Washing on lines in the rain.

Never mind a hobby, get a life!!!!

I leave the washing on the line - after the rain, it will dry out if you leave it long enough.

Maybe you should knock on their doors and express your concern for them.
Tell them you cared enough to put a post on mumsnet about it.

Failing that just forget about it, and focus on your own washing.

How well I recall those far off, halcyon days when,"Live and let live" was a thing.

I think she already has, laundry watching

I tend to leave mine out if I think it'll dry later. Clever, not stupid - why waste the electricity drying it inside?

I don't find it smells if it gets rained on once and dries reasonably quickly afterwards. It's having around damp for days - either inside or outside - that makes it smell.

Because the forecast is never wrong is it!? Yesterday it was forecast for sunny intervals all afternoon so I washed two loads with the school uniforms. The sun didn’t come out, may have been some slight sea fret in the air but I put my washing out and it didn’t dry completely. It’s on the clothes airer now

I left some of the washing out overnight; it was wet and the worst that was going to happen was that it would get wetter. I don't live in a city so the washing doesn't stink or get dirty on the line.

"There is a yellow warning basically every day these days it feels like."

This

My dog's bed and blanket really needs a wash. They've been on the line all week getting a great pre-wash from the rain before they go in the machine. The more rain the better. Dog is sad he's down to only 2 beds and a beanbag not his usual 3!

-Get a new hobby. Being a nosey neighbour is really not an attractive trait
-I assume it is not raining yet, so they are simply trying to dry the washing as much as they can before they need to take it back indoors.

It doesn't smell and the pegs won't leave dirty marks.
If mine gets wet and it's not urgent it stays out.

I judge my neighbours who never put washing out much harder.

My mother used to look out of her kitchen window daily and loudly criticise our neighbour because of how she pegged her washing out. Two whole pegs to every item - so wasteful! That’s my mother through and through.

There shouldn’t be marks if you wipe the line before pegging out . Redried line washing smells much better than washing just left to dry inside for days.

I have a neighbour who fetched another neighbour's washing in as it started raining. It was very kind of him but I did wonder how he'd seen her washing out as he'd really have to be perving leaning right out of his windows.

I've been known to peg washing out during light rain. If it's forecast to brighten up later and I have to leave for work or go out.

It can be practically dry in an hour if there's a breeze so I opt for pegging out even if I know it won't be fully dry.

I peg all year round. Occasionally I get it wrong and it gets soaked. Like others I'd leave it til rain eases then just give it another spin. But it's surprising often how dry it is even after a soaking.

I don't understand how people don't peg out more. My measure are my 80 plus year old neighbours. They seem to have a sixth sense of when it will be fine whatever the forecast says!

I never knew about rain water making the washing soft in hard water areas! (Off to check the towels that got rained on yesterday to see if they’re soft…)

I live in a block of flats with shared washing lines. We have one neighbour that leaves washing out for days on end, clogging up the space so that other people can't use them. She also puts her stuff out in random clumps with massive spaces between clothes, It drives me nuts.

Mines out. I got home later than expected and it got rained on. It’ll stay out now until it’s dry

I live in a village and my towels have been out for two days as I didn't see the forecast. OP what a silly fuss. They didn't stink and there are no peg marks.

Why would washing left in the rain smell? DH and DS regularly get themselves soaked in petrol / diesel / oily mechanicaly stuff…the only way to get rid of the smell is to hang outside and just leave there until the diesel smell is gone. Takes days sometimes! Unless your neighbours are also having bonfires, can’t see a smell issue.

Maybe go and get it in for them if it’s worrying you OP - neighbourly thing to do!

This. You have way too much time on your hands op

probably dirty marks on the items where they rested on the line plus peg marks.

Why is your line leaving dirty marks on your clothes?

Mine can often be out and get rained on. It’s fine doesn’t need re washing.
I think the whole it’ll smell and will need re washing came from the early part of the 20th century when rain was mucky and everyone was burning coal.

I am one of those people you speak about OP. My washing has been known to be out over a couple of nights, I’d like to say because I’m hopeful the weather will change, but reality is I can’t be arsed or just forget. I’m sure my very perfect neighbour notes this every time, and I’m just glad I can make her feel a bit better about herself by witnessing this horrible trait of mine…..