A Mediterranean feel today as temperatures soar into the mid-twenties

The warmest day so far this year, with a maximum temperature of 24.2C, and with the hazy sky and lazy orange cumulus it felt more like August than April. Holly Blue and two Orange Tips seen today. My potatoes are a good six inches high and the ground is still bone dry. I shall have to do more watering this evening, but my two water butts are nearly empty. Sat outside with a beer after watering my other garden - bliss!