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So sick of the endless grey weather

183 replies

Sadsister232 · 13/02/2025 08:36

I'm so fed up of opening my curtains to grey. When is spring coming? Its so depressing.

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Spottyshirt · 14/02/2025 10:56

Absolutely gorgeous sun and blue sky in Kent today

FastFood · 14/02/2025 07:13

I'm in London and these last two weeks have been brutal.
On the bright side, it's been good to stay at home with a cup of tea, a jigsaw and some true crime podcasts.

dottiedodah · 14/02/2025 06:55

As long as its dry!we are SC so patches of brightness here an d there.hopefully spring nor too far away now

Spottyshirt · 14/02/2025 06:31

Mirrorxxx · 13/02/2025 08:40

It’s been blue skies for ages in the north west

It’s not even like that in the north east in the middle of summer @Mirrorxxx

PassingStranger · 13/02/2025 21:53

Bring on the Spring...🙏

placemats · 13/02/2025 19:09

Mirrorxxx · 13/02/2025 08:40

It’s been blue skies for ages in the north west

No it hasn't. Don't make things up. The odd sunny day but is brass monkeys and grey for over a week now.

Oh how I long for apricity. So miserable right now @Sadsister232

culturevulture1984 · 13/02/2025 19:03

The tail end of Winter and it's tough.
My house is freezing, bed the only warm place.
YANBU

Grumpymiddleagedwoman43 · 13/02/2025 19:03

I'm in Kent and it's been shite, freezing, grey, damp. Absolutely fed up of being cold allllll day long. I'm with you OP.
We had a few crisp, blue sky days early Jan..I loved that. Roll on spring.

Fizbosshoes · 13/02/2025 19:03

Tagyoureit · 13/02/2025 13:51

But the early evenings are getting lighter! It's exciting stuff!!
Soon the cherry blossoms will be in full bloom, the big, heavy winter coats can be pushed to back of the wardrobe again and then we can complain it's too hot 🤣🤣

I don't recall there being any days at all last year where it got anywhere close to being too hot!!Confused
It barely broke 20° for most of the "summer"
I can probably count on one hand the days I used sunscreen and that included 5 days in Spain!

But agree that it is nice noticing the evening is a bit lighter. I whinge a lot when the clocks go back, I hate it , (and my family hate me whinging!🤣) but I do try and balace that by noticing and being positive when I notice it's still light at eg 4.45pm in January

unsync · 13/02/2025 18:57

Same, OP same. I use a blue light and take Vit D. At least the snowdrops are out and the early daffodils are making an appearance.

Pickingmyselfup · 13/02/2025 18:47

It's not the grey that bothers me, it's the cold and the rain! I need to feel some sun on my skin and not the chilled to the bone feeling that seems to be permanent at the moment 😭

XWKD · 13/02/2025 18:33

|'m in Ireland and it's nothing but grey misery. It's usually not much great, but it's particularly grim at the moment.

RampantIvy · 13/02/2025 18:33

I'm on the eastern edge of the Pennines and it has been grey, misty and drizzly for ages, and it is really affecting my mood.

The damp is making the low temperatures (2 degrees) feel even colder, and I have no incentive to go outside for a brisk walk round the block.

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 13/02/2025 18:32

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jellycat · 13/02/2025 18:30

South East here. It’s definitely been excessively dull. We have solar panels and I can look back at how we did in previous years. From that I can see that Jan and Feb so far this year has been especially bad, although about the same as last year which was also very gloomy.

LaPalmaLlama · 13/02/2025 18:30

Don’t mind it this year- at least it’s been pretty dry. Last year was so wet.

EliosBackPack · 13/02/2025 18:29

South East here, East Sussex 20 miles from coast, been grey and cold for three days.

Moier · 13/02/2025 18:28

I think February is worse than January.
It's much much colder.
Least it's a shorter month and hopefully by March we might see signs of spring .
I've been lucky and been away to my villa in the Canaries .
I had the decorators in while l was away with the help of an interior designer I've come home to a stunning new living room .
Next time away I'll do same with my bedroom.
Made getting up to the grey days a tad more bareable .

stargirl1701 · 13/02/2025 18:23

Spring comes as it always does on Greg Equinox which is some weeks away yet. It's definitely still Winter.

HollyBerryz · 13/02/2025 18:23

It has been excessively dull this year. Especially that foggy week or so over Christmas,

OublietteBravo · 13/02/2025 17:51

User19876536484 · 13/02/2025 12:30

The sun was out all day last Thursday.

Not here. We had fog all day.

Yorkshiredolls · 13/02/2025 17:37

Yanbu. West yorkshire, according to my solar panels app, the last time the sun broke though the clouds for a bit, was 6th Feb, a full
week of grey since then. So fed up of it.

Shubbypubby · 13/02/2025 17:37

I'm in the North West and it's been a dreary grey wet windy stormy winter. There have been cold frosty snaps but they've been unpleasant as well.

ShushImTalking · 13/02/2025 17:13

babasaclover · 13/02/2025 13:52

Do the SAD lamps make a big difference? Often thought of getting one

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I don't know for sure. I don't suffer with low mood (thankfully) my DH bought it to see if it helped his insomnia. Don't think it did much tbh. I just sit with it on for about 30 minutes. Feels nice. I had some bad fatigue last year and blood test showed very low vitamin d levels. So had that boosted and felt a lot better. It's very common apparently.

Thornybush · 13/02/2025 17:10

Every day in winter I daydream about emigrating to a sunnier climate 😅