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Anyone else dreading winter ?

79 replies

Lardlizard · 23/09/2020 17:10

I really am, but gonna have to try n make the best of it somehow !

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U2HasTheEdge · 24/09/2020 12:46

Yes. I hate it.

I feel the cold badly. I hate having to get up in the dark and defrost my car. It's dark and depressing.

If you can stay indoors and do the whole hot chocolate twee shit in front of the fire then maybe not so bad. The reality is, most of us have to work and get bloody cold- especially those who work in the community, or have to go outside a lot as a part of their job.

SleepaholicsAnonymous · 24/09/2020 12:47

@Pan2

No-one mentioning the joys of Brexit yet.

We are time-tabled for delays and breaks in the supply of foods and medicine, among the rest of the shit storm. Johnson and Gove refused to request an extension. On your behalf.

Yes this is going to compound the misery and then some. It's criminal what they have done. I suppose all we can do at this point is make sure we have good stocks in.
SleepaholicsAnonymous · 24/09/2020 12:50

@SoupDragon

Not sure that's entirely relevant to disliking Winter 😂 It's definitely not solvable by hot chocolate/blankets/snuggling by the fire as is often touted on these threads
It's absolutely relevant because during what is expected to be the worst recession in 300 years, and a miserable restricted Christmas, with many dying over the winter period, Brexit will impact from January causing much additional and unnecessary hardship.
Pan2 · 24/09/2020 14:05

Hmm...with the gifts of Brexit, which we asked for, this winter could be especially dreadful. There's not much we could have done about the impacts of COVID arguably - nor the seasonal weather definitely. But the self-harm of brexit is undoubtedly on us.

SleepaholicsAnonymous · 24/09/2020 14:53

I've started ordering Christmas decorations to cheer me up, with something to look forward to. Some lights, tree decorations and wreaths. I think making home a cosy safe haven will help a bit. Now the evenings are darker and colder I will start lighting a proper fire some evenings. Smile

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Lardlizard · 24/09/2020 14:56

Sleep that’s a good idea, I don’t normally decorate for Halloween but I might this year
Maybe gets some orange lights up etc
Plus I’ve decided to get some iron and vitamin pills aswell

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SleepaholicsAnonymous · 25/09/2020 17:26

@Lardlizard

Sleep that’s a good idea, I don’t normally decorate for Halloween but I might this year Maybe gets some orange lights up etc Plus I’ve decided to get some iron and vitamin pills aswell
That's a good idea. Lots of vitamin D is needed!
InTheVelvetDarkness · 25/09/2020 17:29

Yes.
I’m dreading the cold wet windy days and nights.
I can handle crisp autumn or winter days
It’s just the grey wet windy days that make it horrible.
Children of mixed ages so it’s hard to entertain them all without one moaning too.

The no household mixing in Scotland is a killer as no more drop offs to grandparents o relatives for some respite.

Those little pockets of child free hours saved my sanity.

It’s going to be a loooooonnng winter.

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Lardlizard · 25/09/2020 21:12

Yes it those wet n windy days that are the worse !

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YellowEgg · 27/09/2020 12:29

I've decided to put up a shelter for the garden. With fire pits and a patio heater, it will hopefully make the area usable in all but the very worst windy and rainy weather. Blankets and some hot drinks, and lots of lights when we get to the festive season.

InTheVelvetDarkness · 27/09/2020 13:27

yellow . I thought of doing this , already have patio heater however any type of gazebo would just blow away in stormy weather

My grandparents have a really sturdy permanent framed gazebo and even the top of theirs has blown away and disappeared numerous times.

Any recommendations on strong things with a roof that would withstand Scottish gale force winds are welcome please

Camomila · 27/09/2020 13:35

Easy winter garden activity. DS1 kept nagging us to have s'mores - we just made some - they were amazing. Didn't have graham crackers so used rich tea biscuits and salted caramel chocolate for the sweet/saltyness.

He's 4 though so easily pleased.

Giggorata · 27/09/2020 13:42

Working from home actually means I am dreading winter slightly less than usual. No driving 40 ish miles there and back in ice, snow or fog, plus further driving around the area when I am at work.
I will have to use my heated throw and fingerless gloves, so the heating costs don't soar, but roundabouts, swings...

roundtable · 27/09/2020 13:52

I hate the cold and am not a fan of autumn or winter especially the soggy grey days. However, as long as the gyms stay open I'll be alright. If they shut I'll struggle as I won't exercise outside - i get too cold and I'm rubbish at motivating myself. I need to do it to keep me balanced and sane.

