A green-fingered dad has kept cool this weekend as Britain sweltered in a heatwave - in the incredible back garden 'jungle' he's spent 35 years nurturing. Brits were warned to stay out of the sun from 11am to 3pm this weekend wear shades and a hat as the Met Office issued a heat warning.
The thermometer hit a sizzling 32.2c in yesterday and temperatures are predicted to stay high today. But Dr Simon Olpin's back garden is the perfect place to bask in the searing heat as it's an 8,000-square-foot tropical paradise complete with 25ft palm trees
Simon, 71, said: "It's very nice as we've got an area near the house that's very sunny. We can sit in the sun surrounded by palm trees, bamboo and some umbrella trees which come from South East Asia.
