It could hardly have been a more perfect summer's day – a heatwave, glorious sunshine...and Andy Murray proved he was the hottest British tennis player of his generation by making history at Wimbledon.
Thousands of people in the Westcountry crowded round television sets, at outdoor screens or just listened to the crackle of the car radio for the moment Murray clinched the Wimbledon men's singles title – with cheers ringing out and fans punching the air as Murray broke down in tears of joy and relief when Djokovic found the net on the final point.
Murray is the first British man to be crowned Wimbledon champion in 77 years. Not since Fred Perry won for the third successive year, in 1936, has there been a home victory in the men's final.
As the Westcountry sizzled in the hottest weather of the year so far, Sunday afternoon life had just about come to a standstill across the region as people settled down for the big match, many with a Pimm's in their hand.
Hundreds of people flocked from all over Plymouth and from surrounding areas in Devon and Cornwall to the city's big screen where the atmosphere was electric.
The vast majority in the enthusiastic audience were not even born when Fred Perry was at the top of the tennis-playing pile – let alone know the man behind the popular clothing label.
The big screen oohed and aahed with every point – the collective volume getting louder the deeper as he went into his straight sets victory.
There was a collective relief and elation as Plymouth's big screen crowd saluted the nation's latest hero with a standing ovation and shouts of "way to go Murray".
But that united celebration was comically interrupted ever so briefly when the jubilant crowd offered a chorus of boos when the BBC's cameras panned to a clapping Prime Minister David Cameron.
Sue Milton, who runs The Ford Inn, was watching the match at the big screen with Jan Woolley, a friend who was visiting Plymouth for the weekend.
Sue said: "It's absolutely brilliant being able to come here to watch it.
"The atmosphere is great and there's food and drink. What a fantastic city we've got."
Elsewhere, those who were not swept along by Murray fever over the weekend simply soaked up the sizzling sunshine as the region baked in heat from the gardens of Lanhydrock to the beaches of North Devon, or they took part in swimming and surfing contests.
Beaches up and down the region and across the country were packed, leading to more than 250 call outs to the Coastguard across the UK.
On Saturday, crowds gathered on the streets of Liskeard for the Lions Carnival as the wonderful sunshine brought a huge turnout for the event.
Temperatures on the Devon and Somerset border hit 28 degrees yesterday as many parts of the region enjoyed long spells of unbroken sunshine, cloudless skies and only a light breeze. And it is likely to get even hotter today. Forecasters predict today will be another scorcher with temperatures expected to climb towards 30 degrees during the day after balmy overnight highs of 16 degrees.
The Exeter-based Met Office confirmed Sunday as the warmest day of the year in the South West and nationally with the mercury nudging a blistering 29.2C at Heathrow Airport.
Forecaster Jenny Rourke said: "This weekend has been very warm with little cloud and light winds. Some places have seen more sunshine than others, and the cooler places have been on the coast."
As temperatures in Devon hit the high twenties yesterday afternoon, conditions in parts of Cornwall were slightly cooler at around 20 degrees.
The fine weather is set to continue in Devon and Cornwall over the next two days, before a brief dip followed by another warm weekend. The glorious weather was in stark contrast to the same time last year when a month's worth of rain fell in just 12 hours.
