How am I supposed to get my washing dry

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I don't have a tumble drier (freecyled it a while back as it's very old and was in garage as no space in house). It's not cold enough to put the heating on, but with all the horrendous rain we have had, the house is feeling very damp and the washing I hung up indoors yesterday is still wet. Was thinking of one of those electric lakeland things, but I've read some bad reviews on here so put off a little. Grr need clothes for work/school tomorrow so going to have to put heating on later I suppose.

Can't stand this wet weather!

lakeland heated clothes airer.

Thanks for the ideas again. Have no money for t/drier and don't have an aga, plus don't want to hoik up lec bill, not keen on driers anyhow as always seem to shrink stuff in them.

Do you have a fan? One of the ones you use in summer to keep cool? Try putting it so it blows directly onto the clothes. Works for us!

I had the same problem on sunday and took 2 loads down the launderette. Half an hour reading the paper watching it spin et voila.

Drying clothes has become my obsession lately. The young uns at work interupt their conversations about their clubbing to ask me about my washing and smirk.

I have become desperate enough to come up with half a solution. We have a basic gazebo which we bought for £20 one wet camping holiday, as a means of keeping our camping stove dry. Its only one of the cheap white plastic ones. Anyway, it fits quite neatly over the top of my square whirligig washing line, and the velcro taps designed fix it to poles secure it to the out most washing line.

It doesn't work in a downpour (in which event you would end up with a paddling pool perched on top of your washing line) but its OK for those annoying drizzely days when you rush in and out 10 times. My washing dries underneath it despite the drizzle, and because its white their seems to be a little bit of solar gain also.

Now going back to ironing dry the last few stubborn shirts . . . .

When we went camping last year, I spent about a day (not kidding) in the on site laundrette.

They had tumble dryers but they were so expensive and took ages - but they also had this little cylindrical spin dryer like this. I was a a bit sceptical, but I used it and it cut the drying time loads.

Maybe have a look on eBay?

If you have radiators, you can get those hanger things that hook over the top. I have some which have 5 rungs on, which are quite good.

I've also had to give in and take 5 bin bags full of washing to the laundrette and have a service wash done. (It's not all clothes, there are 3 lots of bedding & quilts in there too).