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To be utterly sick of this weather?

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VaxMerstappen · 09/12/2025 09:15

We always get plenty of people moaning on here whenever we're lucky enough to get some warm weather and a few days of sunshine in summer, so how about one for the utterly crap weather we have now?

Last weekend was dismal, it felt like it didn't get light all weekend - just constant rain/drizzle and grey skies. Today open the curtains to yet more of the same, Storm Bram this time. Feels like it's been weeks since I've had any sun on my face and my SAD is back with vengeance. It feels like we're just living through near-perpetual darkness at the moment, all the fields and woodland walks have been turned into a sludgey hell and I'm already mentally counting down to the brighter, fresher, happier days of spring. Please tell me I'm not the only one?

And before anyone pipes up with that they actually enjoy this weather and how great it is for getting 'cosy' etc, surely you can't be serious?!

YABU - I love this type of weather
YANBU - I just want to hibernate till spring time

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xSideshowAuntSallyXx · 09/12/2025 13:19

It wouldn't be so bad if it was cold, sunny days or even snow. It's this shit, gloomy, wet days that gets me. It will take weeks for the ground to dry out.

I can't remember the last time we actually had a sunny day. And looks like the only sunny day is tomorrow when I'm sat in an office all day.

Oh well only 3.5 months until the clocks go forward. And only 2. 5 months until meteorological Spring.

However I agree about it being mild, my spring bulbs have started growing.😬

Dollymylove · 09/12/2025 13:18

Its winter 🤣 this is the kind of weather get in Britain in case you havent noticed.
Roll on summer ☀️

redboxer321 · 09/12/2025 13:06

And many of us can't even console ourselves with the idea that we can go to live in sunny Spain when we retire any more. Or even Scandinavia which might be the place for summer sun by the time I retire.

HelpMeGetThrough · 09/12/2025 13:03

HoneyParsnipSoup · 09/12/2025 12:23

You’re best placed that’s why. Try being on the SW peninsula. It’s like something from Father Ted and had been for weeks now.

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Certainly feels like Craggy Island where I am in the SW today.

Storm whatever-it’s-called is being a right tosser at the moment.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 09/12/2025 12:55

Yeah, where are all those autumn lovers now with their idealistic crap about crunchy leaves and snuggling up in jumpers with hot chocolate?

I hate this weather. Bring on the summer drought!

cornbunting · 09/12/2025 12:53

The only thing that bothers me about it is that it's so warm. It's December, it ought to be COLD. The climate change is so obvious, it scares the crap out of me. I want to give politicians and big businesses CEOs worldwide a bloody good shake. There's only so much the public can do with recycling and sustainable choices, we need major change on a global scale.

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VaxMerstappen · 09/12/2025 12:49

Netcurtainnelly · 09/12/2025 12:17

Exactly. Perhaps OP would prefer thick snow and ice.

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I actually wouldn't mind that, yes! Snow is rare enough to still be a novelty, and surely most of us still feel that child-like excitement when it's snowing heavily enough to settle and we wake up to a good covering? It makes everywhere look so beautiful and it's definitely far more peaceful when it means there's less traffic on the roads too!

But sadly whenever we've had snow recently, normally it's promptly melted within about a day or turns into that horrible slush that is lethal to walk on when it freezes again over night.

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CoubousAndTourmaIet · 09/12/2025 12:42

SheinIsShite · 09/12/2025 12:33

Or in western Scotland.

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Or Lancashire.

DonicaLewinsky · 09/12/2025 12:38

The summer humid heat in a country that's not built for it and the constant bucketing down we seem to be getting at the moment are both bad.

nam3c4ang3 · 09/12/2025 12:37

This is such a british post i love it - you can never win. 😂

Winteriscoming80 · 09/12/2025 12:36

I’m more concerned with how mild it is but yep the relentless rain is getting to much now,ironically there is still a hose pipe ban where I live!

Hellzbellz25 · 09/12/2025 12:34

It’s miserable but I’d take it over snow any day

SheinIsShite · 09/12/2025 12:33

HoneyParsnipSoup · 09/12/2025 12:23

You’re best placed that’s why. Try being on the SW peninsula. It’s like something from Father Ted and had been for weeks now.

