One hundred soldiers were drafted in to battle wildfires on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester. Photo / Danny Lawson, Getty Images
It's not unlike the Poms to complain about the weather.
But In the north of the country they have good reason for concern.
One hundred soldiers were drafted in to battle wildfires on Saddleworth Moor in the UK's Peak District National Park.
The pictures are more reminiscent of blazes in the Australian Outback or the North Californian hills. Not 10 minutes outside Manchester.
There have been some extreme temperatures recorded with the mercury floating around 30 degrees Celsius.
Well extreme for these parts, anyway.
The Northern hemisphere has just had their longest day, but temperatures are still rising.
Further north still, in a part of the country rarely touched by sunshine, a Scottish farmer has become an internet sensation for his dour observations on their drought.
The video published by BBC Scotland's Facebook page has had almost a million views.
"Three weeks with no rain. Things are seriously dry," he says, observing the pasture in a field of cows.
While the grass is still remarkably green, the "braw heat" is clearly too much for this North East farmer to take.
"It must be at least fourteen and a half degrees, maybe fifteen."
"If this is my last message and I don't make it home due to heat exhaustion, tell Willy I'll not be at darts tonight. And tell my sister Elsa there's a scotch egg in the fridge which will be out of date on Thursday."
While this farmer's observations on the weather are clearly tongue in cheek and found an appreciative audience on the BBC Comedy website, the heatwave is set to continue.
On Thursday the UK Met office issued a health warning for heatwave conditions to commuters in London, advising the young and elderly holiday makers to seek shade and avoid direct sunlight.
At least tourists now know where they can head to head to enjoy the sun. There's a field in Scotland at a balmy 15 degrees.
A world away from the glass and concrete of the Japanese capital.