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To hate this English Summer and the boiling hot weather we’re having?

464 replies

IHateSummer2018 · 24/06/2018 11:29

It’s so hot! Appallingly so. I am in the lightest of t shirts and yet still sweating. I love the sun on holiday but hate it in this country, it seems more a blistering kind of heat, disgustingly so. Hope the summer ends very soon! Bring back Autumn/Winter!!

NC because people display negativity to those that dare say they hate the sun

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JessiCake · 25/06/2018 20:51

Yes, I find that's what I generally hear if I dare complain - 'oh, you're never bloody happy!'

I am, actually, more than happy in cooler weather. I don't know why people seem to equate disliking (for Britain) extremely hot weather with dislking ALL WEATHER.

Yes, those who hate the heat are lucky that we don't live in sweltering Africa. But I suspect that if we lived in sweltering Africa we would have acclimatised over many years, as opposed to the few weeks of relatively extremely hot weather we sometimes get here in Britain.

Also many people seem to forget that countries that are routinely much hotter than ours are far far more geared up for heat. Homes, shops, transport are all air-conditioned. There is more natural shade built-in to cities as protection for the hot summer months. People alter their days to work around the heat (eg in southern Spain where people rest inside in the hottest part of the day instead of going out bloody sunbathing like they do here) and stay out late to take advantage of the cooler nights.

I have a friend who comes from a country where summer is routinely 40 degrees. She says it's bliss, as when she visits she stays in her parents' cool, air-conditioned home, gets around on the cool, air-conditioned transport and hangs out in the cool, air-conditioned shopping malls. She's never hot when she's there, never over-heated, despite the temperature being much much hotter than here. Because her home country has a system in place that allows for normal life to continue in the hot weather.

Our country doesn't. And realtively speaking, the current temperature here is HOT. (28 in London, which feels hotter due to humidity and pollution).

It's spurious to say that we're lucky we don't live in a really hot country. The whole point is that we don't. So it's hard to adapt. And there are few modifications made to allow us to easily adapt.

blackteasplease · 25/06/2018 20:52

If weather was built on fairness though we would have more hot weather than we do! I mean, the cold weather fans get far more thsn their fair share in this country and the warm weather fans get far less.

Yes, i know fairness doesn't come into it but it seems a bit mean to begrudge those of us who like summer weather a little bit of what they enjoy!

Crushedgrapesworkforme · 25/06/2018 20:54

Pretty much Uk is better prepared for the 8 mths of miserable weather, layers of clothing and warmingnnot cooling homes.
It’s actually a perfectly lovely summer, long lovely days we will be wishing for in the depths of February frost bite! yes it’s hot, that’s what makes it summer!! Ice on your wrists / lower forearm help cool you down
Uk doesn’t have humidity with the heat, it’s just hot. Deal with it and be prepared people!!.

SleightOfMind · 25/06/2018 20:57

Also, summer evenings are heaven.

JanKind · 25/06/2018 21:02

Yes YABVVVVVU

PrincessCuntsuelaVaginaHammock · 25/06/2018 21:07

I've been enjoying it!

SoulToSqueeze · 25/06/2018 21:13

I used to absolutely love summer until about 10/11 years ago when I woke up one morning to discover I now had hayfever. I had never suffered with it before and now I spend all summer feeling like I have the flu and I just can't enjoy being out. I actually find having a cold more tolerable than hayfever. I find now that the hotter I am the more grumpy I feel too. I try not too moan too much though as everyone else loves the heat and as much as I'd love to hide indoors until Autumn, I cant let DD miss out on the summer days so I just have to suck it up and get out there.

bemusedmoose · 25/06/2018 21:35

Yup, im too hot today. Even my sweat has been sweating! Could feel my skin cooking. Even my poor plants in the garden are burnt.

