Janepie33 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Anyone else hate this heat?! Everyone look at me oddly when I say I hate this hot weather. It really make me feel quite ill. Everyone around me is bursting with energy and I just feel like crawling into a (cool) corner and crying. I need to venture out in a while and I will be taking an umbrella with me as a sun shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I HATE hot weather... although it's only about 22 degrees here today. Which is my absolute favorite temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I hate it too! Fine if there's nothing to do but I'm finding it too hot to function normally. I have all the windows open and the curtains half closed...and apparently it's set to be hotter Sunday/Monday! We have had a 'meet up' in the diary for tomorrow since Christmas with OH's aunt and partner from New Zealand. Plan is to go to RHS Wisley (they had suggested Brooklands but, given Father's Day and an 'event' on I think it will be heaving...hence opting for Wisley; both close to where they are staying!) The hour in the car each way won't be so bad as it has air con but I'm sooooo dreading the rest of the day! On the up side, I do find it hard to eat much when it is very hot so just drink lots of water and think of the weight I might get rid of - esp as it's FAR to hot to go on the stepper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I love it! Supposed to be lovely tomorrow for our street party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I'm not a fan. I wish I had a fan. 29° here so I'm just drifting around really. I'm also ok if I can just relax at home. I absolutely won't go into town on a day like this. The thought of being on the tube with all those hot, sweaty, angry people. Also has anyone else noticed how lots of car alarms go off on very hot days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I have put on my New Age CD of Thunderstorm and Rain in the hope that it will make me feel cooler. It's not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I love it! Me too If it was like this all the time I'd be so happy and wouldn't wish I'd moved to Aus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Too hot for me,though not as hot as south England thank goodness. I just feel drained and headachey. I find if I drink Diarolyte headaches improve,must be a low salt thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 This is doing me in today. It's so humid. I haven't even done my steps and I'm not sure I'm going to. I feel sorry for OH and MS today who are working a 12 hour shift in a hot, dusty lorry depot. I've made sure there's some nice cold beer in the fridge.. .. I think it will be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janepie33 Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 29 degrees in my garden this afternoon. Too hot to move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 RHS Wisley was unbearable! Beautiful gardens but I was simply too hot to get up any enthusiasm at all. Even copious quantities of water didn't help. The boys, 12 and 9, coped better than I thought and I was very proud of them; the obviously have more stamina than their mother! The house was so hot when we got back as we'd had to close all but the highest, smallest windows so 27 degrees indoors. And they say hotter tomorrow with no respite until Thursday and no rain on the horizon - cold showers all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Even I thought it was rather hot today - even for our street party! Luckily my house is lovely and cool Hope you cool down soon Soapy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Hope you cool down soon Soapy Thanks, DM. I must admit to feeling a bit of a grump but we get this kind of heat so rarely its a bit of a shock to the system. On the upside I did buy a very big straw hat in the Wisley shop, at half price too, but it was on the way out so somewhat a case of stable doors and bolting horses Does anyone mind dreadfully if I hope for a thunderstorm? Just over Chalgrove and environs? Would that be OK ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I am finding the older I get, the more I am able to cope with the heat. Don't get me wrong; it has been super hot today. I went to an open day at a local garden (Horatios Graden) which was fabulous, but so hot! Had it been a few degrees cooler, it would have been much more enjoyable/bare-able. I have just got back from a late evening walk with ED and the dog round the local park. Lovely and cool now, and much easier for ED in her wheelchair. My issue is more with the uva/uvb rays which cause polymorphic blisters on my skin despite factor 50 suncream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Does anyone mind dreadfully if I hope for a thunderstorm? Just over Chalgrove and environs? Would that be OK ? Not at all - I like a good storm nearly as much as the hot weather! As long as it goes back to warm an sunny afterwards! (Anyway - that's nowhere near me!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Thanks, Mullethunter. I'm just off to do a raindance then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 It's not the heat it's the humidity. My hair can't cope. Frizz ball . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I cannot abide being too warm. It's been getting to 30+ here for the last couple of days and it's making me want to go and live in the fridge. It burns! It buuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrns! This has basically been me for the last week: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I have to say Andy was in Bristol at weekend and was lovely compared to London which is dirty and sticky. Went to a nice bistro type place called Boston tea party for lunch and had iced coffees at a nice coffee shop earlier in the day name escapes me. Hope your girlies are coping with heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Sorry overuse of word nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 We've run away. We're hiding out in the Lake District where it is a lovely hotness. Just got a bit fed up with london this week one way or another. So at the moment i can hear sheep and birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I have to say Andy was in Bristol at weekend and was lovely compared to London which is dirty and sticky. Went to a nice bistro type place called Boston tea party for lunch and had iced coffees at a nice coffee shop earlier in the day name escapes me. Hope your girlies are coping with heat. Bristol is my favourite city in the UK - with the possible exception of Edinburgh which I also love! There's a few Boston Tea Parties around the city - if I remember correctly the company started here and has expanded a bit. One of the things I love most about this city is that, with the exception of the shopping malls and the high streets, most of the companies here are independent and/or local. Next time you come down this way I recommend you try the following (or try one per visit or something): The Primrose Cafe in Clifton; it's a small, upmarket square with lot of little bits and bobs shops in the area with a healthy amount of coffee and cake and pastries to be found. The service in there is great, and the food is delicious. If you like eggs benedict, they do the best in the city IMHO. SoukKitchen in Clifton which does middle-eastern style food which is all delicious; a little bit further down the road is another place called Kuch which is similar, offering Persian foods - it is absolutely *delicious*! Pigsty - if you like pork, this is the place to go; everything on the menu is pork related and is just delicious, although I have gone vegetarian so all I can now do is press myself up against the glass and look longingly at the food. It's a small place, it gets busy fast, and they don't take bookings every day, so if you want to go show up early. It's at a site called Cargo down by the harbour and there are a load of other eateries in the Cargo / Cargo 2 complex. You should also go to St. Nicholas Street Indoor and Outdoor Market: they do a huge selection of street foods (Italian, Persian, Caribbean, Chinese, Mediterranean etc.). If you like cake go to the stall for the bakers called AhhToots - they do the best cakes in the entire city in my opinion. Every time I walk past there I start salivating! If you like pastries, go to Hart's Bakery which is just round the corner from the stationary. People often say it's "under" the station as it is situated beneath the road which leads up to the station doors. It's usually pretty busy, but it is worth the wait - the pastries are sooooooooo goooooood!! ...great - now I'm hungry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Thanks Andy will definitely try some of those. ES has finished uni for good and OH and I want to do break down there sometime. Will bare some of those in mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Thanks Andy will definitely try some of those. ES has finished uni for good and OH and I want to do break down there sometime. Will bare some of those in mind No problem! I'm sure your son has lots of places he thinks are great too, but if you want any more suggestions, just ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Loving the heat, but it is much cooler this morning with storms predicted for early afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...