Chilly!

I’ve been lighting the wood burner for over a week now, refuse to be cold.
But today was horrendous, rain all day, sky is still grey and overcast.
But I agree with all of you who have said this is preferable to temperatures of 40 degrees plus.

It began raining here about an hour ago. It’s not cold, though, still 23deg in the house. It’s windy which is annoying as some plants in pots keep blowing over.

I’ve got my winter pj’s on and just had a mug of Horlicks. I feel summer is passing us by. Won’t be long now before we will be switching lamps on at 9pm. I feel very sad tonight.

Smileless2012

Glad it's not just us crazyH and Norah. Mr. S. thought I was joking until he saw the look on my face.

No, not just you, Smileless2012.

We're happily sitting fireside with cake and hot drinks!

My heating is on, it’s rained none stop here and I got soaked twice so felt chilly. It feels very autumnal here today even though we’re only half way through July!!

Urmstongran

I’ve got my winter pj’s on and just had a mug of Horlicks. I feel summer is passing us by. Won’t be long now before we will be switching lamps on at 9pm. I feel very sad tonight.

No, we'll have some lovely weather before long 🌞

boheminan

Hope it doesn't rain tomorrow - it's St, Swithun's Day!!!

Oh yes!! 😯

I just love it! I can't stand the heat - especially with humidity. Heating? Are you kidding? I'm just back in normal clothes - it's so comfortable - lovely!

I haven't forgotten that awful 40 degrees last July, have you?

I was so cold I had to have a shower before I cooked my supper and settled down to watch TV. I will be back to my hwb. I refuse to switch on the heating as it is mid July. I belive tomorrow will be similar- wonderful.

5 days of rain 🌧 predicted here according to the met office.

I’m certainly not complaining about the rain. We need it don’t we? Our lawns are getting quite parched, and, until today, my husband has been out every evening watering the plants with the hose.
In any case I’m one of those who hates the heat. I would really struggle to cope with the temperature they are currently experiencing in Southern Europe. Horrendous. Low twenties in the summer suit me just fine, with sunny days interspersed with showers.

I’m also strange in that I don’t hate winter !

I ansolutely love winter, the cold, the rain... can't bear summer, which drains me. However, I do feel for the holidaymakers who come to Cornwall and face days of rain. It's sad to see a cagoule-clad family huddled in a café wishing they could go to the beach.

Can we swap please? its been horrendous this week, sooo hot.

We certainly need the rain, but I would like warm rain without the horrible cold wind. I thought about lighting the fire but it would have meant going out in the rain to fetch the logs.
I wore my jeans and a fleecy sweater and threw a crocheted blanket over my legs while watching the tennis.

Where are you saltrock123?

I am most definitely weird. My parents took me to the West Indies and then Kuwait to live. Husband and I had a villa in Spain for about twenty years so I spend much of my time shivering back in the UK. I Just can’t bear the cold.

I kept waking up cold last night, eventually had to go and find another blanket.
I know there is still plenty of time to have some good weather, but I always feel that as soon as the schools break up, we’re hurting towards autumn.

Our family divide into those who feel the cold and those who don't. I am in the 'feel the cold' camp.

Even as a school child I would be wearing a sweater when other girls were in shirt sleeves. Mind you I was not alone, the divide was fairly general and my sister and best friend felt the cold even more than I do.

DH and DD go out in blizzards in T shirts - They are mad!!

It's certainly not been cold up here in Scotland. We have a strict rule in our household anyway. No central heating unless absolutely necessary, and in practice, it's rarely on - maybe for a couple of hours in the evening on very very cold days (when the temperature is below zero). If it's cold, we use the log burner, but even then, it is kept to a minimum. Can't bear an overheated house.

I don't feel chilly. Out yesterday with no coat, dodging the rain drops , I still feel warm, rain watering garden, so plants looking healthy. Feel for those suffering excessive heat, friends in Turkey 40 plus degrees, have experienced it, so happy to be living in UK. Sure we'll have some sun back soon .

Grey, slight glimmer of sun occasionally but coldish. Yesterday I wore a merino wool jumper and winter leggings, today a fleece I think. Think its supposed to be a bit better at the beginning of the week here in Hertfordshire. The petunias in pots look very bedraggled this morning.....

It's raining.

So, that's South Oxfordshire in for 40 days and 40 nights of rain.

'Thanks St. Swithun'.

I actually put the electric blanket on last night. 🙂
It’s looking more summery this morning though. 24.2 outside the kitchen window, but the thermometer does have the sun on it at the moment.

Monica, my dh and dd1 are the same. Dd1 is invariably ‘boiling’. Even in the middle of winter she often has her kitchen bifolds wide open.

Well I thought it was me feeling the cold but it seems not. Ive been putting on a litte electric heater for an hour first thing and late evening just to take the chill off the room. And there is an extra cover folded on the foot of my bed in case I need it in the night.