Summer?

Here in the NE the weather never reaches the dizzy heights of the south. My heating is always on.
I was in France in the heatwave of 1990 and we had temperature of 45 degrees, it was hard to find anywhere cool as even the old stone farmhouse became unbearable.

Minimoo have you considered getting a sunlamp?

I've heard they can help your mood as they mimic .

Meanwhile, some to cheer you.

It’s far too hot here (not far from Liverpool), very humid, has been for days. I hate every minute and cannot wait for autumn.

I’m grateful, though, that I don’t live in the London area where my sons are. It is regularly 5 degrees warmer there. My poor grandchildren were booked into Legoland Windsor on a day when it was 35C. They survived, but never was the log flume more welcome!

Oink oink... ?? ?
Surely not. Ladies glow.

It's warm here.
I have my lounge door open and I'm sweating like a pig plenty warm enough.

It's unbelievable that the weather can be so different North and South. I've had no heating on since March and only a sheet to cover me, in fact, I've pushed it to the bottom of the bed.
Ladies, you'll soon be parading barefoot and in flimsies when the plume arrives.
Be careful what you wish for.
35° is no joke. I had 42° in Dubai and sat in a cold bath much of the time.

You'll soon be baking hot.

MiniMoon i still have my winter one on, also hot water bottle at the ready if needed

I'm in bed now, but I've pulled my extra blanket up over the summer duvet as I think I might be too cool under a 4.5 tog.
Hey ho, let's see what tomorrow brings.

Oh* Gabriella,* i do hope you are right, i have not heard this about the African Plume, but maybe we are going to get the weather in France at the moment,
My eldest son lives in Spain and loves the sun, but says just now it is even too hot for him, and my daughter is on holiday in France and also spending more time in the shade,almost 50 c yesterday she sent me a pic of the thermometer
I am fed up of this weather here too,it was lovely yesterday, tonight i have put the heating on just for an hour to warm me up a bit
Today they have gone to the Loire Valley, don't know if it will be any cooler,they have a camper van so can move around, i have a feeling they might be home sooner than they planned, another 2 weeks yet
I decided yesterday to order a sun lounger from ebay, then it was dull and cooler today and raining now,so hopefully will get the chance to use it after all

Ok!

No objection to a NAVAL base just want rid of Trident SirChengin Trident only supports 520 jobs so no massive loss and huge benefits to not having waste in our lochs and rivers .MY opinion you are not obliged to agree .

minimoon, if the temperatures are anything like they've been this evening you may need your thermals under your raincoat! ?

19° right now in Godalming. Was 24° today from noon onwards.
I have to get out and shop early to miss the midday heat or else go to the coast to get some breeze.
Windows open, fan on and wearing as little as decently poss reading on the bed.

Shhh...don’t mention Faslane to Paddyann

paddyann, my daughter and son-in-law lived near Loch Lomond, in Helensburgh while SiL was stationed at Faslane with the RN.
We fell in love with the town and would love to live there.

We are going to the Great Yorkshire Show on Thursday. We set off at 07:00! Guess what is forecast, thunderstorms! ⛈️⛈️

its not cold here at Loch Lomond just grey and damp and miserable .On the bright side my OH got some lovely atmospheric shots of low hanging cloud over the water .July is always wet here ,I got married on Glasgow Fair Monday and it peed down so we're used to it .Roll on August and some blue skies?

Tomorrow and Thursday will be the same again here, with added thunder and lightening. In fact, I don't remember ever having as many thunder storms as we've had in recent years.

A friend also observed that she doesn't remember the skies being so consistently grey as they have in modern summers. I know two summers ago we didn't have two consecutive warm sunny days to enjoy. You'd get one nice day followed by a cloudy one. It does make you wonder what's happening with the climate.

Same here in Edinburgh

Having been through that awful heat in France bringing a boat to the uk, I know where I'd rather be. OH isn't so happy though, he loved it.

It always used to rain during Wimbledon fortnight but there's been none to speak of so far!
Here in East Anglia it's gone from tropical to socks on and back again over the last few weeks....

I'm contemplating putting on the heating here in NE Scotland. For the cats, of course, not myself.

I was in London last weekend and although it wasn't brilliant weather, I wasn't cold once. I've got socks on today.

I put the heating on here in the Scottish Borders. 10 degrees C.
Meanwhile my friend is due to fly to France tomorrow to record breaking heat! They had 45 degrees, higher than ever today.
I'm afraid it's climate change and I don't like either extreme.

Thank you Gabriella. I wouldn't feel so miserable if the sun would shine. It's just so grey and depressing.