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Or in western Scotland.

IBorAlevels · 09/12/2025 12:25

HoneyParsnipSoup · 09/12/2025 12:23

You’re best placed that’s why. Try being on the SW peninsula. It’s like something from Father Ted and had been for weeks now.

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Yes, seem to be in our own micro-climate down here. When I first moved here I remember thinking it always seemed to be sunnier than it did when I was more central and I saw a report to that effect. I was more worried that it's usually 4 degrees this year and it being 10 is a bit alarming tbh.

HoneyParsnipSoup · 09/12/2025 12:23

IBorAlevels · 09/12/2025 12:22

I don't know where you are but in very tip of SE England we've had a lovely time with only a few rainy and grey days/few hours of grey and rain. Cold snap a week or so ago but most days this week seem to be still sunny and 10 degrees!

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You’re best placed that’s why. Try being on the SW peninsula. It’s like something from Father Ted and had been for weeks now.

IBorAlevels · 09/12/2025 12:22

I don't know where you are but in very tip of SE England we've had a lovely time with only a few rainy and grey days/few hours of grey and rain. Cold snap a week or so ago but most days this week seem to be still sunny and 10 degrees!

HoneyParsnipSoup · 09/12/2025 12:22

Netcurtainnelly · 09/12/2025 12:17

Exactly. Perhaps OP would prefer thick snow and ice.

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I would, yes.

Or I would just settle for 4 degrees and crisp with a nightly frost.

flipperfritz · 09/12/2025 12:20

I could have written this post. I hate it, it’s miserable, relentless and SO depressing. I have dogs that need walking and they hate it too. I have arthritis that flares in this weather. Bring on the 21st. I would move south somewhere sunny if I could! Sending virtual hugs I hear you, IT IS GRIM!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 09/12/2025 12:18

Recently I’ve seen footage of devastating floods, many people killed, in Asia. Especially having lived in Middle Eastern deserts for many years, I’m just grateful that our weather is relatively moderate, and we don’t have earthquakes or raging wildfires to reckon with.

Netcurtainnelly · 09/12/2025 12:17

Sadcafe · 09/12/2025 09:52

It’s typically British isn’t it, complain if it’s warm,complain if it’s cold, complain it’s too dry/wet, the only reason I don’t like the constant rain is the fields are like bogs for dog walking, other than that I really don’t care

Exactly. Perhaps OP would prefer thick snow and ice.

DeftGoldHedgehog · 09/12/2025 12:11

TheaBrandt1 · 09/12/2025 12:07

Yes where are all the summer haters? Happy now?!

Grey dark and wet. It’s not even cold
but weirdly muggy. Yes the cold clear frosty weather is lovely but we don’t get that now do we.

How anyone could prefer this to the beauty of early summer I will never understand. Certifiable.

I don't prefer it, but to everything a season. We need a downtime, same as all the plants.

GlomOfNit · 09/12/2025 12:10

It's grim. The daylight is awful and means I can't see anything even with the lights on. The 40 mph winds seem to be a weekly or fortnightly thing over winter these days and I'm fairly sure that's a relatively new thing. We have a leak and therefore strong driving winds and rain really ramp up my anxiety - it's hard to feel cosy in a house when you're constantly checking the leak.

DeftGoldHedgehog · 09/12/2025 12:10

It's winter 🤷‍♀️ and will start getting lighter again in less than two weeks. It's pretty mild here at the moment and I'm having my heating on less so it's costing me less.

hattie43 · 09/12/2025 12:09

What is very popular and works for me is a winter holiday to the sun to break up the dreary miserable months until spring .

TheaBrandt1 · 09/12/2025 12:07

Yes where are all the summer haters? Happy now?!

Grey dark and wet. It’s not even cold
but weirdly muggy. Yes the cold clear frosty weather is lovely but we don’t get that now do we.

How anyone could prefer this to the beauty of early summer I will never understand. Certifiable.

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