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Someiremember · 2025-08-13T08:03:03+00:00

Admittedly I’m in the (lovely)) south east and we are blessed with pretty decent summers generally but so far this summer has been amazing! 9am, and I’m out in the garden, having my coffee and planning trip to beach with my teens for the day. And the sunny warm weather stretches in to the future forecast for days. Bliss

BourgeoisBabe · 13/08/2025 22:34

I'm loving it, but I do worry about climate change.

AlbusCornus · 13/08/2025 21:11

Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:20

And do you wang on to them as you did on this thread about climate change when they say they love hot weather?

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Bet they flew there too

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 21:11

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 20:48

@Someiremember yes I have

apologies still confused as to the ‘time stamp’ regarding the photograph despite how your detective skills have made you feel so clever, it’s irrelevant because
it’s a lush, verdant pastoral landscape which likely has not changed in quite a few years. My point is Ireland is far from ‘Ruined’ by rain. The rich pasture is what makes Irish butter so yellow.

Maybe share a photo of when you were in Ireland experiencing it bathed in sunlight

rather than an old Getty photo plucked off google off a mildly sunny day from many years ago…

but no problem if you don’t have one!

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 21:08

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 20:48

@Someiremember yes I have

apologies still confused as to the ‘time stamp’ regarding the photograph despite how your detective skills have made you feel so clever, it’s irrelevant because
it’s a lush, verdant pastoral landscape which likely has not changed in quite a few years. My point is Ireland is far from ‘Ruined’ by rain. The rich pasture is what makes Irish butter so yellow.

Enjoy the sun tomorrow

It’s a scorcher! 🥳

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Mh67 · 13/08/2025 21:06

I'm in Glasgow and work as a school crossing patroller. Since January I've only had 1day that I've had to wear waterproof clothing. It's been a good year

EchoedSilence · 13/08/2025 20:53

Beautiful sunset here tonight, Am I going to get told off for enjoying the pink sky?

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 20:48

@Someiremember yes I have

apologies still confused as to the ‘time stamp’ regarding the photograph despite how your detective skills have made you feel so clever, it’s irrelevant because
it’s a lush, verdant pastoral landscape which likely has not changed in quite a few years. My point is Ireland is far from ‘Ruined’ by rain. The rich pasture is what makes Irish butter so yellow.

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:38

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 20:27

@Someiremember you’ve not answered my question

all I was doing was chuckling at fact that the photo you posted showed a moderately sunny image that was a stock photo taken at least five years ago

and I’d have thought you might have posted a personally taken photo of Ireland bathed in sun

seeing as that was the entire point of your only contribution to the thread

have you been to Ireland?

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AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 20:27

@Someiremember you’ve not answered my question

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:26

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 20:24

@Someiremember so if it was a photograph taken for instance …an hour ago would it be more ….or less ‘ruined’ by the rain ? Genuinely confused as to the point you are trying to make, like are more recent photographs going to show the cows standing up to their necks in water or mudslides ? Perhaps one of our Irish residents can confirm . Or maybe I can find a webcam

Just funny that the photo you post was on bbc website from half a decade ago
a Getty image… so who knows how long ago

you didn’t have one taken yourself showing it bathed In glorious sun?

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AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 20:24

@Someiremember so if it was a photograph taken for instance …an hour ago would it be more ….or less ‘ruined’ by the rain ? Genuinely confused as to the point you are trying to make, like are more recent photographs going to show the cows standing up to their necks in water or mudslides ? Perhaps one of our Irish residents can confirm . Or maybe I can find a webcam

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:20

MotherofPearl · 13/08/2025 20:15

Other people in my family also have a say in where we go on holiday!

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And do you wang on to them as you did on this thread about climate change when they say they love hot weather?

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:19

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 19:01

Just cry over this photo of Ireland totally ‘ruined’ by rain

Stock photo off bbc website from…. over 5 years ago 😜 @AirheadinCuteShorts

To think this is a stonkingly good summer?!

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MotherofPearl · 13/08/2025 20:15

Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:12

South of France…an odd choice in July if you don’t like hot weather

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Other people in my family also have a say in where we go on holiday!

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:14

heldinadream · 13/08/2025 19:47

Stunning summer we're having this year. These guys are loving it.

Meaningless without any information. For all we know they’re taking a siesta

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GarlicLitre · 13/08/2025 20:12

EchoedSilence · 13/08/2025 11:17

I don't consider temperatures in the late 20s for a few days extreme heat.

Nor me. Many years ago, I unwisely chose to come back to the UK from a tropical country - it had problems, but the climate wasn't one of them! I've been unwell most of this summer so not making the most of the British sunshine, but I'm still loving it. Outdoors smells so nice now, especially at night and in the early mornings.

Yes, yes, I know it's a harbinger of doom and we'll never be tropical unless we change latitude (which would be even more cataclysmic than planetary warming). I'd still like it to be summer all the time, though.

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Someiremember · 13/08/2025 20:12

MotherofPearl · 13/08/2025 16:40

It was indeed unpleasantly hot at times. I enjoyed having a break with my family despite the heat, not because of it.

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South of France…an odd choice in July if you don’t like hot weather

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Justchilling07 · 13/08/2025 20:09

AliceMaforethought · 13/08/2025 09:22

If this is what climate change looks like, I'm all for it!

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Will the next generation, feel the same though😬

melsid · 13/08/2025 20:00

Yes it’s gorgeous when you live near the beach and don’t work

Nogoodusername · 13/08/2025 19:52

I think it’s been an excellent June, July AND August. Pracfically unheard of for all three months to be actually summery!

heldinadream · 13/08/2025 19:47

Stunning summer we're having this year. These guys are loving it.

Jllllllll · 13/08/2025 19:46

I love the summer here. Don’t understand the rush to go abroad. I’d rather do that in December/ January and get a break from the dark short days and cold weather. When it’s light at 4am and still light at 8.30 I’m very happy to be in England (south)

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 19:07

MotherofPearl · 13/08/2025 10:44

The extreme heat here and in Europe this summer is frankly terrifying imo. It’s a harbinger of the climate change horror that we are now starting to really experience. How anyone can delight in it is beyond me. Wild fires in Europe, people evacuated from their homes, parched countryside in the UK, water shortages, farmers not having enough grazing for cattle, vulnerable people dying of heat-related complications - the list goes on. I really don’t see how anyone can enjoy the hot weather when you understand what it means and what the future looks like. As a pp said, think of the impact on food prices if nothing else.

Well said - And don’t forget skin cancer

Emmz1510 · 13/08/2025 19:04

Phunkychicken · 13/08/2025 09:14

I am currently suffering with 40+ itchy spots caused by a fungal infection exacerbated by the heat. Am menopausal and am barely able to leave the house in this. And in our holiday a fortnight ago got caught up in a wildfire which meant we had to stay overnight at a hotel as we couldn't get back to our holiday accommodation.

Am in London and seriously looking at Wales/N Scotland for next year.

My teens are struggling in it too but their rooms are in the loft.

Younger me would have loved this, older me worries about the planet burning, my health and risk to my job due to poor performance when suffering

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Haha I’m in Scotland and we’ve had a pretty decent summer here too! It’s 28 degrees today. So don’t necessarily bank on Scotland being cool. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d say…..

AirheadinCuteShorts · 13/08/2025 19:01

Just cry over this photo of Ireland totally ‘ruined’ by rain