Chilly!

Thunder, lightning, torrential rain and hailstones in Newcastle today.
I don’t think gM would describe her new abode as a home! She has downsized from Kent to a flat in Bristol to be near family.

That is vaguely familiar and I think the lady's name is grandmaMattie. She has recently moved to a home in Bristol and you would have picked up the story on Mick's thread. I hope I am correct.

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We've had a very weird day. It has been raining, sunny and warm and we've had high winds that have come and gone and come and gone again. I rode this morning in the dry but nearly got blown off the horse but was very warm. Went out to pick a few bits and pieces from the garden and our poly tunnels just about managed to stay put, I've worn shorts and a tee but have had to put a fleece on and off. what's happening to our weather? OH says we are having a "Spanish plume", well then can just keep it!

Happy birthday ginny! 🎂

Rain on and off here today, so maybe just 20 days and nights of rain and the same of sun?

it has been raining and blowing a gale here and yesterday my neighbours huge sunshade took off and landed upside down on my balcony! i managed to lower the shade down and manhandle it back over the wall but they have it out and up again today would you believe!

Flanders and Swann at the top of their form.

January brings the snow
Makes your feet and fingers glow
February's ice and sleet
Freeze the toes right off your feet

Welcome March with wintry wind
Would thou wert not so unkind
April brings the sweet Spring showers
On and on for hours and hours

Farmers fear unkindly May
Frost by night and hail by day
June just rains and never stops
Thirty days and spoils the crops

In July the sun is hot
Is it shining? No, it's not
August cold and dank and wet
Brings more rain than any yet

Bleak September's mist and mud
Is enough to chill the blood
Then October adds a gale
Wind and slush and rain and hail

Dark November brings the fog
Should not do it to a dog
Freezing wet December then
Bloody January again

Friday was real cold and rainy, I wore a jumper and jeans and almost lit the woodburner.
Maybe depends on your house? Mine is Victorian era and often feels chilly.
Much better today so am back in tee shirt.

^In July the sun is hot,
Is it shining?
No it’s not!^

A local weatherman’s mantra is ‘What don’t we conflate? Sun and warmth!’ You can have either without the other. 😂

Lots of rain overnight, intermittent sun now. I’ve got a thin cardigan on but might divest myself of it in a moment. I’m usually a chilly soul, although I don’t like to be boiled either. :pernickety:

We had a wet day yesterday, rather frustrating as it meant 3 year old grandson couldn't play out- house looked like a bombsite after he'd gone home!

Oh Urms your post reflected your sadness, as sometimes the weather can reflect how we are feeling, can't it?
I wish I could give you a hug along with some sunny weather- have these I wish they were real. xx

We have had days of heavy rain but not cold in our part of Scotland. Lamps on much earlier in the evening due to heavy dark skies.

The sun is presently making an effort to push through grey skies but without much success. If only the rain would stop it could be quite a pleasant mild day.

We had become acclimatised to higher temperatures when we lived in southern France but 45deg. in August was spent in the shade and trying to cool down with heavy duty fans.

It's sunny and breezy here, only 17C apparently. But I don't think it's going to last.

We used to expect June to be warm and sunny but often what we got was The June Monsoon.

That seems to have shifted to July.
July used to be hotter with spectacular thunderstorms in the evenings.
August, warm and humid. But sometimes very wet.

Whatever the weather, it's rarely right for farmers karmalady 😀

Yes, St. Swithins day. My birthday and the weather is fairly typical. Many a planned outdoor celebration has ended up indoors.

I was reminded yesterday of a line in one of the old Flanders and Swan songs, IIRC:

‘In July the sun is hot,
Is it shining?
No it’s not!’ 😂

Must go and find the whole thing on YouTube.

boheminan I am also in South Oxfordshire, I woke this morning to pouring unremitting rain and thought: 'Shall i have another winter track suit day or pull myself together and get back into summer clothes plus an extra sweater.

I opted for another duvet day in my tracksuit - and the rain has cleared, the sun is out and I clearly made the wrong decision.

They said on the weather forecast that this July will turn out ot have been colder than average and this weather pattern witll continue into August.

As we are holidaying in northern France for the last week of July into August, northern France sharing our weather, not the heatwave of the south of the country, I am glad we have a good stock of firewood there.

It is st swithans day today

I don`t mind this, it is typical july weather, was usually wet and windy when we went camping. The ground needs it so grass can grow fast and there will be a second silage cut in august. Hay was brought in during june. Good animal feed this year

I just sat out for a bit but did bring my whirly line inside as the winds later will be much worse. I am very grateful not to be in european scorching heat. My house is warm because the sun is warm enough and outside is not cold, just grim

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.

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.

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.

It's raining.

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

'Thanks St. Swithun'.

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.....

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 .

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.