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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 25, 2019 20:13:18 GMT
Cambridge was the hottest place in the UK today at 38.1 degrees. Contemplating moving! I didn't leave work until 7pm (my choice, to keep the aircon for as long as possible) & I couldn't believe how hot is was when I stepped outside. Horrendous. Sat at home with the fan on & my feet in a bowl of cold water. No point in even thinking about going to bed. It's supposed to still be 26 degrees at 11pm. There's been a few rumbles of thunder & a few drops of rain but not enough to be any help.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 25, 2019 20:15:49 GMT
Rang Mummy Bear this afters to make sure she was ok in the heat, drinking plenty of water etc. She asked if I could get her a padded garden chair “to sit out in because that wooden bench is really hard”.
She’s probably wearing a cardi... 😕 🌞
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Post by Tibidabo on Jul 25, 2019 21:44:25 GMT
Rang Mummy Bear this afters to make sure she was ok in the heat, drinking plenty of water etc. She asked if I could get her a padded garden chair “to sit out in because that wooden bench is really hard”. She’s probably wearing a cardi... 😕 🌞 Lordy! I've been telling it wrong all these years... |
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 25, 2019 21:50:08 GMT
Sitting down was your mistake These words have applied so many times in my life. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 25, 2019 21:52:04 GMT
Oh man it was gorgeous in the Lyttleton. Gorgeous!
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 26, 2019 3:55:21 GMT
Up early for my flight back to Inverness via the joys of Luton Airport. That said, there is a cafe there that does outstandingly good crispy bacon rolls. To make up for the pineapple and banana I'm having now. Anyway, just got the edge of a thunderstorm, seemed like it was off to SE of London. Dah, I love a thunderstorm but haven't seen a decent one for ages. I keep missing them. Right in the middle of hot sticky humid classic thunderstorm weather and I still can't get one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 8:14:51 GMT
Last night was horrendous. It was 30 degrees in my bedroom, and I've got a stinking cold. My fan overheated. I got up every hour or so for a wash with a cold flannel and to stand in front of the freezer. Next door were outside shouting until about 4, or I'd have tried sleeping in the garden. And then this morning I was up at 7 to manhandle my old bed downstairs and scrub the carpet before my new bed arrives any minute.
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 26, 2019 9:00:11 GMT
All Luton Airport trains were cancelled so I nabbed two other stranded Lutonites and we shared a cab, only just made it. Roxie was Romanian and Matteo was Italian. We made our flights thanks to an England-Italy-Romania alliance. So piss off brexit.
Worst thing though, I didn't get my bacon roll. Grrrrr.
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Post by cat6 on Jul 26, 2019 14:35:37 GMT
Hell-o from NYC. This past weekend there was to be a festival in Central Park. It was cancelled due to the extreme heat: about 45c when you count in the humidity (which you must). Right now it's a mere 30c - 33c, which is typical for us June to September (inclusive here and there). Yes, there is a/c, but when you're outside, "not a shadow in the city" as the song from 1966 went:
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head ...
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 26, 2019 16:48:32 GMT
Now the BBC is saying there's a provisional reading of 38.7 degrees in Cambridge Botanical Gardens yesterday, which would be the hottest ever UK temperature measured. Yesterday was utter hell so I wouldn't be surprised. A colleague was in Uzbekistan on a business trip a couple of weeks ago with temperatures nudging 40 degrees & she said that yesterday was worse than Uzbekistan because it was much more humid. Today is what I'd usually consider too hot but compared to yesterday it's not bad. Mind you, I'm still praying the new concert hall I'm going to this evening has air con.
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Post by showgirl on Jul 27, 2019 3:45:40 GMT
Hotel where OH and I are staying has fans in bedrooms but I can't sleep with the noise & we have to keep the window shut due to road noise - yes, literally all night, as I've been awake enough to check. I know some people work at night - indeed, I was one of them for 30+ years - but where can so many people be going in the small hours?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 5:02:22 GMT
Predictably some of the tabloids have decided that all the transport chaos in the heat is the result of incompetence and would never have happened if the idiots who work in transport knew as much about their jobs and industry as, for example, people who read tabloids.
