To think it'd not be mad to put the heating on?

[HesGotHisTrombolyse]

It's July. And I won't put the heating on out of principle. And because it'd make me so sad to have the heating on when it's technically summer. I know that I should have the heating on depending on the temperature and not the season but I can't bring myself to 'admitting' that it's not summer.

But I'm sitting here, on a work call, thinking how cold it is even though I'm wearing jeans and a jumper. I can't be the only one surely, who's cold enough to long for the heating to be on even though it's July... I'm in the South of England.

I ent put the heating in but I just got back from 32 degree weather in Spain. My gas fire is looking tempting though!

Grey, damp and chilly in South Wales.

This is what I said today. The heating goes on if I'm cold, no matter the month.

I’ve had it on for a couple of weeks now.

It’s the same where I am in Wales. In fact it’s cold. Not chilly.

12 degrees and cloudy here on the Sefton coast. I've so far resisted putting the heating back on, but it's been a real temptation this past week. My husband, who has decided he's coming down with something, has retired to bed with a hot water bottle. Frankly, I don't blame him!

I put on my tesco oodie, nice and warm, staved off the need for heating.

I've been wearing my thick dressing gown over my clothes 😡

Currently OK moving about/cooking in fluffy dressing gown and boot slippers over clothes - but not exactly "warm". When sitting down & after dark, very likely to have a fan heater on next to me for a bit to heat up the immediate area.

How on earth do you cope in the winter?? I’m currently sat in front of a fan and have to keep mopping up rainwater from the windowsills because it’s too warm to close them.

23 degrees when I left S. London yesterday evening. Sunny.

11 degrees last night 10.30pm as I arrived home in the rain/10 degrees this morning 7.30am. Derbyshire/Yorkshire border.

We need compensation.

39% of people saying OP is being unreasonable- why?!?! WHY?!

I don't understand this. I'm in central Scotland and the coldest room in the house (east facing) is 20 degrees and feels very warm. The west side of the house is at 24 degrees and roasting. My washing has been dried all summer out doors apart from once when I stomped around because I had to dry it indoors as it was too rainy.

Don't get me wrong we've had a few days of very heavy rain so I didn't do washing those days. We've had quite a few days where it's rained very lightly on and off but the washing always dries by the end of the day.

I was out with dog this afternoon and utterly roasting and dog was panting and trying to find shade. He refused his evening walk bar a few pees in the street then wanted to go home.

I honestly don't understand these threads saying summer has been awful unless Scotland is becoming warmer than the rest of the UK?

YANBU

I have Raynaud's disease and am dealing with the cold purple hands that normally aren't an issue in July.

Summer is normally the time of year where I get to frolic in a T shirt with the rest of society instead of my usual 6 jumpers and 2 pairs of socks. Not this year.

Sad times :(

Goodness it can be!

@AllProperTeaIsTheft it's clearly better up there than here in Bath where it's 14 degrees - gloomy as hell and raining

The only answer I have come up with is the people feeling cold are very slim (or skinny) and so feel the cold more or are suffering from the viruses going about which make you feel shivery.

Certainly I feel the cold more when slim than just now (not slim!) but I put the washing out at 4pm and am about to bring it in now bone dry.

maybe end of July and August will be roasting - here’s hoping!! 🤞 ☀️

Or maybe it's just cold.

Mine too. I expect all the people who like cosy snuggling under a blanket in their jim jams will be happy.

Really? It’s not that cold- I’m in the south of England and currently sitting out in the garden with a glass of wine, in a t shirt

Roasting here in my part of NE Scotland today. I'm still sitting outside and have all the windows and patio doors open.

Ours has literally been off all day for about 7 days since May in total (Glastonbury weekend was I think 4 of them)

Not everyone lives in the south of England.

But op is in the south of England..not Scarborough!