Eddie Bowen

I'm in a very, very hot Bordeaux in France.

At the moment, it's my temperature shown here, 42.

And that's a record since records began here in Bordeaux in 1825.

And to make matters worse, we're expecting between 44 and 45 tomorrow.

how are you coping with it?

I'm not great and this pasty white Irishman is struggling.

I'm a bit of a puddle of a mess of sweat but it's, yeah, it takes a bit of getting used to when you're not, when you haven't really suffered this heat for this land like it's been now since Friday, you know, and they seem to be well used to it here and well catered for it but when you're coming from Ireland it's a completely different kettle of fish.

Not a whole lot.

Last night now, I was just checking because, again, family from home in Ireland were asking me how it was.

So it's between 32 and 35 last night.

Oh, my God.

In the middle of the night?

Yeah, never went below 30 last night.

And there's no breeze or nothing.

I went out to Ikea and I bought two industrial fans for the apartment just to circulate some air.

Hydration.

I went out and I bought, there was already a fan here in the apartment, but I went out and I bought two more in Ikea yesterday, took the train up.

Actually, the tram system was probably the best place to get a cooling because it is actually the coolest place around.

Oh, the trams are air-conditioned.

They're air-conditioned.