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To just want it to be autumn now?

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cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 15:03

I hate the depths of winter (January and February) with a passion, but my god I am craving those lovely September days where it’s not so hot you feel sweaty by 8am, and you're able to walk around without feeling disgusting.

I want soups and stews and pies back on the menu instead of pasta and salads, I want a piping hot bowl of leek and potato soup with a crusty bit of bread, a steak and ale pie with a helping of buttery mash, a roast dinner.

I’m sick of wearing dresses and sandals, I have a Birkenstock tan line ffs. I want to get into bed and feel cosy, not just have a sheet over the top of me. I’m craving a cosy autumn afternoon, a nice walk through orange woods and coming back to a lovely bowl of stew with a helping of crusty bread, tucked under a blanket reading a book.

I’m just bloody sick of summer!

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glitterpaperchain · 02/08/2026 17:18

BIossomtoes · 02/08/2026 17:17

Millions of people manage it in countries that have summers like this every year.

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Let's not start that silly old comparing hot in England to hot in other countries, please I can't bear it it's been done to death

ApplePieCinamon · 02/08/2026 17:17

Yanbu I’ve never hated summer as much as I did this year. Miserable and frustrating feeling this hot and irritable all day. Hate taking a walk, hell is going to the playground, hell is just being outdoors , just want it to be September already.

BIossomtoes · 02/08/2026 17:17

glitterpaperchain · 02/08/2026 17:15

I mean, I agree. You can try keeping a 1 year old and 3 year old entertained, happy and sun safe for two months if you like! It has been relentless

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Millions of people manage it in countries that have summers like this every year.

glitterpaperchain · 02/08/2026 17:15

Crushed23 · 02/08/2026 17:09

Haha, I just can’t let wild exaggerations go unchallenged! Two months of relentless, unbearable heat and sweating by 8am? Behave 😉

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I mean, I agree. You can try keeping a 1 year old and 3 year old entertained, happy and sun safe for two months if you like! It has been relentless

Fledgedup · 02/08/2026 17:13

I've just had some delicious home-made soup. Maybe cos it's cloudy. It's 21 degrees here. And I did eat it wearing shorts 🤣
Tomorrow we're due 25 degrees and thats too hot for me.

Crushed23 · 02/08/2026 17:09

cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 17:06

She’s really got the bit between her teeth for some reason!

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Haha, I just can’t let wild exaggerations go unchallenged! Two months of relentless, unbearable heat and sweating by 8am? Behave 😉

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cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 17:06

glitterpaperchain · 02/08/2026 17:03

You're being weirdly judgemental. Daily high of 26 doesn't mean it's only 18-19 by 8am, it's been very humid in many areas, and it's just possible that OP may be exaggerating to make her point. There's also the fact that it may be 18-19 outside but many houses hold onto the heat so it would be hotter inside the house.

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She’s really got the bit between her teeth for some reason!

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GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 02/08/2026 17:05

I try to enjoy each season as it comes.

We could do with a bit of rain though.

I like autumn to start on 1 Sept and not to think about it too much before then 😄

Livpool · 02/08/2026 17:05

No, I hate autumn and winter. I am loving the sunshine and hot weather.

Smallestshadow · 02/08/2026 17:04

Early September is sometimes warmer than August if it’s been a drab month

Crushed23 · 02/08/2026 17:03

cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 17:01

I’m begging for it! Sadly the forecasts have been very much wrong lately. At the height of the heatwave the apps would say 26, when it was actually 35. Only corrected after the fact.

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Well hopefully for you they’re not wrong this time! I can see a swing from Tuesday/Wednesday and forecasts are usually reliable a couple of days out. A week or more out and it’s a guessing game seemingly.

Lilypad34 · 02/08/2026 17:03

Yes, I want my lovely jumpers feeling cosy darker nights and cool evenings. I am sick of this heat. However it has been nice to not have to deal with the constant deluge of rain for a while. I wish we had proper seasons instead of just rain interspersed with more rain and possibly a heatwave.

glitterpaperchain · 02/08/2026 17:03

Crushed23 · 02/08/2026 16:09

But how can you be sweaty by 8am on days where the temperature reaches 26 degrees. That would suggest a morning temperature of high teens? If it’s menopause/hormone related, fair enough, but it’s not the norm to struggle when it’s 18-19 degrees out.

