Preparing for Winter V

Siebrie

I have turned the central heating on again, just for 15 minutes in the morning. It's just 13C here in the mornings; I'm not coping well with those temps.

slm6002

There is certainly more of an autumnal feel to the temperatures now.  Currently have blanket over my legs 

Primrose

Noticing a lot of moisture and dew on the lawn now in the early morning - a sure sign of lowering overnight temperatures  have to wait u til after lunch to cut the grass!

suelizab

its been either 19.6  pm or around 20.4 the last couple of days. chilly and need extra layer or blanket. I can t see how it could be 13 degrees for anybody yet .  my heating will pop on at 17.5

Laura_Elsewhere

we drove yesterday from Edinburgh to the Midlands and the air-temps varied from 17 in the suburbs to 13 less than half an hour’s drive south and no higher altitude… we stopped for me to swim in a reservoir and the water temp of 16.8°C was warmer than the 14°C air at 4:30pm! 

We still have our windows wide here in the W.Midlands but it has been close to 20°C all day here, so… 

Cherryfudge

It's 13 degrees here in North Yorkshire tonight, but today was nice and warm. Indoors it's 18.5.

Floss

suelizab said:

its been either 19.6  pm or around 20.4 the last couple of days. chilly and need extra layer or blanket. I can t see how it could be 13 degrees for anybody yet .  my heating will pop on at 17.5

Siebrie lives in Belgium, so probably slightly further North.

It has been down to 14 degrees overnight for me, but the internal temperature which triggers my heating has been at 19.5 degrees.

smyluk

Despite a very pleasant long weekend down the beach, the clouds certainly arrived as I drove into work this morning. 

I think its a good time of year to dehumidify the car as I'm getting quite a bit of moisture on the windows first thing in the morning.

Laura_Elsewhere

smyluk said:

Despite a very pleasant long weekend down the beach, the clouds certainly arrived as I drove into work this morning. 

I think its a good time of year to dehumidify the car as I'm getting quite a bit of moisture on the windows first thing in the morning.

We have a 1-kg dehumidifier which can be pinged in the microwave to dry it back out, so it's re-useable - think my SiL got it online years ago. 
The other trick we found helpful when our car had a damp problem was to leave a towel along the dashboard overnight, as the towel has a massive surface area with all those little tiny bits sticking up to form the towelling, so it absorbs a lot of moisture; then we brought the towel in and dried it bone-dry in the dryer before putting it back down again overnight. After a few nights it had pretty much cured the problem. 

Cherryfudge

Laura_Elsewhere said:

 the towel has a massive surface area with all those little tiny bits sticking up to form the towelling, so it absorbs a lot of moisture; then we brought the towel in and dried it bone-dry in the dryer before putting it back down again overnight. After a few nights it had pretty much cured the problem. 

That sounds like a very practical solution @Laura_Elsewhere.

I'm now stuck with thinking the 'little tiny bits sticking up to form the towelling' are papillae. Oh dear.