Soaring temperatures, sea water hot enough to swim in and ice cold drinks all round.
Ahh summer. Glorious, sweltering summer.
Hope you enjoyed it, because the heat-wave is over. Smashing. Next on the agenda is thunder storms, according to the Met office. We look ahead to some unsettled conditions.
Despite the dire warnings, organisers of this weekend’s Rewind Festival in Perthshire are adamant nothing will rain on their parade so don’t be afraid to dust off your mullets and dayglo hot pants. Actually, do be afraid. Be very afraid. Meanwhile, it is set to be more of a case of OMG than OMD at the knees-up find out why in Tuesday’s tuneful Courier.
A Government agency has insisted there is an imminent health risk posed by radiation at Dalgety Bay. We have much more on the new twist in an old chestnut of a story which is continuing to vex a former Prime Minister. It’s made him angry, and you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry…
There is a also a new twist in the story regarding a £100,000 pay-out to a Dundee council employee subjected to sexual and abusive harassment. We have all the details as one senior councillor warns there are serious lessons to be learnt.
With one year to go until the Commonwealth Games some of the most famous views in Scotland have been given something of a makeover. The lush greens of St Andrews, Stirling Castle and the RRS Discovery are among the locations affected. We have the full story and cracking pictures.
Oh, and you may not have heard but a young couple had their first baby on Monday evening. We’ll have all the latest on royal baby mania.
In sport, our golf correspondent Steve Scott rounds up our Open coverage, while our football writer Ian Roache chats to Scotland boss Gordon Strachan about all things Wembley.
Plus, all the latest from the St Johnstone camp ahead of their big European clash.
For all of these stories and so much more be sure to pick up Tuesday’s Courier or why not try our digital edition?