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We all know the heat wave is coming. Let us share ideas of ways to keep cool.

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M0nica Sat 16-Jul-22 08:32:48

GN members live in every part of the country and overseas and in all kinds of housing from high rise flats to country cottages, plus for some overseas members, the temperatures we are expecting are normal.

So what are your tips for keeping cool?

I will start by saying that I intend to start each heatwave day by getting into a tepid bath, then lying there while the cold tap slowly fills it so that I am lying there with only my head above the water. I will lie there for half an hour or more until I am cold and starting to shiver. I will then get out, air dry myself and get dressed. The bath cools the core of my body and in the past has kept me cool for many hours and at night enabled me to sleep for 5 or 6 hours.

Callistemon21 Sun 17-Jul-22 13:09:43

I've just realised that DD gave us a couple of these some time ago and we've never used them, good idea Hithere!

Callistemon21 Sun 17-Jul-22 13:10:44

It's lovely and breezy outside today, we're sat outside under the parasol.
Tomorrow might be a different matter.

Hithere Mon 18-Jul-22 00:51:32

Cooking vs cooling - sorry for bad autocorrect