This. Fucking. Rain

[WoodforTrees]

I am naturally a summer lover - full on heat is my happy place, but I have never struggled with winter as much as I am at the moment. It's the rain. The endless endless rain.

Usually, I sort of ignore the winter weather and just look forward to when it will feel more spring like. Jan/Feb tend to just pass me by without me giving too much though to the grey skies, but for the first time ever, I actually feel a bit panicky when I look at the BBC weather forecast and see no end in sight.

A bit of it is knowing the DC (in two different Uni towns up North) are struggling with feeling quite low in all the rain, and 'you are only ever as happy as your least happy child' etc... but I am sat in the kitchen now with the rain coming down on the glass roof and it's making me feel weird - nervous almost, like it might never stop.

I usually go out and walk the dog every day but I've been making excuses so DH is going most days. It's pathetic but I almost don't want to see the sky. Anyone else finding the weather extra hard at the moment? Any tips?

It's utterly grim. I'm tired of how dark it is.

We did actually have a bit of proper daylight in my bit of up north, today. It's pissing down again, now mind and forecast to be fairly damp for the next week 🌧️☔

I'm not a hot weather person and quite like the winter but even I'll agree this is a bit much.

Mostly I'm pissed off as I'm having my house valued next week and want to get it on the market before Easter but the gardens both need a shit load of work doing first and it's impossible in the rain.

I feel the same. It's been relentless and depressing.

I agree. I feel for the farmers. They won't be able to do much with waterlogged fields. It feels like 2024 again.

I moved to Portugal because I couldn't stand the UK winters, and... well. Let's just say I agree OP. I feel under seige. Doesn't help that my house is leaking in several places. We're not built for this!

I hate it.
The dogs aren't getting proper walks because all the footpaths are now impassable, and when they come home they're caked in mud.
My washing is on a clothes horse in the front room, not drying properly, I'm desperate to hang something out, just to free up some space.
I need some vitamin D!

I went to Spain to escape for a holiday. It’s been torrential rain and wind for nearly a solid week.

Yes, it's annoying me. I don't drive so all my journeys are on foot or public transport. DCs do lots of extracurriculars and I'm sick of ferrying them around in the cold dark rain, carting their instrument and bags and snacks. The extra dressing involved in wearing raincoats, hats, waterproof boots.All the buses are twice as busy because more people use them instead of walking in the rain, understandably. When I check the forecast my heart sinks when I see endless rain.

Today was lovely in our part of Cheshire, which meant some time in the garden. A still day so the local farmers were out ploughing and low muck spreading. I'm used to it. Thankfully it's not a flood risk here and no imminent warnings.

Muck spreading cannot be done on flooded fields and only here after the 31 January.

The sight of the BBC 14 day forecast which, where I live, has ONE dry day on Saturday, is making me feel almost despairing.

Thinking about the farmers does make me feel a bit selfish. I can't imagine getting up at 4am and having to battle the mud, at least I am indoors most of the time.

I'd be ok if I knew it was a set amount of time, it's the relentlessness and no end in sight that is making me edgy I think.