Cicadas

The journey was long and hot. I had not anticipated so much holiday traffic on the road as the crossover weekend for July holiday makers returning and August holiday makers setting off is next weekend. There were several hold-ups and the journey took an hour or two longer than usual. The temperature in the slow moving traffic was 35 degrees at one point and the car air conditioning struggled to cope. We had a very late lunch at a rest area when we reached the Mediterranean. We found some shade but Mrs TT and I struggled to talk to each other as the cicadas were making an enormous racket. I have never heard them so loud.