I should have said it's been 28-30 Deg C for 4 or 5 days now and is set to continue that way until Friday. Although it is warm I personally don't think it's actually that bad. I've been in Italy and the south of France when it's been 43-44 Deg C and that IS HOT !! Remember one time being in France riding through Orange in grid lock. I was on my Ducati 900SS with a friend on the same bike with his girlfriend on pillion. The temp was 42 Deg C according to the customary public thermometer notable in French towns. It was a struggle in one piece leathers and full face helmet but I was keeping my cool so to speak ! The traffic moved , so I went with it but noticed my friend wasn't alongside after a few hundred mtrs. Looked back and he was therestationary in the middle of all the traffic causing a commotion !! I pulled over , parked and ran back to see what was wrong , fully expecting it to be a bike problem. Apparantly he had passed out , his girlfriend had been quick to realise the bike was going over and put her feet down , just catching it intime !!
We got him off the bike , not easy , he was 5'11" and 175 Lbs , and laid him at the side of the road , removed his helmet , unzipped his leathers etc.
Fortunately there was a store nearby so we got water and a cloth and wiped him down then put a wet cloth on his head. He came around after a few minutes wondering what had happened ! Had me and his GF worried ! Someone had called an ambulance and they insisted he was taken to hospital for a checkover. Obvious really , but they decided he had dehydrated too much and suffered heat stroke. He was told to rest for that day , not drink anything except water and make sure to drink enough water in future for the rest of our holiday. Quite an adventure that trip , I fell off on the way back but thats another story. Oh , and the bikes never missed a beat !