Heatwave in the UK...

[MANICHAEAN1]

Sounds a bit like Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles."

Nothing too explicit in the seduction.

[wasabi]

The heat produced a magnificent storm in Kent last night, a rare treat in the U.K a tropical storm.

[patsycat]

We get some crackers here too. Can hear the thunder arriving and then zaboom!! For about 20 minutes. And then the humidity is gone. And the rain or hail arrives.

I can hear the thunder now, far away.

I have friends who put thunder coats on their dogs. Which basically are tight fitting dog coats for dogs who are a bit scaredy cat with loud noises like thunder or fireworks. Supposedly makes them feel safe.

Cats just hide under the bed. Cheap, those thunder coats cost a lot of money. And usually don't work.

Another friend has to set up a bedroom in her nuclear shelter for her and her dog. With food and water etc.

By law, the Swiss are only allowed to let off fireworks once a year on Swiss National Day, 1st of August. So most dogs aren't used to big bangs. Pansys.

I looked after a friend dog when it was firework night. The poor wee thing was shivering and almost having fits. And that was just me... I thought she was going to die. So i got a duvet and put it under the coffee table and just held the poor wee thing. For six bladdy hours. And the cats wandered in, wandered out not a bit of bother.

[david44]

it'll be 18 in kent tonight according to bbc loadsa rain

[patsycat]

Hot here, and humid. Everyone is walking like in water, and children are crying and dogs are barking and i'm going to the lake to pay a fortune for a beer and people watch.

[david44]

Dusk in Ashford no rain off to bettesshangar

[mingmong]

5 fekin degrees in the Adelaide Hills You Lucky Bastards! too COLD for a Fosters!

[dirk diggler]

Heatwave in the UK...

oh yeah the Uk .....as in London
I had the heater on last night here oop north...

Wed 16th July 2014 10:00 BST
5 Day Weather Forecast - UK Weather Map - Netweather.tv

You know the weatherman's on smack when he forgets to put rain in Aberdeen.

[pseudolus]

heatwave? 22 degrees? Fooking brass monkeys.

Last time I went to the UK in August I was shivering in a fleece over my suit, whilst all around were sweating in their shorts and t-shirts.

[klong toey]

Heatwave over it was still dark at 5:45 am this morning autumns on the way soon be time to head home.

[blue]

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[Bower]

Heatwave over it was still dark at 5:45 am this morning autumns on the way soon be time to head home.

Dont know if you have bought your tickets yet but Finnair are offering LHR-BKK return via Helsinki £465.00 or £1545 business class

[klong toey]

Heatwave over it was still dark at 5:45 am this morning autumns on the way soon be time to head home.

Dont know if you have bought your tickets yet but Finnair are offering LHR-BKK return via Helsinki £465.00 or £1545 business class

Yes got our tickets a couple of weeks ago £605 with Thai.
Only downside of having a Thai wife she is patriotic,we have to fly cabin Thai that's the royal we.
Amazing how quick the weathers changed on the South coast we live in Seaford few miles from you,the sea looks well coloured at the moment was gin clear a few weeks ago.

[Bower]

Heatwave over it was still dark at 5:45 am this morning autumns on the way soon be time to head home.

Dont know if you have bought your tickets yet but Finnair are offering LHR-BKK return via Helsinki £465.00 or £1545 business class

Yes got our tickets a couple of weeks ago £605 with Thai.
Only downside of having a Thai wife she is patriotic,we have to fly cabin Thai that's the royal we.
Amazing how quick the weathers changed on the South coast we live in Seaford few miles from you,the sea looks well coloured at the moment was gin clear a few weeks ago.

Yes,its dropped a good few degrees and the wind has been like the September regular storms. The fishermen are happy though, seas warm, been stirred up and full of big Bass, delicious. My son tells me they have also had bumper catches of Welks too.

[S Landreth]

The United Kingdom observed a July temperature that was 1.2°C (2.2°F) higher than the 1981–2010 average, tying with 1933 as the eighth warmest July in the 115-year period of record. Every month in 2014 to date has been warmer than average, according to the UK Met Office.

Global Analysis - July 2014 | State of the Climate | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

[chassamui]

Bladdy freezing oop norf. Sun is out but no warmth in it. I blame the jocks for the northerly winds.

[blue]

Autumn's here... in August! Plunging temperatures, gales and even snow herald the end of our summer

• Forecasters say the season could well have come to an early end - with predictions of snow in some northern areas
  
• High winds due to sweep in and temperatures set to fall to the low teens, five degrees below average for time of year
• 50mph recorded yesterday as Met Office issues severe weather warnings for much of the east coast on Monday
  
• Coastal areas put on alert for 'large waves' and meteorologists warned transport links could be hit by disruption

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

If you were hoping for a final burst of summer sun, then you might want to lower your expectations.

Not the best day for it: A couple struggle with a tent in the wind on Brighton beach in East Sussex at lunchtime today

Festival goers stand or sit during a rain shower in front of the Main Stage, during day two of the V Festival at Hylands Park in Chelmsford

Plunging temperatures, gales and snow herald the end of British summer | Mail Online

[nigelandjan]

It sure is cold here at night now , we have had double duvets on the bed now for 3 weeks + a bedspread ,, managing to keep her fingers off the heating controls so far ,, she is wearing brushed cotton pyjamas + a great big thick dressing gown in bed I,m just wearing me caks

[dirk diggler]

The poor wee lamb, give her a cuddle ffs!

[bignote1]

Heatwave over it was still dark at 5:45 am this morning autumns on the way soon be time to head home.

Dont know if you have bought your tickets yet but Finnair are offering LHR-BKK return via Helsinki £465.00 or £1545 business class

Problem with Finnair is no free drinks and they charge like a wounded bull.
I got Emirates for next month for £505

[dirk diggler]

Qatar airways are coming up cheapest on Momondo.com

[buriramboy]

Lucky I went to Cornwall 2-9 August as had clear skies, hot and sunny all week, weather been totally shit since then, easy to understand why most Brits holiday abroad in the so called summer as the weather here is a total lottery.

[Dillinger]

easy to understand why most Brits holiday abroad in the so called summer as the weather here is a total lottery.

That and the extortionate pricing

[somtamslap]

easy to understand why most Brits holiday abroad in the so called summer as the weather here is a total lottery.

That and the extortionate pricing

To quote my latest hero, a monsewer Anthony Bourdain:

Once you have sampled the sensory delights of the East, your previous life just isn't adequate anymore

No doubt I'm better off here, and will stay on a few years - but never has a statement rang more true.

Blighty basically offers a bog-standard existence.

[withnallstoke]

a bog-standard existence

Bog-standard.

Are you toilet trading again?