I am way too hot , can't wait for winter

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I thought I would start a thread. It's muggy and I'm tired. I can't wait for the cool Autumn days and darker evenings 🤣

getting to work in the snow and ice is a little tricky yes, but I just allow myself longer than normal. Childcare is never an issue, me and my partner work opposite shifts so there's always one of us at home. Weather doesn't really put a stop to any activities, swimming is indoors, soft play is indoors, the local leisure centre has a kids section that's indoors, even nature walks are still fun, just wrap up warm and get on with it. If the weather is really too bad, we do lots of fun things indoors. My eldest is autistic and also doesn't like the heat

Do you live somewhere where the winters are very mild? Being cooped up indoors in germ-infested soft plays is not my idea of fun, and there's only so much swimming you can do. Nature walks might be fun if the weather is dry, but let's face it - nature walks (when there's very little nature about) in torrential rain or ice isn't fun. Playing indoors is fine for short periods, but children need fresh air and exercise, and if you're working 48 hours per week plus your long commutes as a result of the snow, ice and general disruption that winter brings then there must be fairly limited time to get outside.

Spring and summer offers far more in the way in opportunities to be inside if needed, and outdoors enjoying the light and fresh air the rest of the time. The UK rarely gets so much hot weather that means looking forward to months of cold, miserable weather. We certainly don't get many crisp, cold days - it's endless damp.

I'm really fat , sweaty as fuck, can hardly breathe and hate the sun. Can't wait til Christmas . Great thread OP

@pigwood

I say this with respect and kindness - maybe it is not the weather that is the problem but your weight?

@LuckySantangelo35 you are completely right . It's horrible for fatties in this weather . I have MS so can't physically move about a lot and use a wheelchair when I go out and being in that is even worse as it feels so occlusive . Would love to be slim in this. I'd probably be loving it

It doesn’t actually affect the weather though if people moan about it. We could all stand outside doing rituals chanting for the sun to go in but nothing would actually happen.

Also, it may just be in the part of the UK I’m in, but the last few years, there’s hasn’t just been ONE warm day a year, there’s been several and a few years ago it went on for weeks. We were in a different flat then which was even worse than the one we’re in now, and a couple of the nights I had to sleep outside in the garden because it was that bad inside. I emailed the landlord agency about it but they just said there’s no legal maximum temperatures that properties can get to.

See, in Winter if a tenant is freezing, they’re not expected to live in those conditions, the landlords have a legal obligation to provide heating of some kind or if the heating is broken as ours was one year, they have to fix it. Hope I’m making sense!

@DownNative I'm in the Highlands and we've had some pretty high temperatures. It's been so warm up here that the water level is Loch Ness is the lowest its ever been, I believe.

Just googled this cos I thought it couldn't possibly be true. And it isn't. According to SEPA, levels are about average. For all seasons, not just summer, suggesting it's really not been hot or dry. I'm a bit further south than you but we've had the wettest, coolest May I can remember.

@LuckySantangelo35 why on earth would you have headache and nausea in tomorrow’s warm weather? how do you cope on holiday in actual hot weather?

34 degrees is warmer than anywhere I tend to go on holiday. Also in the UK we don't tend to have air con and the buildings are really well-insulated so it's a totally different ball game. Add to that chances are on a Friday in the UK you're at work in a city and not lying on a sun lounger by the coast, surely you can see the difference?

You are!

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor Ah thank you so much! I always worry I’m not expressing myself well online! Love your name btw 😍

@pigwood

Im very sorry to hear you have MS 💐
It must be very difficult

and a few years ago it went on for weeks.

1976? I remember that.

It was glorious!

Here's the weather round up for May in Inverness, if anyone's interested (I was basing that location on your claim about Loch Ness @DownNative). When exactly did the Highlands have these pretty high temperatures?
world-weather.info/forecast/united_kingdom/inverness/may-2022/

Send some up to Newcastle please because it's overcast

Smart arse 😉

I know the summer mentioned, it was so hot, it went in and on and ON. We went on holiday towards the end of it and were swimming in the sea at 8.30am it was so warm. All the grass ooked like straw! 5 or 6 years ago I think.

That’s the one! I remember the threads on here about it, lots of people didn’t like those either and said we were “ruining their Summer”. After a while though, even Summer lovers were commenting saying it was getting a bit much, the grass was yellow as you say, like straw, everything was dry and people said their kids didn’t like it and weren’t coping well in it, they were lethargic and exhausted day after day.

@LuckySantangelo35 thank you ☺️ it's hard but I try not to let it get me down. Apart from when it's hot 😂😂 x

Yes! It's a weird thing some people have insisting it never gets hot in the UK and you always need your cardi and a coat.

Well, it’s bloody hot here today! Glorious 😉

"Here's the weather round up for May in Inverness, if anyone's interested (I was basing that location on your claim about Loch Ness @DownNative). When exactly did the Highlands have these pretty high temperatures? "

The problem you have is you are basing it on what you think is a good temperature. And that's location dependant.

Looking at that, there are several days where the temperature was decent for the area. And can imagine it was "tops off" weather. 16-17 degrees for the highlands is warm.

5 or 6 years ago I think.

I think it was longer ago than that. 2006 was the last summer I remember where it was sunny and warm for several weeks in a row without much rain at all.

2018, it was when we moved house in blistering heat and our lawn has never recovered

I don't think I've ever recovered let alone your lawn 😂

16-17 degrees is not 'pretty high' by any stretch of the imagination - unless what the poster meant was 'for the Highlands we've had some decent weather which when you compare it to our winter weather could be construed as pretty high - although not in comparison to the temperatures elsewhere in the UK, esp south of the Midlands'.

It's not going to get above 17 (and cloudy) over the next fortnight, so again, hardly pretty high.

Hate it. Hate cooking in it, hate getting ready for the day in it. Hate the boob sweat. Hate having to put suncream on the kids all the live long day.
I also have vitiligo which means I have to really take care and cover up in the sun which is a complete faff.

Anyone who says 'people live in much hotter climates and just get on with it' are morons. They are used to it and have the infrastructure for it.

Yeah really can’t wait for all the ‘my house is freezing and my dh says we can’t have the heating on, how can I get my kids uniforms dry and keep them warm’ posts coming up DAILY in winter. At least the warm weather means drying clothes outside, fresh air and no heating bills

@LuckyAmy1986 why cook in it. Buy food that doesn’t need cooking etc. no reason to sweat over a cooker in the heat why would you?