How fortuitous!
I first published this advice in 2013 when we must have been going through a heatwave (seems like we survived that one), so I felt it appropriate to publish it again!

- Forget the hoovering: that can be done when it’s raining;
- forget the ironing: wear linen as much as you can – it looks creased within five minutes of putting it on anyway, so nobody will know that you haven’t actually ironed it;
- don’t cook: it will increase the temperature in your house, so eat lettuce instead because it’s really boring and you won’t want to eat it, so you’ll have the added benefit of losing weight; and finally,
- SAVE WATER and help the local economy at the same time: go to the pub and drink beer instead!
I have followed all these rules and I can honestly say that I don’t feel in the least exhausted.