MrsPworkingmummy · 27/09/2020 14:18

@Lardlizard apologies, just noticed your reply. Yes, we sold our 'dream' detached farmhouse as were constantly skint and got a bit fed up. We've moved back to my home city... Far less desirable, but a nice house all the same. I gave up my job and started one closer to home, DD moved schools. Honestly, having a short commute has made such a massive difference.

Pqri · 27/09/2020 14:23

I'm dreading it, I live up north not on the mainland so it gets dark earlier, I always struggle with SAD due to this and now the added covid situation, I with I could just hybernate and wake up in Spring. It's soul crushing at the best of times

Mimilamore · 27/09/2020 14:26

I have planted two pots up with bulbs which I have placed in sight of my kitchen window. I will be so appreciative when they begin to poke through..... wake me up then, all this talk of crisp, sunny walks is such a con, most of the time it is dank, dark, muddy and windy here, yuk😭

nosswith · 27/09/2020 14:37

Not dreading, but I dislike the clocks being out back.

BogRollBOGOF · 27/09/2020 15:04

If I could be given a drug to enable me to hibernate from Bonfire Night until the daffodills are out partying, I'll be first in line.

Normally I would just request to edit out the somewhat useless and deeply depressing November and January and edit winter down to the end of October, December (Christmas) and February for the sense that spring is coming. This year, the whole bloody lot can go in the bin. Including the big birthday which tantilisingly would have fallen conveniently on a weekend if it's actually legal to have any practical fun... let's just say that I present I have no plans!

I like a good dump of proper snow or sharp, bright frosty days, but the reality is relentless mud, grey and rain and days that barely get light and it's so draining.

I intend to sign up to RED January yet again. It is healthy to force myself to exercise in whatever the elements are chucking about and it feels a productive way to start the year.

It really doesn't help that the sun pretty much pissed off from July 2019 to mid-March 2020. Bonfire night was washed/ flooded out last year and many parks under at least a metre of water by then. I felt drained long before getting to this year.

I have invested in good wellies and a homungous, giant cosy coat. They are my silver linings and at least I won't have a permanently soggy thighs and bum this year!

DipSwimSwoosh · 27/09/2020 16:28

It's still September. Let's enjoy Autumn first. It's quite nice until the end of Oct when the clocks go back. Then you just have to brace yourself up until Christmas. Then you are on your way to Spring.
But let's not wish our lives away.

Ilovesausages · 27/09/2020 16:33

I’m finding myself dreading it too. As long as the schools stay open I think we will manage but if they shut I think it will feel pretty grim.

Although the other day I did think that I need to adopt a more positive attitude!

Bloodybridget · 27/09/2020 19:01

Yes, I don't usually mind winter at all, at least up to the New Year because I love Christmas. But this year I'm sure we'll have nationwide lockdown, plus I'm worried that I might need more chemo, which would really put the tin lid on it.

KenAdams · 27/09/2020 19:33

I adore Autumn and Winter especially this year. I can do the things I've dreamed of doing if I was at home more as we're extremely time poor usually. Decorating the house, reading, cooking long, slow stuff, I've got a fitness app thing with bike and yoga equipment to do and I've bought lots of crafty stuff as well. We'll make paper and Halloween decorations, bake and it'll be lovely. Yes Brexit will be shit, but I'm going to cling onto the good stuff.

LesLavandes · 27/09/2020 20:25

I like Autumn but left countryside for seaside. Not many trees here to watch the leaves turn colour and fall.

I'm not a fan of winter. Too many blasting storms from sea. However it's quite nice to have different seasons

YellowEgg · 27/09/2020 20:41

@InTheVelvetDarkness

yellow . I thought of doing this , already have patio heater however any type of gazebo would just blow away in stormy weather

My grandparents have a really sturdy permanent framed gazebo and even the top of theirs has blown away and disappeared numerous times.

Any recommendations on strong things with a roof that would withstand Scottish gale force winds are welcome please

I am buying one if these. Two sides will be secured to the house, and two to poles secured into the ground (a bit like the base of a rotary washing line) so that I can remove it and the poles in summer.

www.primrose.co.uk/-p-121842.html