You're being weirdly judgemental. Daily high of 26 doesn't mean it's only 18-19 by 8am, it's been very humid in many areas, and it's just possible that OP may be exaggerating to make her point. There's also the fact that it may be 18-19 outside but many houses hold onto the heat so it would be hotter inside the house.

Ovoemconserva · 02/08/2026 17:02

I would absolutely love to not be a constant sweaty puddle please. C'mon autumn help me out.

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cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 17:01

oviraptor21 · 02/08/2026 16:48

No. Just no. We're having the best summer in years and I don't want it to end.

Are we?

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cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 17:01

Crushed23 · 02/08/2026 16:59

OP is in luck. Much of the South-West is cold and rainy next week. As cold as 10 degrees at night in places - I’d get that duvet out!

I’m begging for it! Sadly the forecasts have been very much wrong lately. At the height of the heatwave the apps would say 26, when it was actually 35. Only corrected after the fact.

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Crushed23 · 02/08/2026 16:59

OP is in luck. Much of the South-West is cold and rainy next week. As cold as 10 degrees at night in places - I’d get that duvet out!

ForWiseRoseCat · 02/08/2026 16:56

oviraptor21 · 02/08/2026 16:48

No. Just no. We're having the best summer in years and I don't want it to end.

Have you missed the parched landscape? The wildfires killing plants and animals? Or thought that this weather has had a detrimental effect on crops which will push prices up and cause a shortage?

It's great that you think it's wonderful that it hasn't rained and it's been so hot but the bigger picture (outside of your garden) isn't quite so rosey!

JoshLymanSwagger · 02/08/2026 16:52

I've been counting down the days until September since the 1st June (92) at least there's only 29 more days to go!
I can't wait for the darker nights and mornings...and frost! I want frost!

oviraptor21 · 02/08/2026 16:48

No. Just no. We're having the best summer in years and I don't want it to end.

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cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 16:48

ForWiseRoseCat · 02/08/2026 16:40

Where i am in the South East we've had no rainfall for what feels like months, it always misses us. We have had continuous hot weather since May and everywhere is looking yellow and parched, even the trees are looking sad and wilted.

I can't remember the last time I wore jeans or socks or anything other than shorts or summer dresses (or slept without the fan on).

I usually love summer, as I can potter about doing gardening (no point as we are in a drought) or walking (been way too hot at times) but this one has been relentless and I'm bored now and am looking forward to autumn.

Some decent rain for a few days would be lovely, let the plants, trees and grass recover.

This is how I feel. It’s been much to hot to do anything, and it’s just been non stop. I miss sleeping under a duvet!

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BarrelofBeer · 02/08/2026 16:46

I love autumn but I don't want it to be autumn yet.
I just want it to rain. Please.

ForWiseRoseCat · 02/08/2026 16:40

Where i am in the South East we've had no rainfall for what feels like months, it always misses us. We have had continuous hot weather since May and everywhere is looking yellow and parched, even the trees are looking sad and wilted.

I can't remember the last time I wore jeans or socks or anything other than shorts or summer dresses (or slept without the fan on).

I usually love summer, as I can potter about doing gardening (no point as we are in a drought) or walking (been way too hot at times) but this one has been relentless and I'm bored now and am looking forward to autumn.

Some decent rain for a few days would be lovely, let the plants, trees and grass recover.

Leavesandthings · 02/08/2026 16:29

Absolutely not!
I don't feel the heat and all my hobbies are at their most busy in summer.
The change of season and cold is shit.
Summer forever!

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cravingcrispmornings · 02/08/2026 16:27

pucelleauxblanchesmains · 02/08/2026 16:19

I snapped out of the twee cosy autumn loving when I unaccountably developed SAD in my mid 20s. I don't particularly enjoy heatwaves either but no amount of chunky knitwear and steaming mugs of hot chocolate makes up for having to sit next to a special lamp like a lizard just so I'm not too sad to function.

I get SAD, diagnosed by my GP last year. But the months of September and October make me so happy.

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