Am I the only person on MN who loves the summer?

Last summer was fantastic here, long sunny days, mid 20’s temperatures at the most. Generally a nice breeze. Bliss.

Oh I adore summer! Especially heat waves. EVERYTHING is better in the sun. I love long days, I love being able to get out in the evenings, I especially LOVE being WARM! I bloody hate it when people gripe about nice weather 🤬🤬🤬

In fairness @Wickedlittledancer I close my curtains on the sunny side when it’s properly hot and I love summer. Keeps the house much cooler so there’s somewhere to sit if you do feel a cool down is necessary, plus makes sleeping more comfortable.
@daffodilandtulip i coukd do without seasons. A gentle switch between one season at about 20 for a bit then another at 25+ for a bit. I don’t need the cold wet ones.

Yeah I saw that, posters were sitting in darkness with their curtains closed.like they were extras on I am legend.

I don't get it. There was a Mumsnetter the other day saying she'd bought some kind of cooling pillows, fans, 2 air con units and god knows what else. Like a sort of Ray Mears survival kit. And other posters were seriously wondering how they were going to last the week. Why doesn't anyone on here ever moan about the bloody freezing cold. Why aren't they preparing to break up furniture to light fires and dashing out to buy heated snow boots or a team of huskies?

I agree. I could quite happily live with hot weather all year round. Sunshine energises me.

I love it. Keep cranking up the heat!!

Love the summer. Already eyeing that passing of the longest day which is the only thing that gets me. All seasons are good apart from that hurdle.

It depends where you live and what kind of neighbours you have. Our neighbours don't play music in the garden, smoke weed or have noisy parties. Most of them are retired, are lovely and are quiet.

I don't hate summer,but I do hate the way it changes so many people's behaviour. The moment it hits 20 degrees,out come all the wankers with their blaring music and noisy gatherings in their gardens at midnight. Every other car that pulls up next to the shops where I live has ear splitting base booming. It actually makes my front door rattle. And don't get me started on hot,sticky buses with no air con and windows that only open an inch. Put air con on buses and get rid of all the idiots and I'd like summer!

Hm, interesting. For me the change of seasons in this country is really subtle/ minimal compared to other countries that I’ve experienced - where you don’t have grey skies and wind and drizzle in all four seasons, but mostly snow in winter and consistent sun in the summer.

I think hot, sunny weather in the uk is particularly special, because you are not guaranteed it throughout the full season.

Well I'm feeling a bit cheated by it today.

I thought I'd be in a bikini, but I've just put a hoody on cos the breeze is quite stiff in our garden.

I love it, but I don't do well when it's very hot. It's about 26/27 degrees with a nice breeze where I am, and I'm out in the back garden with a glass of wine....but any hotter and I'd feel quite ill!

I love the summer.
I had a paddle in our local river yesterday and the water was warm.

I love that we live in a place with seasons actually. I think we’re very lucky. I get to the end of each season and get fed up and ready for the next one. You’ll catch me saying “autumn is my favourite” then “I love mid winter in front of the fire” then “I’m sick of being cold, I’m ready for the sun”.

it’s basically been autumn for the past twenty months, I am so ready for this lovely weekend!

I love the summer and if it stayed about 21, anything in late 20s or 30s is too much. Also July is alway torrential rain here for a couple of weeks and I get lots of bites and hay fever so can be miserable but love May and june

I love it too! I hate rain, I know we need it but it just annoys the hell out of me. Warm summer evenings are bliss.

Ethel opposite. I do very little in winter as the cold means I don’t want to leave the house. I like walking in sunny weather and am more likely to do other forms of exercise, both indoor and outdoor, because my mental health is better. I also don’t mind a bit of sweat.

Well, it'll be less than six months because us summer lovers are short changed compared to those who like cold and grey.

Disliking cold is normal, surely? It's why we wear clothes, have heating. No one actually wants to be cold.

The winter lovers should try living in a cold damp Victorian property with no money for adequate heating (as I experienced for many years). When you're closer to what the actual temperature is, spring and then summer is such a welcome relief.

Hate the summer.....
But I'm sure you'll all be on here in 6 months time complaining about the cold....

Yes - the light nights (and mornings) are lovely. I'm an early riser - up by 5, usually, and I love that quiet time in which NO-ONE else has any legitimate claims on me to just relax before the day gets going.

Just don't like stickiness or droughts and the gardens and crops drying up.

I don't like summer. I LOVE the spring, though. I don't do well in heat, so a cool summer isn't too bad.

But to me it's the mood. I love the expectation of spring - the trees coming into leaf, the flowers appearing, hedges getting green, the light still showing through in woodlands, the bluebells etc. Once summer arrives all that lovely expectation is over.

Plus - summer where I live means BBQ smells and smoke, lots of noise outside, people standing outside in the street making a racket into the night and horrible sticky pavements with dried spilled sugary drinks and dried vomit.

If summer is coolish with regular refreshing rain, I'm OK with it, but droughts and heatwaves stress me.

I hate teaching in the sweat box in my classroom (Yea kids, the windows are open. No, you won’t be sent home. Yes, you still have to learn and sit exams. No, I can’t buy air con - all answers I said yesterday!)

But as soon as I’m home, washing the days sweat off me I am loving life! The bright skies are so uplifting! We’re also a little nomadic so summer to us is full of camping trips and festivals!

God, all those moaners are such a drag. I adore summer, particularly the light nights.

I genuinely think we whip ourselves up into some sort of heatwave hysteria in the UK these days, everytime there's a risk of it getting a bit hot we talk about it so much it panics people. Fair enough when it's been in the high 30s but I'm sure yesterday felt like a completely normal british summer yet people were complaining at 9am before the heatwave had even started

You are spot on with this @Deadleaves77 . I think social media makes it worse. The panic and hysteria on the "I hate summer" threads is ridiculous, although I completely understand if a medical condition makes heat intolerable, but that must only apply to a minority of the population, surely? - and they all seem to be on mumsnet.

It is 16 degrees, windy and cloudy this morning with a maximum of 21 degrees forecast.