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It’s so cold!

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watermeadow Thu 11-Jun-26 17:42:37

I looked to see if there was a thread asking if anyone’s put their heating on, trying to justify doing it myself. But no, everyone else is nice and warm, snug, comfortable.
It’s grey and wet here and the temperature indoors is 15. I’m so cold, despite a return to jumpers and socks and sitting under a blanket. It’s June and has no right to be cold.
Please tell me you’ve got your heat on.

knspol Fri 12-Jun-26 14:41:10

Have resorted to the heating for a couple of hours first thing in the mornings but trying not to use it too much as it's oil fired and the price has risen so much. Cold on an evening but ve just put on an extra sweater.

Frenchgalinspain Fri 12-Jun-26 14:22:17

Oh my .. It is 15 Centigrade degrees more or less at 7am in the morning and 33 - 35 more or less after mid-day - 12 mid day.

Heating ? Air conditiioning absolutely !!

Hot as hell in the Madrid Capital.

Mollygo Fri 12-Jun-26 14:12:22

Thats typical! Winter duvet back on, as I mentioned earlier.
Weather now so warm and dry that I’ve hung my washing out! I’m not complaining about either of those things, but really. . .

hamster58 Fri 12-Jun-26 14:10:01

I feel very sad for anyone who can’t afford their heating bills, whenever it’s needed. However provided this is not the case, why do we need to justify putting the heating on? Surely it’s no different to anything we might feel better for, so if you can afford it and you’re cold, just do it..

alita Fri 12-Jun-26 14:02:01

We've got the heating on in the morning for a bit, and sometimes later in the day too. I've dug the heated throws out of their winter storage too.

justanovice Fri 12-Jun-26 13:58:54

We're still lighting the wood burner every night. It's far too cold without it.

dalrymple23 Fri 12-Jun-26 13:58:17

Here in Norfolk, we have had three days of intermittent hailstorms! From a previous thread "What's for supper?", last night, the oxtail stew was far more comforting than the planned salad!

Jojo1950 Fri 12-Jun-26 13:49:35

Yes I definitely have.
Get yourself warm and cosy like me.
💐💐

Mollygo Fri 12-Jun-26 10:13:22

We put the winter duvet back on last night. It’s only 10.5 tog but it’s fleecy. We were so warm we didn’t wake up till 9:15, and that was because our dog wanted to go out even in the pouring rain.
I’ll take her for a walk now, even though it’s still raining. If it’s cold when I get back, I’m going to put the heating on unless it’s come on by itself.

Sadgrandma Fri 12-Jun-26 08:00:27

DH has put the heating on as he said it’s cold, an unprecedented event. So it must be cold!

HelterSkelter1 Fri 12-Jun-26 07:56:50

I am sitting in bed drinking tea with a jumper on. My winter dressing gown is in the laundry basket waiting for a warm day to wash and dry it. I can see a patch of blue sky.

M0nica Fri 12-Jun-26 07:52:53

It haven't needed to turn the heating on, it has come on automatically.

ginny Fri 12-Jun-26 07:48:35

We haven’t put the heating on but I am wearing winter jumpers and if sitting I have a blanket to snuggle under.
I was in 3 different community halls yesterday each one cold enough for me to keep a coat on. Absolutely fed up with this weather.

twiglet77 Thu 11-Jun-26 23:47:18

I don’t plan to put the heating on but I lit a fire for a couple of hours this evening, the dogs were still damp after their walk and I was shivery. I’ve never lit the fire in June.

MayBee70 Thu 11-Jun-26 23:26:39

I’ve been putting my heating on in the evening for several nights now to take the chill out of the air. It’s also too cold to get out of the bath if I don’t.

Poppyred Thu 11-Jun-26 21:27:29

I feel better now, yes heating on tonight. 😃

MT62 Thu 11-Jun-26 21:21:04

HeyGirl

MT62 "I’ve just changed my bed & put back on my clean electric blanket." I took mine off weeks ago and regret it now. How do you clean yours, can you really wash them? Putting blankets on top of my quilt and warming up a wheatie bag for bedtime. Heating is off because its oil-fired, goodness knows when we'll be able to afford to buy some oil!

I put mine on a quick 30 min wash 40 degrees, lowest spin & hung out to dry, or on the maiden.
Make sure you detach the plug 👍🏻 silent night & washed the spare daewoo one too.

MissAdventure Thu 11-Jun-26 21:13:07

I've had my heating on today.
I'm never sure if it's me, or the weather, but on it went.

MiniMoon Thu 11-Jun-26 21:13:02

DH brought logs in for me to light the wood burner which I did this afternoon.
I would really like some warm June weather.

cornergran Thu 11-Jun-26 20:30:16

The heating has been on for morning showers, also as and when if the thermostat picks up indoor temperature is below 19 degrees. As my Mum was heard to say - Flaming June.

BlueBelle Thu 11-Jun-26 20:15:06

No heating but a couple of hot water bottles and an extra big jumper on top of my other clothes It’s miserably cold here

tiredoldwoman Thu 11-Jun-26 20:10:06

Yes,me too but slightly embarrassed at my wimpiness ! But it's really cold here in St.Andrews rain then hailstones for the last 2 days ! I put my heating on for 1 hour about 3 o' clock today as the house was feeling damp . Electric blanket going to be switched on tonight !

merlotgran Thu 11-Jun-26 20:04:11

No heating on but wearing socks, jumper and a fleecy throw over my legs.
I came home from a cinema trip wet, cold and needing a bowl of hot soup to revive me.

The elderly man in front of me paying at the car park, had tried to enter his car reg etc., holding his umbrella in one hand. It took him ages (at least three attempts) and I could feel the rain seeping through my jacket. When it was finally my turn he insisted on standing beside me shouting instructions!
The wind was nearly knocking me off my feet so I did it really quickly and tried to hurry back to my car but he kept shouting at me that I hadn’t entered my car reg.
I told him I had and everything was fine but he insisted he hadn’t seen me do it so I couldn’t have done.

Well of course he hadn’t because of the bl**dy umbrella! 😡🤣

BlueSapphire Thu 11-Jun-26 20:03:08

I put my heating on this morning!

grandMattie Thu 11-Jun-26 20:01:39

In Bristol, I’m not putting my heating on as my heating consists of night storage heaters. They are extremely uncontrollable, basically either on and giving heat off 24/7 or are off…
Huddling under blankets and wearing jumpers!