Sick of this fucking weather. No wonder we are all ill and fat.

[Wayofliving]

The heating has been on at home at some point every day for the past 7 months. I’ve no inclination to get out and walk or do anything at all after work. I come home and cook comfort food as there’s sod all else to do. Drying washing everywhere, house always looks untidy.

It’s always cold, dark, rainy, depressing. If we’re lucky we’ll get 2-3 months of a bit of warmth and sunshine before it all starts waning towards winter again.

No wonder there’s lots of bugs and colds around, we’re all indoors all the time! Couple the shitty weather with high costs of living, crap public services and it makes me wonder why I didn't feck off to Australia when I was younger.

No point to this post, just a moan!

Could you get rid of your horse if it's making you miserable?

I’m so fed up with it. We’re having an actual storm at the moment (well raining and very windy) and it’s not enjoyable no matter how I might convince myself it is (I’m not even bothering to try to tbh). Every single day it’s raining. We might have one or two dry days but that’s for the entire year so far. It hits me hard because I have some issues with the house that need sorting and the rain exacerbates it so I’m very conscious of the bad weather and how persistent it’s been.

I agree OP, finally had a dry sunny but windy day in London on the weekend. God it was so good to be out and about. Managed to clean my driveway get some much needed gardening done and then had drinks by the river with friends.

Back to rain now urgh but I checked the forecast and shoukd be another good weekend so definitely planning some day trips somewhere to make the most of it

Hear hear!

I mean I do my best - I try to exercise daily, I dance and listen to music, I live alone but try and keep in contact with people and attend social events etc, but this weather is still hard on my mental health.

My mood is instantly lifted when I’m exposed to nicer brighter weather. I live near Manchester and it feels like it’s always raining. I didn’t find it quite as bad when I stayed in London.

Me too. Apart from one week of uncomfortable heat in June 2023 it has rained continuously for the last 18 months, or that's how it feels.

I agree 100%. And I am sick of saying I am sick of the weather now! 😆

6 months of shitty SHITTY weather. Rain, wind, hail, rain, an hour of sun, rain rain rain, floods, puddles, high winds, cold cold shivering! Can't do anything. Can't plan anything. Don't know what to wear, ever!

We better have a bloody good summer after this! I know some people say you can make the most of it, and life is what you make it yada yada, but it's just SHIT trying to do anything in the fuck-twatting RAIN! And it's all we have had for about 85% of the past half a year. Even if I have a raincoat on/a brolly, I don't want to walk in torrential fucking rain for hours! It's no fun. You can't even take photographs!

The amount of football matches, and netball and cricket and outdoor shit that has had to be cancelled in my local town is farcical, and frustrating. (And in some cases costly!) Everywhere outside is utterly saturated and bogged down. And people have had their car wheels and suspension fucked, because loads of potholes are full of rain, so they can't see them!

So many disadvantages to this weather, it's impossible to try and find the good in it and 'have fun!' I am a cheery positive person for the most part, and this weather is making me feel blue, low, fed up, and grumpy. I wish it would fuck off!

Could you relocate? It sounds terrible

We live on the east coast so in theory it should be drier. It someone told me last week we haven’t had 24 hours without rain since October.
my kitchen roof is leaking in two areas and the builders told me they can’t fix it until they get a dry day!

If fed up of drying my washing inside

@innerdesign · Today 21:23

Umm yes I am in 'Scotland or somewhere', there are 5 million of us, believe it or not some of us even have internet now. I'm truly not exaggerating, you can see from the other Scots on the thread (hello! Great to finally have dial-up eh?)

Well you've not lost your sense of humour!

Second only to the irritant that is this constant bad weather are the terminally positive people who just see it as a chance to splash in puddles and embrace the mud, the cold, the wet with a huge smile on their smug faces. 😁 For others it affects their mental health, their (in my case) property, their heating bills etc. This rain is not all ‘sunshine and roses’ for everyone. Grrrr

I'm finding the miserable winters hard to cope with, too. Add to that the endless cloudy &/or rainy spring & summer here in western Scotland and it's almost unbearable. We've booked a winter sun holiday for next winter as a result. Hope it makes a difference.

Agreed. Thankfully I don’t know anyone like this in IRL 😂

But this is not what countries with monsoon seasons are like. I’m in one now and it’s high twenties day and night every day. It’s also very sunny when it’s not raining. I’m really liking the break from the cold in the UK

@mjf981 isn't Australia at serious risk of not having enough water though ?
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/sydney-s-running-out-of-water-and-we-haven-t-been-paying-attention-20230830-p5e0jn.html

This made me laugh😆but yeah its grim out there.

Don't forget big sloppy jumpers, cosy snuggles on the sofa, jigsaws, and HOT CHOCOLATE!

I run all year round. In all weathers. I actually prefer running in the cold to the heat.

But for anything else, absolutely anything, I'd prefer it to be dry.
At the minute you can't:
sit in the garden
Do much gardening (shovelling wet mud is torture)
Stand and chat to neighbours
Stroll through the woods
Feel warm sun on your face
Plan to spend the whole day outside
See blue skies
Feel the joy of spring

I’m hoping in the future (when I retire) I might be able to do those long holiday rentals (3 months?) during the winter in a warmer place as this country seems to have ten months of winter and two (if we’re lucky) of summer. As I get older I get more sick of it.

I run 4-5 times a week. I go out in all weathers but I don't love wind and rain. By this time of year I usually like to use paths and footpaths but loads are still like a bog with ankle deep mud or puddles.
Even some of the xc races were cancelled because the ground was so waterlogged there was no suitable parking

Bet those 3 no rain days are rainy

It's really no reason to be fat, or ill come to it. Fair enough you don't like it but I don't like summer weather and still manage the self-discipline required to have some semblance of normal life even then.

Was just thinking this. I have no inclination to ride. He is wet, on limited turnout, with limited grass and just generally out of sorts. He now has mud fever. I’m tired of mud and mucking out twice a day and a huge hay bill and everyone down the yard being grumpy. It’s hard bloody work .

It's April
Notorious for being rainy
April showers

Someone might buy him off you