Do’s and don’ts during a HEATWAVE on the Isle of Man

Brace yourselves Manxies, it’s gonna be HOT today!

Do

• Head to to Ramsey and order some fresh af Gelato from the Gelatory.

• Anything above 10 degrees, get the sun cream out. And no, not the factor 4 oil, we’re talking SPF 50, kids!

• Get the BBQ out of long-term storage, give her a clean and head to Riley’s for 6 months worth of charcoal and firelighters (ever the optimist)

• Get yourself down the Quay for a sesh. ‘It’s a school day though?’ …WHO CARES! If you’re not there at 5pm sharp on that little strip the sun hits when the sun’s out, are you even MANX?

• Head to Peel to build a sandcastle (steal a spade off your child if necessary)

• BBQ some MANX kippers… persevere when it starts to rain

• Go paddle-boarding down Port Erin, and finish off with some after drinks at Foraging Vintners

• Get your offensively pasty Manx legs out… they need some vit D

• Stock up on some Dark Fruits and get the Arctic Monkeys on. Glasto might not be happening right now but you can still have those ~FeStIvAL ViBeS~

• Locate your nearest beer garden. Head straight to said beer garden. Remain at said beer garden until it closes

• Resurrect last year’s WhatsApp group, simply named ‘BBQ’, send a message with a simple combination of a burger and a beer emoji

• Be prepared to talk about the weather at work ALL DAY for the remainder of the week. Cue quotes like; ‘I heard it was going to be 500 degrees tomorrow’ ‘HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR!!!’

• Meet your mates for a Boots Meal Deal on the prom (beware of the shite-hawks)

• Walk to work looking smug as f*ck in your sunnies

• Psyche yourself for the Disney World like crowds if you brave the ‘water park’ in Ramsey with kids

• Take off aforementioned sunnies as the sun f*cks off 5 mins in

Don’t

• Complain it’s too hot – please, just let us have this

• Get the budgy smugglers out on Peel beach, or any beach for that matter

• Wear colours that will clash with your majestic sunburn, we’re talking, pinks, reds and ‘salmon’

• Wear shorts for the rest of the week, even when the inevitable happens and the temperatures return to sub 10 degrees

• Post a shit picture of the sun with the caption ‘What’s that yellow ball in the sky?” It was a little bit funny the first time we saw it, BACK IN 2012

• Go for a swim in the Mooragh Lake to cool down – one word, eels

• KILL ANY SPIDERS, AS IT WILL RAIN! RESPECT THE GODS OF NONSENSICAL SUPERSTITION

STAY SAFE. KEEP HYDRATED. ENJOY!