Trouble is with UK weather - we never get a chance to acclimatise. Its hot, cold, hot, wet, hot... Never a chance to adjust properly. The last week has been lovely but today was a killer. Kids came out of school damp with sweat too. Dreading the rest of the week - especially sports day! If anyone smells bacon - it's coming from the school playing field! 😂

LoniceraJaponica · 25/06/2018 21:36

Jessicake all the large shops and shopping malls do have air conditioning these days.

celticprincess · 25/06/2018 21:41

Haha well when the op posted this yesterday it was definitely hot. North east of England and got back into my car to it reading 31 degrees. We had been in a sun trap. My back yard is the same. Driving about it cooled down to 26. I find this not. Mainly because we aren’t relaxing by the pool on bikinis!! Taking kids from one activity to the next, cooking, cleaning and ironing was causing the problem, all in non beach wear type clothing. And the house doesn’t seem to cool down much in summer (blaming the insulation we got freely installed). Photo included of said heat. Today was probably just as hot but after breaking into a sweat getting dressed and taking the kids to school I froze in Sainsbury’s as they have their air con on at a ridiculous temp. Then after picking kids up I had to sweat more at their swimming lesson!!

To hate this English Summer and the boiling hot weather we’re having?
Ivydalegirl · 25/06/2018 21:52

I am on holiday up north and it reached 27 degrees today. It's awful, my holiday is misery. I come up north for my holidays hoping it will be cooler than further down south, I got that wrong this week!

Suggs44 · 25/06/2018 22:07

People like you make me sick,we hardly ever get a summer and when we do you idiots moan,if you're not happy then clear off back on holiday and leave the rest of us to enjoy it without you moaning.

JacquesHammer · 25/06/2018 22:08

@Suggs44

If only there was an option not to read the moaning.

Fairly rich calling other posters idiots...

frogface69 · 25/06/2018 22:30

It was 23 degrees here today. Yes, it's warm but I don't worry about heating bills either. Not for a while, I hope.

RidingMyBike · 25/06/2018 22:47

28 degrees today, which was grim. We’ve been doing all the ‘right’ things re keeping curtains shut, windows open when it’s cooler, drinking lots of water, but it’s been really hard to sleep and DD (2) is struggling with the heat. Wasn’t so bad at work as air con there but everywhere else it was awful. Nowhere seems to have been built with shade in mind - all the play areas seem to be out in the full sun.

busyboysmum · 25/06/2018 22:49

I love it. It's been the best summer I can remember. Fabulous.

BewareOfDragons · 25/06/2018 22:51

Agree. Gorgeous weather ... and don't have to pay to heat the house! Cooler showers!

Ohmydayslove · 25/06/2018 22:52

Love it. Sat in the garden at 10 pm with a glass of wine

Bliss

dementedma · 25/06/2018 22:52

loving this weather. so nice to have something in Scotland that isn't relentless rain and grey skies.
am menopausal so struggling with sweats but the skies are blue, the wash basket is empty, the garden is a riot of blooms and scents and I can sit outside with a drink and a book. Long may it last

crazycatgal · 25/06/2018 22:53

@Suggs44 Bit of an overreaction there... Confused

PTW1234 · 25/06/2018 22:57

Yes. I hate people who complain about the weather.

We have such a diverse weather and ecosystem in the uk, it’s really magical that we can go from snow to 26 degrees in a few months on our small island!

Bugger off with your moaning it will soon be cold again, we are still lucky to have amazing countryside’s and coastal regions, that thrive off our extreme weather, you have to be bonkers to not enjoy it all

mostdays · 25/06/2018 22:57

I love the heat, it was very warm here today and I really enjoyed it, but I sympathise massively with those who hate it. Both because of how miserable winter weather makes me, and because the heat does slow you down and make some things require more effort. It must be horrible today for someone who really doesn't do well in hot weather.

bumblingbovine49 · 25/06/2018 23:02

Anyway. It seems like it is forecast to be hot all week but next week looks cooler low 20s in the SE anyway

For all heat haters. Chin up it won't last long it never doesSmile

crazycatgal · 25/06/2018 23:08

It's not bonkers to hate the weather when it's very hot. Some people burn very easily even with factor 50 on which is a pain. My DP is always getting burnt. I don't like the heat either because my hair frizzes up and I sweat like a pig when it's very hot.

20 degrees is lovely but 25+ is awful.

frogface69 · 25/06/2018 23:12

I am doing so much washing....bliss and no damp sheets draped every where for days on end. No hanging ground outside, see. I feel better, hot, but better.☺