Keeping Cool Tips! Let’s swap?

I filled paddling pool , put brolly up ,then put my grandson in his dinosaur car into it with spray bottles and a cloth and I sat on a chair next to him withmy feet in the water whilst he washed it( car was clean)

Fortunately we had Aircon fitted about 5 years ago and have never been more pleased! One unit keeps the whole downstairs cool.
I've also continued with keeping curtains and windows closed until evening. We are able to sleep in a downstairs bedroom which is a lot cooler due to the air-conditioning.
I love the 'cold waterbottle' tip. I'll be passing this onto 'hot friends'!

Oh no, bedroom is 30 degrees and humidity is 60. Horrible for sleeping

Today big baggy old linen sleeveless dress with no bra. Lots of lovely ice cold cans of fizzy drinks in fridge. Selection of magnum ice creams in freezer. Going with the flow til life returns to normal xx

Cold wet towels on the back of your neck, and lying towards the front of your boobs. We have a couple of thin sports towels, not Terry, that work perfectly. You can rub them over your face when your by a fan too. We had them from Amazon. My MIL lived in Spain, and all the older ladies did this with cloths and flannels.

You’re right HelterSkelter, it’s 4711 😁

Oooh I remember 4711...but 9711????

Muslin face cloths from Boots - wetted and kept in a lunch bags - cooling /sweat absorbing and eco friendly 👍☘️

Are you ready for this Cossy? 😄 I take keeping cool really seriously, as anything over 20° for me is a nightmare. I love snow.
For bedtime:
5 foot gel pad (like a pet’s cooling gel pad).
Cooling blanket - it’s a lightweight silky top sheet
Hot water bottle filed with iced water.
The above are stored in a carrier bag in the fridge, ready for bedtime.

Wet wipes on bedside table.
A small desk fan at night.
A special scarf which once the fabric is wet, feels very cool.
Ice packs in water bottle covers on standby.
Spritzer face spray.
9711 eu de cologne

I wear long, floaty kaftans during the day, which waft around and are cooling. I have five of these as they are so inexpensive to buy.

Am looking at the Greenhouse Shading material. I am going to buy aome and test it out on the outside of my kitchen window which gets a hot blast of sunshine from 6 till 9 am. Hot and dazzling. I would like indoor shutters and will seriously think about that. But the material could be a good trial.

Went to the cinema last night for a few hours in their lovely air-conditioned auditoriums !

Damp tea towel in the freezer then stick it on your head or round your neck. If you put it round your neck put a dry one underneath it.

I'm in red alert area and suffering like many others. I have 2 fans running and have soaked a tea towel in cold water, wrung it out and am sat with it wrapped around my neck, really cooling. Also keep standing in the shower and running cold water over my feet and lower legs which is also good. Will be going for a cool shower before bed but have had to sleep downstairs for last couple of nights as in the low 30's upstairs., horrendous.

No A/C

Barbadosbelle yes, much better bra-less

Still climbing. Indoors still steady

When doing a laundry wash.. dry laundry in the room you are sitting or sleeping in using an indoor airer.
Cools down the room really well.
Living in Cyprus I used this method regularly.

I put a bowl of ice in front of my fan it melted in less than 10minutes!
Did ironing at 6am
Banking at 8! Watching Castle on 5 now!

Cold flannel on back of neck!
Usual stuff!
Got to drive on M23/25 tomorrow 🥵😱🤯

Neck towels. Amazon sell then. Run under cold tap. hours of cooling

Ive got a £9.99 ,neck fan from Amazon. Wonderful ive had it 4 yrs. A gift from my Grandsons wife. my total savior 4 summers on a row..I wore st a flower group I belong too. Several ladies were strait onto Amazon to get their own.

Give it a try.

Cookiemonster66 that is the best tip of all. I am going to do that as I enjoyed my tepid bath last night so much.

Start early. We do our physical activity (eg gym) very early, and stay out of sun between 11am to 3pm, as much as possible. We shut the windows and curtains early morning, and wait until outside air is cooler before opening them all wide, opening doors too, to have through flow of cooler air at night. Shut inner doors during the day, to see which rooms are the coolest. Keep those as cool refuges. Ice cream. Cold showers.

Wet flannels put in fridge and wrapped round neck in afternoon or you can freeze the flannels and use as ice blocks. Buy a neck fan. Freeze those little drinks cartons of apple / orange juice - healthy -ish lollies for kids and adults. Better still, invest in proper air con. My DS did last year now we are seriously considering it.

NanRuby

So many people have a/c now that its using up a phenomenal amount of energy.

We had a total blackout for over (c) an hour last night. 11ish to 12:30am.

Starless night. Really odd to look out and not see a glimmer of light wherever you looked.

Too hot to settle for sleep without the fans. Googled and read that it should be fixed by 1:00am and so decided to read until then. Luckily I'd charged the small hand-held fan and neck torch the day before (both brilliant) but the electriciy came on earlier than estimated. Fans back on. Was asleep within five-minutes.

Supposed to be cooler from tomorrow.
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forgot to add, when I am finished with the water in the tepid bath that I left all day, I use it to water the plants! eco warrior woman that I am!

I have a bath of water from cold tap (although not exactly cold more tepid!) and leave it there all day, and when I overheat I just get in and have a dunk, get out, and repeat every hour or so, saves water! I also wet tea towels and wrap them around my poor swollen feet which are agony at the moment!