This horrid heat

Sorry it's giving you problems. It can be uncomfortable sleeping etc but personally I love it. We get so little of it.

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You’re lucky, down here in Cornwall we had rain yesterday and today cool and overcast. Not so good for the tourists cramming the beaches. I’ve got my thick fleece on,

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What heat! OK so we've had a couple of sunny days here in the NW but not exactly an extended heatwave! And this lovely weekend came after almost a month of heavy rain and floods.

Maybe I need to move away from Manchester?

i wouldnt complain about the heat .soon we be shivering . i dont really like the very hot heat. but it boosts my vitamin D up. take the kids to the seaside ON A TRAIN. not a car.....or go to the nearest paddling pool/lido/ or just to a park./ go by bus or train.theres only a few more weeks till school goes back...was going up charity shop but now putting pc away and going OUT............

etheltbags1 You have my sympathy. The heat makes me feel so ill and nauseous - and grumpy! I fill a spray bottle with water and keep spraying myself all day, which helps keep me almost sane.

A bit late for this year, but there are some special little 'towels' that you can buy that are microfibre and you wet them, then shake them and voila, instant cool cloth to put around your neck or wherever. I bought them on eBay last year, here's a link:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Instant-Cooling-Towel-Sports-Gym-Drying-Sweat-Microfibre-Absorb-Dry-Case/233138710176?epid=837948510&hash=item36482666a0:m:m0x6mpiWcx7Ml7CoHKPaQJg

There are cheaper ones available.

Thank you i will try these links. Im just so fed up with everyone sniping at each other. I went to norway last year in the spring lovely snow on the mountains and nice warm sun no unbearable heat. As some say we dont get much thats why we arent used to it here in newcastle

No heat as such near the Mersey as there's been a cold damp mist hovering. I've had a jumper or cardigan on !
Inland it's bound to be different and London especially where you have weather coming across from Europe.

We in the North West get the Atlantic coldness. It's only 19 degrees where I am with 85% humidity, the humidity being that damp mist and not the heat kind.

It won't be long before everyone is complaining about the cold! I much prefer this weather to snow and ice - long may it last

Me too Oldwoman. The cold/winter makes me feel quite ill.

ethelbags; I was pondering last night why, when it's hot, I sweat like crazy whereas other people look just 'hot'. It pours down my face, my clothes stick to me and I have to change them several times a day etc etc. On the subject of microfibre things are they environmentally damaging [like fleeces] when washed as I was going to start using my microfibre gym/sauna towels on an everyday basis. I've often wondered, when on holiday, how people manage to work in such heat, but now our summers are the same.

Squiffy; those cooling towels are just what I need...thanks for that. [however, if I buy one you can guarantee the weather will change and it will be my fault...]...

We've had more or less continuous 40c heat for a couple of months ( with no rain)! Even the locals are saying they can't remember a summer so hot!
It has been too much this year. I've had to wait until the evening for my swim or risk getting sunstroke.

At least we'll get a respite next week as we are going to England, Cornwall first then up to Manchester!! Reading previous posts I think we had better pack jeans and jumpers( and waterproofs) ! I've lived in shorts and vests for weeks unless going out when I wear cropped pants and sleeveless t shirts!!

I dont mind the heat, but at 28c today, I tend to sit indoors out of the heat.

I manage the heat ok by relaxing at the hottest time and doing more mornings and evenings,

The early mornings at 6am this hot weather are absolutely glorious.

I've never worn shorts, even when I was young [horrible legs; even worse now blue with veins yukk]. I'm sure that if I did I'd feel cooler....

Window open, fan on #3 and nothing covering us plus I keep the curtains closed all day as our bedroom is south facing.
We are opposite the sea so usually there is a breeze but today there is none at all. I have all windows and patio doors open during the day and large fan on full blast.
All good until you step outside. I was dripping just hanging out laundry yesterday.
I love the sunshine but not the high heat.

Drink water, including when you don't feel thirsty.

moggie57 I like your post. You put me to shame. Time to shift myself methinks.

I'm with you ethelbags1 I have never been comfortable in hot weather so these last 2 summers have been horrible for me. I feel like I am continually moaning but I find it all so enervating. I cannot understand holidays in hot climates either.
If I could afford to I would move somewhere with a cooler climate. I love Autumn and winter.

I absolutely hate the heat.
Its unbearable, and I don't feel inclined to like it just because it will soon be colder.
I can't wait!

Love the hot weather, I do everything I would normally do, but slower. Drink glass after glass of water during the day, wear natural fibres, eat light meals.

One of the good things about the UK
is our different seasons.

It's scorchio here in East Anglia. DH hates it, I love it!

We pace ourselves, getting jobs done early in the morning then have a two hour rest mid-day with a light lunch. I had a Tesco delivery yesterday rather than venture out in 30C.

The evenings are lovely. A gentle breeze, lots of birdsong and the best time to water the garden.

Hate winter.

Gorgeous here in the west country, it has been very hot, but not unbearably so.

I took one of my granddaughters out for the day yesterday by train, and they announced that they were sorry, but the air conditioner wasn’t working!! Awful