Winter woolies

Or you may be right [brrr] emoticon
Whenever the pundits forecast a "barbecue summer" I reach for my semmet (ask a Scot what that is) and my wellies!

Stored away? I'm still wearing mine

Hmm. My winter woollies are still in use, Pompa, not stored away at all. This is a chilly May, wouldn't you say? As for El Nino - how do you get that twizzly thing on top of the N?

It hasn't been chilly at all where pompa and I live, it's been above 20C most days. Shorts and t-shirts abound. But when it gets cold her, it's nasty. I do hope the forecast is wrong. Please tell me it was the Daily Express, they always get the forecasts wrong!

It was on the BBC news this morning - sorry.

NotTooOld If I told you how I got that twizzly thing on top of El Niño, I would have to shoot you !
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You meant pompa on my phone I press and hold the key é ë ç â

meany not meant

You missed!!

I thought El Niño was the warm phase of the ENSO and La Niña the cool phase.

I want good a forecast for the summer never mind the winter!!!!

From what I heard on the radio El Nino is, like most weather systems, inherently unpredictable so it may occur or it may not.

It's rather reasuring to me that we cannnot control everything in this life.

I used to able to do those subscript and superscript thingamies 15 yrs ago.

The only way I know of using the extended ascii character set in here is to cut/paste them from my word processor, thus "Ѿ"

I'm still wearing mine too!

Winter woolies are turning out to be all year woolies up here in the frozen north. I haven't shed anything yet. I know May isn't out yet but I had hoped it might be a bit warmer by now. I am determined not to put the heating back on though.

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I went out in just a skirt and T-shirt for the first time this year today.

Yes, and undies and sandals too.

hildajenniJ How far North are you frozen? I got sunburnt today (13th) in my Lancashire garden even after using sunscreen. It has been sunny all week but to be fair the wind made it colder until today when it actually got too hot to garden. I had a little snooze on the sun lounger which may account for the burn!

Out here on the "wild west" coast of the US, we need El Niño to break this terrible drought and firestorm danger (again). Then again, we would have mudslides and flooding.

"I know May isn't out yet...." The old saying 'cast not a clout till May is out' could be referring to the Hawthorn blossom, rather than the month. I had a friend whose mother strictly adhered to this guidance - I can remember one year it was very warm in May and she was still having to play outside in winter weight skirts and jumpers, sweating profusely and so envious of the rest of us in our summer dresses!

Agree Ashtree, I think it's the hawthorn, but back then with no central heating, a woolly could still be needed.First time in a while I have needed a cardie, but it's grey chill and rainy here in Oxfordshire.My wardrobe has still got half and half, can't put all the Winter stuff away yet.

I was out in the garden sunbathing yesterday- today it is raining and cold and I am considering switching on the heating for an hour to take the chill off.

When didn't you need layers in this climate?

I'm in Northumberland Grandma2213. I live on the side of a hill, and there is no shelter from the wind in my garden. I took the dog for a walk and was glad I had put my coat on. I know it's been warm further south, my cousin lives in Birmingham and has been gardening in her shorts and tee shirt! We still have quite a few trees without leaves too.