Gransnet forums

Chat

Are Gransnetters glowing in the heat?

(81 Posts)
Marilla Tue 25-Jun-19 15:15:30

I always imagine in hot weather to be wearing a pretty dress, sitting relaxed and cool in a deck chair with a book and simply glowing. Instead, I am wearing an old grey tee shirt, Eric Morcombe shorts and the sweat is running down my eyes. My hair is sticking to my neck and forehead and I feel an absolute mess! ? Not a good look! ?

mokryna Tue 25-Jun-19 15:20:22

Not too bad in Paris today but not looking forward to the next few days with 30 in a class. I get through it as children don't say too much when watching an English film with French subtitles.

kittylester Tue 25-Jun-19 15:29:38

I've just put the heating on!

SueDonim Tue 25-Jun-19 15:34:08

Yes, I'm glowing in the heat - provided by my central heating! It's a heady 12.5 degrees here in Scotland.

MiniMoon Tue 25-Jun-19 15:47:52

We've had the heating on too kitty and Sue. It's 12°c here in rural Northumberland. Nothing in the garden is growing, and the poppies and tall plants are looking sorry for themselves because of the cold wind.

MawBroonsback Tue 25-Jun-19 15:48:38

Building an ark here.
Pretty dresses and deckchairs don’t go so well with wellies and sou’westers!

kittylester Tue 25-Jun-19 15:53:07

Thank goodness others have the heating on! I thought I was either ill or being a wuss. grin

lemongrove Tue 25-Jun-19 15:53:22

Jeans and a long sleeved shirt here today, it isn’t cold, it’s humid, yet due to the rain, feels strangely chilly.
Hot weather on the way though, so pretty dresses at the ready.?

ninathenana Tue 25-Jun-19 15:55:44

A chunky cardi is cheaper than the heating ?
It's very humid here, the sun has been out but it's now overcast. When I got back to my car after being in Tesco earlier it was 29c.
Patio doors are wide open and the fan is on. So quiet comfortable.

yggdrasil Tue 25-Jun-19 15:56:46

I'm in the West Country, my heating is on a medium thermostat, and it has just switched on!

Suki70 Tue 25-Jun-19 16:14:01

Overcast and humid in South London, all doors open wide and it's 22c inside the house.

nonnasusie Tue 25-Jun-19 16:22:04

Still too hot to go outside here! Also the water pressure is almost non existent!!

nonnasusie Tue 25-Jun-19 16:22:45

Not glowing more wilting!

matson Tue 25-Jun-19 16:28:36

Heating back on here on N.E. coast !!

HootyMcOwlface Tue 25-Jun-19 16:34:15

It’s chucking it down here and I am cuddled up in my winter woolies.

jane1956 Tue 25-Jun-19 16:35:48

going rusty in the rain here

Marilla Tue 25-Jun-19 17:06:47

Sorry to annoy those wearing their winter woolies, but I cannot wait for cooler September and the slightly darker evenings!
You can take the girl out of Scotland but cannot take Scotland out of the girl. ????????

sodapop Tue 25-Jun-19 17:27:11

Would someone in Scotland please let me come and stay with them. It's 30 degrees here and getting hotter as the week goes on. I spend my day inside with the fan. I'm wilted too and look as you describe Marilla nothing cool and chic about me sadly.

tanith Tue 25-Jun-19 17:29:26

It's muggy but cloudy in Dorset but I'm outside reading in shorts and t-shirt.

Sara65 Tue 25-Jun-19 17:36:43

Very humid here in the West Country, just got in from work, and opened all the windows!

Callistemon Tue 25-Jun-19 17:41:13

It's warm (20C outside), cloudy and humid here, 23C in the conservatory,, but apparently may be 28C and sunny on Friday!
Cotton trousers and t shirt today, and bare feet.

Coolgran65 Tue 25-Jun-19 17:43:07

I’m in Ulster. My oriental poppies have also suffered as have I. A little sunshybut no heatwavr

Day6 Tue 25-Jun-19 18:16:35

it isn’t cold, it’s humid, yet due to the rain, feels strangely chilly

It's exactly the same here lemon and the house feels slightly cold and damp because we have had do much rain. I have the heating on now but I am too hot by the radiator - in jeans, T shirt and cardigan!

I welcome sunshine with a breeze. If the 'good weather' which has been forecast turns out to be clammy, sticky, uncomfortable heat it can stay right where it is! That's not proper summer - that's endurance weather and I hate it.

Katyj Tue 25-Jun-19 18:25:40

Our central heating is broken, were sat here in Yorkshire with a warm fan on ?

EllanVannin Tue 25-Jun-19 18:33:25

Thank goodness for that-----I've got a thick cardigan on !
My feet are like ice.

I was in Paris during the heatwave of 2003 when thousands died. With D and GD in Disneyland and hoping we wouldn't see bodies piled in the streets as had been reported.