Keeping Cool Tips! Let’s swap?

I alao have the special cooling towels wet round my neck .

I wear an old cotton MS summer dress. Sleeveless and I go commando. And spray the dress with a plant mister.

I am drinking a cold Guinness.

A tepid bath before bed.

During the day I have pint mugs of cold milky tea or cold milkycoffee.

Egg mayo sandwiches or tuna mayo sandwiches with lots of cucumber, lettuce and cress. And crisps for the salt.

It has worked today.

I had to go out in the heat this morning so I put a couple of ice packs into a small insulated lunch bag. Into the bag, between the ice packs, I also put two face flannels, soaked with cold water and wrung out, in a plastic bag. Every ten minutes or so I took a flannel out and wiped my face, neck and arms , it worked very well and stayed cold all morning.

midgey

A little nap works wonders!

It does!

Hot water bottles half filled with water and frozen. Cool feet make a huge difference at night.

If you are able to go out and about....

big supermarkets are actually nice and cool

I went to my gym just as I had a haircut booked in the little salon they have. 11am after an early tepid shower so hot. I did think for a moment I would do anything but....

I walked in a blast of aircon hit me ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

so I stayed there several hours - swim pool for some to cool, the cafe, lie down on the mats for a rest...yes and cool enough for exercise...

I read somewhere today that freezing hot water bottles can cause the rubber to perish, so bottles that have been frozen shouldn't then be used for hot water. I assume the degradation is slow, but could cause a nasty accident sometime over the Winter when the bottle is full of hot water. Someone said they have a 'cold' bottle and a 'hot' bottle.

Rather obvious, but keep the windows shut and curtains closed on the sunny side of the house, and open those on the shady side. A wet sheet hung over the window opening cools incoming air. As the sun moves to cook other areas, adjust what is open, wht is closed. Hot air rises, so have a window open on an upper floor for the heat to go out of. Close bedroom windows during the (hot) day, and open them at (not quite as hot) night.

I’ve just bought a ‘neck fan’ from John Lewis.
It’s very light, hangs round your neck and blows cool air round neck and face. Hands free!
£15 with USB charger

I fill a (metal) plant spray bottle with just plain water and set it to a fine mist, squirt on face neck and arms frequently and dab with a small towel. Cold showers and cold drinks don't help me - I find they cause me to heat up more. Here in Germany we of course have shutters which darken every room so we have them down during the day and open everything up early in the morning for a bit. The house is a bearable 23° most of the time.

Funnily enough, I find I'm sleeping through because I don't have to wee so much.

If possible, I force myself to start any housework early - 6 or 7 - because there is no hope of getting anything done after 10:30.

LtEve

Hot water bottles half filled with water and frozen. Cool feet make a huge difference at night.

I was just going to say that! It has been a lifesaver.

Also hang a wrung-out sheet from the curtain rail for the night. The evaporation will cool the bedroom.

Been paddling in the sea for the last hour. Fabulous.

My neighbour put her hot water bottle in the freezer 🥶 she said it was brilliant to keep cool.

If it’s still 29 degrees upstairs I am going to take my pillow, duvet & sleep in the pergola tonight.

Nothing really - just the bedroom windows cracked an inch or two open. I admit I’m starting off sleeping on top of my duvet though, which is only a 2.5 coverless one, so I can hop under it after a toilet break if I’m a bit chilly. I think I’m more ‘laid back’ in this weather, although my hair and nails seem to be growing faster.