Fingers crossed for sleep tonight🤞

Thanks Ziplock I will look into that make.

Well, I've had about 3 nights of not sleeping well, due to heat and last nights thunderstorm.
Really finding the effects today, woke up a dreadful headache and feeling drained.
Hopefully get a better night tonight.....

We had a breeze for the first time last night, plus rain & thunder during the night, even though it didn’t give out for rain.
I never used my fan last night.
Only annoying thing was that there was fire works going off every ten minutes up to midnight.

here it was so cold last night that I got out of bed and fetched my quilt.

As soon as it gets dark the temperature drops drastically.

Make a spritz with a few drops of tea tree oil and lavender, top up spray bottle with water and put in fridge until needed.
A light spray on your face is lovely. Not just for bedtime, anytime.

I keep a small atomiser spray bottle filled with water by the bed. If I wake up too hot a quick spray cools me down instantly as it evaporates.
I cary one in my handbag when I go out too.
It is cheap and effective.

The BBC website recommended putting socks in the fridge before bed. Not sure if it would work because surely you would eventually wake up with hot, sweaty feet!

I've slept better over the last few nights than I have for a while. Half and half Ovaltine/Horlicks and hour before goung up to bed, half an hour of reading then lights out. Windows fractionally open, no fan ever. Sleeping on top of duvet to go to sleep but wake up under duvet the following morning. Totally unaware of doing so.

MawsRosie

Whitewavemark2

Blimey paws my bedroom is never down to 14c even in winter, are you melting ice blocks in there!

It was 5 am and the Dyson fan was on med high all night.

We never get that low either - even now with my portable aircon keeping it down during the day and the windows open once it is cooler in the evening. Last night wasn't too bad here, or perhaps I'm getting used to it?!

Charleygirl5

Last night at 11 pm it was 24C. I thought I was going to die in the heat. I had a fitful night's sleep.

I live in London and am reluctant to open a window during the day because of the number of chancers around here. My house, although modern and well-insulated, is always cold, and now I do appreciate the coolness.

My goodness, 24C is nothing, it reached over 31 inside the other evening, though we are opposite Kew which was supposed to be the hottest place in the country that day

I have been very lucky to have been on holiday in the Isle of Wight until last night. Was so looking forward to sleeping in my own bed. Went to bed early and switched on the electric points by the bedside table, table lamp, clock, charging points etc, completely forgot the electric blanket was also plugged in!!! Woke up after about half an hour of hitting the pillow and thought the bed was on fire!!! Had to move to the spare room to try to cool down!

Move to Scotland it’s never that heat up here 😅

I have slept ok ish, I have a very cool shower before bedtime, and I have a new fan from Amazon called pro breeze which is excellent nearly silent on low settings.

But I sleep alone and the thought of another warm body by my side fills me with horror! I sleep naked 😱 yes I know, but probbly keeps the burglars away, and with just a pure cotton sheet. My clock thermometer says it’s 82 F but I’m really not uncomfortable.

Sago

I am not going to moan about the glorious weather but sleep had been a challenge!

I have shut windows, closed curtains and blinds during the day then opened windows after sunset, yet the upstairs of our wonderfully energy efficient home still feels like a sauna.

We sleep on Egyptian cotton sheets with an empty Egyptian cotton duvet cover and have an Airblade whirring all night and still we are sweltering.

Are there any tricks I am missing?

Praying the Easterly breeze will bring respite tonight.

I’ve been opening my loft in the evening it makes upstairs cooler

Sleep downstairs while the heatwave lasts?

I live in a bungalow, where the sun is on the back where my bedroom and the kitchen is, all day. I open the window and the blinds when I get up and since the heatwave started I have slept better than I have in ages, a couple of times waking up at 9.30am. I've absolutely loved this heat. (Sorry)

@MT62. Do you know what the fireworks were for. There were some going off very near to me starting quite early and going off at intervals until the thunder drowned them out. I couldn’t see the point of them while it was broadcast daylight . I’m in Cheshire.

Last night was not quite so hot in the North West. However, we did have quite a lot of really noisy thunder and lightning throughout the night.

Quite frightening

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I can only really sleep in heat if I’m in the bed on my own. I make sure I do something to exert myself a bit in the day, a little gardening or housework, even if I feel very tired. If I sit around too much in the day, I don’t sleep at all at night. I also have a cool shower and use a lavender essential oil roll on my wrists. I have a fan going and cotton nightclothes and bed linen. Despite all of this, I still only sleep five hours max and sometimes less, or not at all in a heatwave. I’ve some to dislike summer and would hate to holiday in a hot country!

I have a small hepa air filter in my bedroom, not really noisy but I listen to a thunderstorm on my white noise machine at night so don't mind a bit of noise. Tepid bath, will drop dry tonight as above. A cold flannel round the back of my neck which really helps lower body temperature 🤒

After many years of sleeping in a bedroom with the windows open slightly will not take the chance now of opening windows at night. In a bungalow after moving couple of years ago & still seems strange & too warm. Food job I have a good fan. Dont hear it too much being a bit deaf. So not too bad now!

Should be good not food. Blame my dodgy thumbs 😂

I also recommend the Meaco Sefte fan. There is a night mode which is very quiet and gradually reduces the fan power throughout the night.

Eid celebrations 05Thisismyname1953. I guess all faiths have to tolerate each other's celebrations. My family members encompass several faiths... At least they aren't at war with each other and I have no recognised faith.

Eid Al-Adha started on Tuesday and runs through to Saturday MT and thisismynsme. Possibly explains your fireworks.