Not much going on right now. Murky sky and damp outside. Not as bitter as last night.
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Not much going on right now. Murky sky and damp outside. Not as bitter as last night.
Cold, dry and sunny here so far. Looks like it's going to be like it was yesterday, which was gorgeous for a winter's day, with blue skies throughout. I like crisp and fresh weather like this :)
Marco.
It was only 2C when I got up, no frost though. There's patchy cloud at the moment. It's just a typical chilly December day.
Only three weeks to the shortest day, then we can look ahead to the eventual arrival of Spring.
1 below currently here. at least the wind is away so feels warmer
I drove through blizzard conditions last night on the M11 between Harlow and Royston :eek:
Been out to the post office and to get some brekkie ( freshly made oatcakes with cheese and bacon om nom) and it is blisteringly cold. Painful, even. Sky is clear and blue to the horizon.
Not me. Days like this are almost perfect, which is why I love holidaying during the winter months, in countries such as Austria and Switzerland. It can be -15c outside, but the sun is shining brightly and there are clear blue skies all around.
As long as you're properly wrapped up, it's great... You can even get a nice tan, especially high up in the mountains! :D
Marco.
Bright sunshine here this morning with temperature around 6c. Wind making it feel colder though. Ideal for a walk. I would prefer it to be a tad milder tbh. :)
4c and sunny this morning. no wind, and feels like summer
Overcast and drizzling here. 8C at the moment.
A lot warmer here than it was on Friday. Overcast with some drizzle. No breakfast oatcakes today as they don't open on a Sunday :(
Very dark here at the moment, can barely see the keyboard. Not sure what the weather is about to do. Snow, possibly.
Some like it hot...
Humidity is what makes the heat uncomfortable. 80 degrees (in the old money) and low humidity is pretty much perfect for me. Shame I live in the wrong country for it.
80°C, for me is bearable, as long as it's accompanied by a cool breeze. But when the air is still, I find such sustained temperatures quite uncomfortable, especially in a large town or city, where it's also liable to be humid.
Much comes down to whether you're the type of person who perspires a lot, or not. If you don't, then you can stay feeling relatively fresh and clean in the heat.
Unfortunately, I sweat like a bastard (like most warm-blooded Latin types), and so it's simply no fun lying in a pool of your own sweat (especially in bed at night), not sleeping properly because you're uncomfortable, or walking around the place during the day in sweaty clothes, and in order to prevent that horrible 'sticky' feeling, needing to shower and change clothes regularly throughout the day, with the hassle all that involves.
Also, houses in the UK simply aren't geared up for hot summer weather. It's a different kettle of fish if you have air-con, wooden shutters on your windows, to keep the sun out, and stone floors, such as is the case in houses abroad. No, UK-wise, give me a nice fresh and healthy, sunny spring/autumn or winter's day anytime! :)
Marco.
I've been hedge cutting today :) very mild .
Nice. Did you trim her bush, too? :eyebrows:;)
Marco.
Ive a concrete floor and north facing living room but it still can get overly warm for me. dont like it hot
Lol... Yes, but from what I've seen, your curtains remain permanently closed (and as a result, your room is like the black hole of Calcutta), therefore no wonder it's cold, as no sun ever gets in! :eyebrows:
Feel free to correct me if it's only been like that when I've been there...
As for the bit I've highlighted, how do you cope in the winter, with the same cold room, but MUCH lower temperatures? If the room's so cold in the summer, it must be absolutely freezing in the winter, one would imagine even with your heating system on full blast?
Our lounge has a tiled floor and a large centre rug, so quite cool in that respect, but the only way I can cope in the height of summer, is to close all the curtains, to keep the sun out, wear next to nothing, and have an electric fan blowing cold air at me all day - and most of the time at night I have to sleep on the sofa downstairs, as the upstairs bedrooms are like an oven!
In the winter, the lounge is lovely and toasty, because of the wood burner, and we also have central heating. The key thing for me is that I like to choose how warm *I* want to feel, not for it to be forced upon me by the weather, and that can only be achieved outside of the summer months, which is why I'm generally more comfortable then :)
Marco.
Only the curtains on the back window stay closed, on the front they are always open. Irrelevant really since the house is very carefully positioned so that it does not catch the sun at any time of day. I think this is why it stays so cool in the summer.