I was already familiar with the reason why railways struggle with high temperatures, but I've just watched an interesting YouTube video from Mentour Pilot about the problems faced by airlines when the temperatures are higher than normal. Issues with air conditioning and brake cooldown times were things I'd never considered.
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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2019 10:35:44 GMT
Back to normal. Rain! Good for the garden. 😂
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jul 27, 2019 11:06:03 GMT
lynette , maybe not so good if going to Regents Park for A Midsummer Night’s Dream this evening, thankfully now downgraded to a slight risk of a shower, nevertheless will be in full Groundling in October mode.
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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2019 17:57:37 GMT
lynette , maybe not so good if going to Regents Park for A Midsummer Night’s Dream this evening, thankfully now downgraded to a slight risk of a shower, nevertheless will be in full Groundling in October mode. Oops sorry but the plastic mac, the soggy burger and the wet seat surely part of the experience. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 27, 2019 19:49:22 GMT
I'm at Opera Holland Park so dry (there's a canopy, for those that haven't been) but it's getting rather cool. However after the last few days I'm happy to have goosebumps!
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 25, 2019 19:42:51 GMT
Anyone else spending the Bank Holiday weekend sitting inside with all the curtains drawn against the heat or is it just me?
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 25, 2019 19:50:00 GMT
Anyone else spending the Bank Holiday weekend sitting inside with all the curtains drawn against the heat or is it just me? Yep! Doors and windows shut, blinds on sunny side down, fan on. Regular trips to the thermostat in the middle of the old cottage to congratulate myself on keeping the house down to 25 degrees (it’s 32 outside)! |
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Post by lynette on Aug 25, 2019 20:34:12 GMT
Managed lunch outside, then retreated to cool interior. They say ‘good’ weather will continue to end of October. That will be a problem for retail fashion and Xmas advertising 😂
Good for the cricket though 😁
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 26, 2019 9:29:13 GMT
I spent yesterday afternoon all lovely and cool in the pub drinking mild at £1.34 a pint. There's a yard out the back, nothing more than that, which is a real suntrap. "By 'eck, it's 'ot out there," everyone would say, when they came inside to recharge their glass. Well don't sit outside in full sun then!!!
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 26, 2019 11:55:19 GMT
They say ‘good’ weather will continue to end of October. *Screams in horror* |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2019 12:45:13 GMT
It is hot today - debating whether to bail on my standing ticket for A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge tonight as I fear it will be unbearably warm.
I am dreading tomorrow though - London commute in the heat and then the Proms in the stifling Royal Albert Hall!
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Post by lynette on Aug 26, 2019 14:34:43 GMT
It is hot today - debating whether to bail on my standing ticket for A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge tonight as I fear it will be unbearably warm. I am dreading tomorrow though - London commute in the heat and then the Proms in the stifling Royal Albert Hall! Depends on state of your ankles. If prone to swelling, avoid. If ok, then go. Not hot in the theatre and a great show. |
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Post by alece10 on Aug 26, 2019 18:00:49 GMT
Our weather does drive me mad sometimes here in London. You spend a good part of the year indoors because it is too wet or miserable then we get a hot spell and you have to stay indoors as it's too hot. London is horrible in extreme heat with the heat coming off the buildings, built up areas and no air or breeze.
I spent many years living in the north of Tenerife and it had the most perfect climate. Never cold, hardly ever too hot and average temperature of about 25c. Great for arthritis sufferers too due to the lack of humidity.
I miss those days.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2019 18:10:26 GMT
It is hot today - debating whether to bail on my standing ticket for A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge tonight as I fear it will be unbearably warm. I am dreading tomorrow though - London commute in the heat and then the Proms in the stifling Royal Albert Hall! Depends on state of your ankles. If prone to swelling, avoid. If ok, then go. Not hot in the theatre and a great show. Definitely prone to swelling sadly, and not in great shape! I've decided to listen to my body and give it a miss - there is always NT Live. |
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