Aibu to walk this far?

[dontwakemum]

Dentist appointment at 3pm and cars playing up.
It will be 29 degrees at 3 and it’s an hours walk each way with a toddler in push chair and two primary school children.
Reschedule or walk?

Can't you get a taxi?

How do you know what the forecast is saying where OP lives?

Reschedule. It's nearly 31°c and supposed to get hotter in my bit of SW and it's not even the hottest bit. I wouldn't make my children walk in that.

Can you get a bus? Or walk there and get an uber home?

I think I'd reschedule though tbh.

I think we can assume that the OP knows how hot it is right now and therefore how hot it’s likely to be in a few hours.

Do you really have to ask? Heat exhaustion? This weather saps all my energy. No one with any sense is going to walk for an hour in this heat!

Could you get a taxi?

I've just walked half a mile with my toddler. It usually takes 15-20 minutes. It took over 35 minutes and was miserable for us both.

Uber

The OP doesn't live in the SE so what the temperature is where you are is of no relevance.

I, too am in the SW OP and honestly, I'd get a taxi or reschedule. The chances are you DC will be a hot, sweaty, miserable mess by the time you get there and then there is the issue of getting back.

Taxi. I took one for a 20 minute walk at midday yesterday. I normally walk everywhere.

She told us in the OP, she said its going to be 29 at 3pm

Im just saying that the forecast where I am is saying its much hotter than it actually is, its quite a chilly breeze here thats all, no need to be so picky and hostile.

Christ alive! I was just giving an example that the FORECAST which OP is relying on is perhaps accurate, perhaps not accurate by giving information about MY circumstances

Jesus Christ.

I'd get a taxi or bus there and walk back. It will be cooler after 3 than it will be at 2 when you need to set off and you won't have the need to be rushing.

I don't think you read my comment properly 🙃

I'm just baffled as to why you think you know more about the weather where OP lives than she does 😂

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But that wasn't the question. The person you quoted was asking someone why they mentioned that, where they (the person quoted it isn't hot since that has no relevance to the OP (since the OP isn't likely to be walking where the person quoted lives).

But you didn't actually say anything like that. Just that it wasn't hot where you live. Not that it was cooler than the forecast, just that it isn't hot. You didn't mention the FORECAST at all.

in this heat and with kids in tow I’d reschedule

Ok for you but not the kids frankly. Fine on a cooler day.

With 2 primary school kids definitely reschedule. Maybe with toddler if sleeping and you could do cafe pit stops in between then I’d chance it (in shade if possible) and allow extra time for walking. Plus hat. Ice cream on way.

This is standard (or low) summer temperature for most of Europe, it’s really not a reason to cancel appointments.

I presume the children have suncream, sunhats, a shade for the pushchair?

Walking will be fine if you take proper precautions and water with you. Or you can book taxis. It would be silly to cancel just because it’s sunny and warm.

What's the fee for short-notice cancellations? Taxi might well be cheaper, as well as showing consideration for the dentist.