Another dreary day in Ireland

[Shurleyknot]

Well, on the East coast anyway. It is so disheartening all this rain. Feel like summer is passing us by.

Nah. May was very good and the first week in June ...Agus sin sin

It's been the wettest July ever recorded in Ireland, 4 times the amount of rain as July last year.

Apart from just over a week in June we've gone from spring into autumn.

Idk, it just feels 'normal" wet here. I must be desensitised.

I've just had to turn on the light in the study, in early afternoon, in the summer. And my hydrangeas have fallen over again because of the weight of the rain on the blooms (to be fair they are very showy Annabel and Vanille-Fraise, my lace cap hydrangea is fine).

The Irish weather needs to take a good, hard look at itself and do better.

I’m working at my desk in front of a huge window - looking at sheets of rain. I am so fed up of it. We went on holiday in early June, to avoid potential heatwaves 😂 , and we got rain in Athens !!! No more sunshine for me until next Summer - I’m already scrolling through holiday websites.

I feel sorry for my DC - they will be back to school without having had as much fresh air as possible. And we have tried to make the most of it, but you can hardly go to the beach or climb a mountain in this weather - although we managed the Sugarloaf last week.

I’m heading West with DC3 for a few days on Sunday and hoping for a miracle.

But I’m glad I found this thread - misery loves company 😉

It is bucketing down here, and blowing a gale, I was out in the car earlier and the temperature was 13 degrees.

I put on the heating the other night.

I haven't bothered to take my summer clothes out of the attic, I'm still wearing my winter jumpers.

I am so utterly fed up with this 'summer'

Betsy I also put on heating last night and priced heating oil today €100 less than when I bought it at end of October, will monitor it and if it starts to rise I'll buy. I am wearing my summer wardrobe however as temperature is still reasonable.

I want to know why there's so many flies around! Why haven't they drowned in the rain? Feckers!

I've just turned on the heat as it feels damp and chilly from trying to dry some clothes indoors. I've put some things in the dryer but the things that cannot be tumble dried are taking days to dry so I've put some of them on the radiators.

I had to put a fire in the stove for the same reason @honeyrider. Even when the rain stops I don't trust it enough to put stuff on the line!

We had thunder and lightning last night.

Loads of wasps around too. Feckers.

We had it too @PlasticSheetingRTÉNews but thankfully it was short lived

Where do you have wasps @PlasticSheetingRTÉNews? I don't think I've seen any in South Dublin so far this summer. Hundreds of bees in my garden though, which is lovely.

I’m in the midlands, @BlackAmericanoNoSugar

I’ve never seen so many wasps. Had four today make their way into my kitchen.

At one stage last week, we went checking to see if we had a nest somewhere as they were coming in constantly.

All is well everyone. I went and got myself a lovely summer dress today so now the sun just HAS to come out. Naturally. You’re welcome.

I admire your optimism, but it doesn't work that way. If you had bought full rain gear and a dozen umbrellas then the sun would shine.

I gave in and ordered a heated airer this week. I'm fed up having to put heating on to dry washing in July. I haven't been able to line dry for weeks.

@BlackAmericanoNoSugar um excuse me! Is the sun not shining today 😊😊

I'm in Dublin and the best that can be said is that it's not raining and it's warm.

Hint of blue off the sky there today I will admit.

Correct @BlackAmericanoNoSugar but then no Irish person would buy rain gear. That's for tourists. We'll just run around with a handbag or newspaper over our heads.

It's a grand drying day where I am. So far. But don't want to get notions and do a load of towels.

That wetting type of mist here. Grey, dull and miserable. Sucks for the kids :(

Nevermind @Chickenkeev the kids will be able to look at the glorious sunshine through the classroom window for the first month that they're back at school.

😂😂😂