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Are Gransnetters glowing in the heat?

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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! ?

M0nica Tue 25-Jun-19 19:50:42

I am sitting in Oxfordshire typing this, with warm socks and a cardigan on.

DH has just rung from Antwetp, Belgium to say that it is sweltering hot there.

Pittcity Tue 25-Jun-19 19:17:45

Even DS, who is ok with heat declared today a "two shower" day. It's really humid in East Anglia and I'm glowing just sitting still.

Cherrytree59 Tue 25-Jun-19 19:14:04

I glow all year round thanks to the menopause.

Weather wise yesterday was very humid.
Today much cooler and has rained for most of the the day. ☔ ☔ ☔

Hopefully a dryer day tomorrow as my little 5 yr old grandson is taking part in the Race for Life on what will be a very squelchy field.

watermeadow Tue 25-Jun-19 18:51:40

“Horses sweat and men perspire but women merely glow”
It’s very humid here, which makes my ankles swell badly, but indoors is quite cool.
My little old house was designed to be cool in summer and freezing in winter.

SueDonim Tue 25-Jun-19 18:39:43

Ninathenana I am wearing a chunky cardigan! And sheepskin slippers to keep my feet warm. It's blooming nippy.

The wild foxgloves have only come out here in the last three or four days - I thought I'd missed them when I was away on holiday but no, they're just very late.

blondenana Tue 25-Jun-19 18:37:08

Rain all day here too, different to last year, not cold though,
Jeans t shirt and thin cardi, but good forecast for next week,
Apparently some European countries are going to have 45dg heat next week, southern France being one, just where my daughter is going next week, and my son in Spain says it is too hot, has been all year apart from a couple of weeks

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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. ????????

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

going rusty in the rain here

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

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

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

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

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

Not glowing more wilting!

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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.?

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