to hate this weather

in North Devon at the moment and spent time on the beach and went swimming in waves, body surfing the waves and having a lovely time. Just love it.

Although weekend was a bit tropical, cold food, fans on etc, we know it will only last a few days! Today is cool! Been overcast until now and the sun has appeared. Stiff breeze from the sea, about 20 miles away!
just seen forecast and it's back to normal temperatures, rain and storms at the end of the week And we will all be complaining!! It's never right for everyone! I love the warm weather, ???????☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

It's great to sit outside and enjoy a glass of chilled rose in the evening.

Worried that by the time I've got used to the hot weather it will be gone! OK I'm in the wrong city with the wrong clothes. I'm wearing my only skirt and tee shirts all abandoned in a drawer at least a year ago, luckily not taken to a charity shop! Flat comfy sandals also seeing the light of day again.
I'm loving having healthy light meals in the garden and being warm and mostly free of aches and pains. Home tomorrow where I have long loose dresses, I bet it rains!
I admit walking down the sunny side of Oxford Street was a bit of an endurance test but so what, I did it.
The early mornings and evenings are wonderful, aren't they? Wishing I lived near the coast!

Onneker i agree . Although I quite enjoy a hot day when Im not busy and can sit in the shade, I worry endlessly about global warming which few people seem to take seriously ( including Trump, disastrously.) What will life be like for our granchildren in the future? Its horrifying, yet hardly anything is done. Its all too little & too late. We've now passed the point of no return i read recently - even if we stopped all use of fossil fuels in the world today temps will continue to rise. If we keep on burning them temps will rise much faster.

LilyLilo I can do all of those things if the temperature was a few degrees lower. Tomorrow is forecast to be the hottest day since 1976. I love a hot summer, but that's different from a heatwave which can kill.

Lucky me, the temperature has dropped to 27 degrees.

Perhaps it's living in fabulous East Anglia whitewave!! With access the our wonderful coastline, the sea breezes, the forests and delightful villages!!!

Well, we are all different so to all those Rebecca's of Sunnybrook Farm on the thread, some of us don't like this ghastly weather! In fact, reading the posts, more don't like it than do.Bring on the rain that was promised.???

Well said Lilylilo. It doesn't last more than a few days you just have to go with the flow.
And I've done my share of going to work in a heat wave, still preferred that to sitting in a cold draughty office. Up here in the chilly north east most folks are grateful up for a few hot days as we get about 355 per annum of the other kind.

There is a lot to enjoy. We were walking early this morning and what the heat does do is bring out all the smells of the plants. So walking through pines -lovely whiffs of pine. Walking through - all the different vegetation on the Suffolk coast and all the different smells, it was delightful, bees buzzing, birds busy on the mud flats oh so lucky I am to be able to enjoy it all.

I love this weather, the breeze is lovely and cooling.

Love this weather. Yes it's hot, and I'm sorry for my dogs but I hate the cold. I love being able to just wear shorts and t-shirt instead of layering up in vests etc.....reminds me of the lovely three years spent in Cyprus.
That said, I do feel for people who are working in this heat,and commuting must be a nightmare. However, I will enjoy it while it lasts, as DH keeps reminding me that it's all downhill from tomorrow!

Well done LilyLilo. I'm cheered.....

We just aren't geared up to this weather in the Uk. In Italy and Spain, houses have thick walls, stone, or tiled floors, ,air con in newer homes , outdoor shady eating spaces, people have a midday break or siesta and eat later in the day Wish I was there!

PLEASE ALL CHEER UP!!!
Smell the gorgeous perfume from flowers out now like, orange blossom, roses, gardenia,honeysuckle !!
Enjoy the feel of soft air on your skin
Treasure the mornings when you can just don a cotton dress and slip your feet into sandals
Make the most of these months with no heating bills!!!!
And finally please enjoy the long days when it stays light until 10 pm.
It's all free to enjoy!!!

It's a year since we had such heavy rain that the drains couldn't cope, we were flooded and my garden became a lake. So I am pleased to have a proper heatwave. I know it won't last so it's time to relax and put my feet up in the middle of the day and enjoy the morning and evening in the garden.

Come to the Isle of Skye (Scottish Highlands)! First day of proper sunshine for weeks and it's about 54F/12c. Have a day's holiday today so am in the garden enjoying whilst I can, though when the breeze drops midges are making themselves felt so I may have to go in shortly.

But you have my sympathy as extreme heat is hellish. Experienced 41C when visiting my son in Oz about 3 years ago. Not a pleasant experience!

Hope you all cool down soon!

My neighbours are having their garden made over, started yesterday.
It would seem that it is mostly slab and paving and the noise and dust while they are cutting tiles and slabs is horrendous so we are driven indoors but they are good neighbours and very kind to us so we are putting up with it.
Quite cool indoors actually.

I don't like this weather, partly because it is not pleasant living in a city during it, but mainly because it taps into one of my (many) anxieties. That anxiety is about climate change and the way weather is becoming more extreme and temperatures are increasing. I have apocalyptic fears about the planet burning up, water wars breaking out in some countries whereas others are submerged by rising seas. I also fear extremes of heat in cities because tempers do become frayed after nights of not being able to sleep. The 2011 riots broke out in a period of hot weather and with tempers (justifiably) so volatile at the moment I dread a recurrence. I won't be offended if I see you running off if I approach you!

I hate this weather too. Coming back from a hospital appointment on the bus I could feel that my arms weren't just moist, they were WET. I'm in a sleeveless summer dress but still feel uncomfortably damp.
Got up at six this morning and did the washing and meal preparation before it got too hot again. Flippin' heck. Even the cat doesn't like it - he's spread himself across the skirting board to try to get cool.

and there is quite a breeze coming in through this window which faces east.

Not meaning to be a bossy boots

I don't like plain water much so I usually squeeze some lemon juice or lime juice into it.
But I do still like a cup of tea and drank a mug of iced coffee this morning.

Thanks Jalima..yews, drinking lots of water. It's my go to drink. Even my beloved tea isn't tempting me in this weather.

OH laughs at me because of my regular "no movement in the trees" reports. I am beginning to get really excited if a leaf moves, indicating a bit of air movement! Sadly, everything remains still.

It's horrible.

This weather is TOTALLY FAB........we sat in the garden with gin and tonics all evening watching the bats flying about, listening to the dusk chorus, spotting Mr Fox on his rounds and watching the sky grow dark. Absolutely wonderful!