There's double glazing and no draughts so it only gets properly cold if the temperature drops below about 4 degrees C, otherwise it is fine. If it gets a bit too nippy I put a fleece on. The real game is when you go to have a shower as there is no heating in the back at all. But I'm used to it, I've spent all my life in freezing cold houses.
Mild out there at 9C, but rather gloomy.
Yes, not to bad at all, must get me togs on and go for a cycle around regents park or somewhere. Mind you every time I pop me head out of the door it seems cold,
despite what the temperature gauge suggests !. You might be right Geoff about the Bp tabs making one feel colder in winter.
No worries, I stand corrected. The combo of the latter and closing the curtains on the back window does make it rather dark in your house, though. But obviously that doesn't bother you, so cool :)
Lol - now you see that's where our priorities are different. If it were me, I'd be sorting out the heating in the bathroom, rather than spending money on hi-fi or new TVs! :ner:;)Quote:
There's double glazing and no draughts so it only gets properly cold if the temperature drops below about 4 degrees C, otherwise it is fine. If it gets a bit too nippy I put a fleece on. The real game is when you go to have a shower as there is no heating in the back at all. But I'm used to it, I've spent all my life in freezing cold houses.
Don't like it too warm, but I couldn't stand living in a freezing cold house, and certainly haven't been used to it. For me, any money I had would always be spent first on ensuring that I lived in a comfortable environment, before it would on any other 'luxuries'...
Marco.
a load of cloud and wet with it. bonus is its warmer at 9c.
Brace yourselves folks. It's going to get pretty windy according to the forecast. Storm Caroline is heading our way!
It's windy, raining and very gloomy, pretty mild at 12C though. I expect it'll get windier and even wetter, as the 'storm' makes its way across the UK.
Hmm. Looks like the dog won't get a walk today. The rain is getting heavier and he doesn't like it! :)
been windy all night. still blowing and lots of water around
It's the after effects of snow that I don't like. Slush all over wet roads, that then freezes and makes any vehicle journey a gamble.
Years ago while I was driving in these conditions, a woman came flying along at about 40 mph in her car, as if the road surface was normal and dry. She slapped her brakes on and spun down the road about five times, bouncing off several other cars and the front of the van I was in.
Nah, roll on Christmas!! :D
Apparently, we're also in for some snow tomorrow... Bring it on (as long as it's not too much) :)
At the moment, here in Wrexham, it's dry and a little overcast, but still with some bright patches in the sky, and just hovering under 10°C.
Marco.
Heavy overnight rain has now given way to a bright, sunny afternoon here in sunny Weymouth. However the wind is gusty and the temperature is around 10c. Forecast is cold for tomorrow and Saturday with rain on Sunday. Doubt any snow as it is a rare event here. :)
We have heavy snow forecast, starting tonight and continuing, with a few breaks, all the way through to Monday night. Average temp minus one. Oh dear.
Yesh, especially in that lovely warm lounge of yours! :D;)
Doesn't bother me how cold it gets; just means putting extra logs on the fire!
Marco.
P.S it's turned out lovely here now, just as John's described in Weymouth :)
3rd day in a row - cold, dark, damp, gloomy, depressing.
Old enough to remember ( sadly ) the great freeze up of 62/63 where snow lay in London for weeks on end with plenty of days off school to enjoy it all.
Still think of Boxing Day travelling from Fulham football ground to Ewell village in Surrey on the bus with the first fall of snow laying freshly on the ground, it still
evokes great memories. Lost 1-0 to Man Utd ( Law Best etc ) btw, happy days, sort of.
Wish I'd been around in '63 - a proper winter! Was it a white Christmas that year, too? :)
Marco.
. Not sure elsewhere but in London snow starting falling on Boxing Day and did nt bother to stop until early march. From memory Halifax football ground turned into a paying ice rink for skating lovers.
Transport system and roads were in chaos. Big freeze of 63 Happy days.
Wind coming from north east now and temperature has dropped five degrees from this morning.
If we had snow and a big freeze like '63 this country would descend into absolute chaos as even 1 inch of snow on the roads brings gridlock! Everything is dependent completely on road transport and the supermarkets would soon be empty.
I shudder to think how we would cope with a really bad winter with total disruption.
we were snowed in as was the whole area . nothing in or out of the town for a long time. some foods and such became low and they forced a way through eventually. Snow was higher than the door