27/08/2026
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9wp3p4301o
We've experienced this too. Quite a few 'regulars' have returned more than once this summer to escape the heat of the south. We've had it warmer and dryer than usual up here too, but not like the extremes of the south. Quite a few have also already booked two week slots next summer in anticipation of the same thing happening. Good for us I suppose but extremely worrying about the longer term climate impacts. I hope the return of the rain is a good thing, although there is of course always worry about flooding following drought.
Scotland and other northern European nations are seeing more tourists as people avoid the heat.