Tictac. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/30/5/2026/index.html Sat, 30 May 2026 09:56:00 +0100 8581/21501I've now been blogging for over 39.9% of my life. I won't stop til it's 100%.We dragged our reluctant kids into London for the wedding party of one of my (many) friends. It was a bit of sweaty jaunt to West London, but given how much neither of them had wanted to go they coped very well. This was actually a wedding party - the ceremony had happened five years ago with social distancing and very limited numbers, during Covid and the happy couple had finally got round to getting their (genuinely many) friends together for a celebration.I https://richardherring.com/warmingup/29/5/2026/index.html Fri, 29 May 2026 09:54:00 +0100 8581/21500A day off that I seemed to pack with more stuff than usual. I played tennis in the early morning sun for the second day in a row and then came home and headed to the gym with Catie. I didn't really need any more exercise, but I did a few weights before hitting the showers. We then had an early lunch at Wagamamas before going to see Obsession at Cineworld.Three films under 24 hours - what a world!I really enjoyed this one, apart from the gory bits which I shut my eyes for. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/28/5/2026/index.html Thu, 28 May 2026 19:53:00 +0100 8580/21499The kids were at their grandparents tonight and so that meant we could do anything we wanted.We decided to watch two films. Which these days feels incredibly hedonistic. The kids stay up a bit later now and it means we rarely have 90 minutes before we're falling asleep and certainly not four uninterrupted hours.Once again I will remind those without children or responsibilities to enjoy the incredible freedom they have. Not by going round the world or making love to a thousand different partners. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/27/5/2026/index.html Wed, 27 May 2026 12:50:00 +0100 8579/21498I'd tried to avoid the choking heat of the night by sleeping downstairs on the sofa in the slightly less stultifying lounge, but I carried on sweating and hoped that at least this would mean I finally shifted some weight (no luck).Tough to get much done and Ally was not up for a Newsround, so we had family time. The girls went off to watch The Devil Wears Prada 2 which they both thought was ace and I watched the first Percy Jackson film with Ernie, who is really into the books.A https://richardherring.com/warmingup/26/5/2026/index.html Tue, 26 May 2026 12:09:00 +0100 8578/21497Driving in this kind of sunshine can be a bit of a nightmare. Without being able to park in the shade the car is like a furnace and the steering wheel almost too hot to touch.So we made an earlyish start today and I left the engine going so I could get the air conditioning up and running. Would some Somerset chancer make off with the car as I gathered our stuff together inside? Not this time. But in some Universe out there, surely. The cooling experiment pretty much worked and meant we were on course to get home before midday. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/25/5/2026/index.html Mon, 25 May 2026 16:53:00 +0100 8577/21496Cheddar caves on the hottest day in May on record? Are you crazy? Not at all. If you knew anything at all and had stood in the caves for 8 hours a day for several weeks in 1986, then you would know from the repeating commentary that the temperature is a constant 11 degrees celsius in the caves. So it was actually a bit chilly.