Weather

[Lab_adore]

It's hot and still here and I'm in bed and opened the window wide. Then my sister messaged me to say massive storms and deluge rain just hit them and I checked the radar.....Crikey, it looks like Armageddon

 

[Selina27]

How on earth did you get warm?

Well, you didn't spend much time in your bedroom that's for sure!

I don't remember being cold in bed -- in those days we had sheets, wool blankets and eiderdowns and a bedspread over the top which if you were lucky some nice person would tuck in, so you were very snug, probably with a hot water bottle.

When it came to getting dressed, well you just got on and did it with no dithering

 

[Charlie]

How on earth did you get warm? I hate hate hate being cold

As children we lived in the coldest house, I still remember it. No central heating just an open coal fire. No double glazing, no hot running water, my Mum used to boil water for us to have a wash and put the geezer on for baths. I used to get dressed in bed!! If we complained we were cold she would say "put another jumper on" and I found myself saying that to my children in our previous freezing house that we left a year ago. xx

 

[Cath]

We didn't, we only got warm in front of the coal fire downstairs.

 

[Atemas]

We didn't, we only got warm in front of the coal fire downstairs.

Yes and I used to get shocking chilblains every winter from sitting (or ‘hogging it’ as my family used to say - ‘Don’t hog the fire’) too close to the coal fire. The rest of the house was freezing

 

[Charlie]

"Don't let the fire escape" my Dad used to say!! xx

 

[Stacia]

How on earth did you get warm? I hate hate hate being cold

I think we were just so used to it, it didn't feel that cold! The worst part was sitting round a little coal fire and burning the front of your legs, we all had mottled legs and a very cold back!

 

[Atemas]

Ugh, it’s raining and forecast to rain all day and most of tomorrow. That means yet even more mud. We had some beautiful sunshine yesterday afternoon which was very cheery. This rain though.......

 

[Cath]

Yes it's raining here too

 

[Candy]

Several inches of snow here. Up at 7 to let Joy out into the garden, but the heating had only just gone on and the house was freezing! I have made a pot of tea and taken it back to bed while things warm up a bit. I just said to Joy 'Back to bed' and she went straight away! Think I probably said it a lot to her when she was a pup and she's remembered it. The camera on my phone won't focus, don't know what I've done or how to put it right. I took some photos of the snow and they came out like this!

 

[Jen]

Snowwww

 

[kateincornwall]

Just a glimpse of a watery sun, but its not raining . Our garden was under about four inches of water yesterday , Nelly refused to go on it and did her ablutions under the patio table xx

 

[snowbunny]

The camera on my phone won't focus, don't know what I've done or how to put it right. I took some photos of the snow and they came out like this!

What does the lens look like? It sounds like you may have some dust or condensation inside. I had to replace the lens glass on my phone a few years back. Top tip: it's super fiddly, and definitely worth getting someone else to do it

 

[edzbird]

We stayed up in Speyside for christmas a good few years ago. It was so cold on the first night as the heating hadn't been on in the cottage, we wore out wooly hats and mitts in bed. And similarly in Dumfriesshire a few years later. Brrr.

Today it is ch-ch-chilly & we have much WetFromAbove and the 2 silly dogs love it. I believe there was snow further east and a bit higher.

 

[Lisa]

OH gets Man of the Year tonight for offering to take Simba out for his evening walk. -15C with -23C wind chill.

 

[edzbird]

-15C with -23C wind chill.

These figures incomprehensible to me. I can't even begin to imagine it.

 

[Cath]

Lovely day here in Cheshire blue sky

How can you walk Simba in -15 and below, what about his paws @Lisa

 

[Lab_adore]

These figures incomprehensible to me. I can't even begin to imagine it.

Yep, same.

 

[jazzmynn]

We are currently -15 feels like -25 with the windchill. This is at 8 am. Supposed to go up to -4 by this afternoon. It really gives a whole meaning to “rugging up ”, then delayering later in the day.

 

[VanillaBean]

We have a severe weather warning for damaging winds, rains, flash flooding etc. what ever happened to summer....
I mean it is good for the gardens, but come on a little bit more summer please...