People who hang out washing in heavy rain

My neighbour used to hang theirs out regardless. During bouts of crap weather the same clothes would be out there all week 😂

I've never seen or heard of anyone doing this.

It was meant to rain while I was out today so I brought all the washing in. It had only been out for about an hour - good wind.
It did not rain. It could have stayed out.

THIS is why so much washing is out in the rain - our weather forecasts stink!

Noshadelamp

it possibly just knocks it off? Never had to wipe anything here anyhoo

Because they have no other way to dry clothes and with a stiff breeze they will be dry quickly between the showers or if not when they rain stops. It doesn’t stink in the rain, it does however stink left in the washing machine. It seems unlikely (albeit not impossible) to rain forever.

Meh. Why do you let it bother you op? Unless maybe someone is coming over, kidnapping your laundry and hanging it out in the rain?

I lived in Manchester for 40 years and moved further southeast about 20 years ago. The first thing I told my Manchester friends was that I could peg washing out from February - September and it didn’t get rained on!

I leave things out if it rains, unless it's urgent that it dries. It'll dry once the rain stops. And no, it doesn't stink at all because the air keeps it fresh; when it's finally dry it smells just as lovely as it would've done without the rain. But we're in a very windy spot.

My neighbour takes my washing in if it rains.

Ill bring hers in occasionally if its beyond bone dry, because if its not I know she'd rather leave it out for another 4 days!!

very occasionally it annoys me if I'd have left it out (if it showers) when I'm sure it'll get dry in the afternoon. But hey ho. On the whole I'm grateful, even if I don't actually mind it getting another rain rinse.

@Inertia , I suspect the “smelly rain” areas are the ones where the spiders have enormous ponging willies that they rub on the washing at night.

A lesser known versions of Incey Wincey Spider has him drying his knob on the sheets on the line before climbing up the spout again

Relieved that I don’t live in one of those smelly rain areas!

If the washing has already been soaked through in the rain and then a spell of dry weather is on the way, it makes far more sense to leave it on the line to drip dry than to wrangle tons of sodden laundry inside the house .

Washing stinks when out in the rain. +

Really?!

I love the smell of rain on my washing, I dont do it purposefully, but if it happens it's fine and easier to let it dry out there than drip all over my house 🙃

I agree. In fact, there is a lovely fresh smell to clothes that have been rained on then dry in the sun after.

(By the way op I haven't left clothes out in the rain in forever. I just use the dryer these days, but feel that is worse than leaving them out in the rain due to the energy consumption)

My work colleagues rewash washing if it has been hung out and accidentally caught in a shower. I'm not that precious. I would t deliberately want to get it rained on but shit happens

My washing is out in all weathers, but I always feel vaguely embarrassed about it.

This thread has made me feel miles better!

You didn't actually peg it out while it was raining then - which is what OP is wondering about.

Sometimes I forget to get mine in and then it gets rained on and then I have to wait for it to be dry again. That whole faff might take 3 days. Glad to know that my neighbours may actually be judging me instead of getting on with their lives!

I did yesterday. Obviously it wasn't raining when I put it out and I got held up when I was out. Unfortunately I sometimes have a life in the real world and don't really plan my entire day around how someone on Mumsnet might have a little too much time on their own hands and make a whole thread about it because it causes them so much turmoil. If only I had such pressing concerns..

Maybe they're asthma sufferers and hope the rain will wash the pollen off 😏

Clothes that have been rained on and then dried out don't smell?
If I do a whites wash I ll purposely put them on the line when it's raining if I can, then dry in the sun, the combinations seems to help lift the remnant of stain and bring the the white out brighter.
My towels dry less crispy if they ve been rained on a bit before drying in the sun and my trousers that tend to wrinkle in the wash don't need ironing if they ve been on the rain

Op how is it affecting you really?

Seems a strange overreaction to people doing something differently to you.

If you're genuinely curious, I put washing out in the rain when I'm about to leave the house and presume the rain will stop at some point.

I also sometimes just put it on the line when there's nowhere else to put it in the house.

It doesn't smell as many pp here have told you so I hope you've updated your information now.

I'm very interested in this, do you know if the dryer remove ls the pollen from the clothes, or is it deactivating it's pollen-ness?

Do you have to wipe the dryer out afterwards to avoid cross contamination of clothes straight out of the washing machine?

I put some linen pillowcases on the line yesterday because my tumble drier and hanging rail were full. It promptly pissed it down and I left them until the washing machine was empty so I could spin them, then they went in the drier, and came out smelling just the same as they would without a rain rinse. If you’re my neighbour then get a bloody life.

Yeah. Someone bought an M&S makeup bag the other day - nearly broke Mumsnet :D (recommend that thread - good fun & v tongue in cheek!)