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Anyone fed up with the heatwave?
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I have to say, there are plenty of people here in France complaining about the heat as well, so it really isn't just a Brit thing. And, for many people, "getting out and enjoying it " is exactly what we can't do. For me, being outdoors stops at midday, except for doing the watering just before I go to bed.
Not everybody, in any country, can tolerate heat, much less be outside enjoying it.
My nearest beach is nearly three hours away by car, and I hardly sleep (maybe four hours in bits and bobs) but I have rivers and a canal a few miles away.
If you haven't left the house for three weeks I guess you are retired like me - think yourself lucky, millions have to go to work.
No... not retired.... I'd look for a job but ... it's too hot to go out for interviews, especially as I've no suitable clothes for interviews in super hot weather
I'm fair skinned and bald as a badgers ar*e.
Its not as bad as '76 when I was doing 12 hour shifts in a stuffy portacabin with no air conditioning and too dusty outside to open the windows.
Or '74 when I was doing manual stuff 12 hours a day in full sun.
Lifes a breeze in 2018 and there is a breeze now too.
I have serious skin issues...and the heat causes these to flare up...it makes me really weak and sore.
I also get overly tired in the heat....even allowing for the sensible continental idea of an after-lunch nap.
One blessing is that I live by the sea...so we get a few relieving sea breezes....But nowhere near enough!
I am quietly looking forward to October...I am a HUGE fan of Autumn!
I'm only out in the sun when I walk the dogs and that's around 0900 and only in breaks of shade because I choose shady walks for them. Otherwise I'm sitting under a thick parasol for elevenses and a lie down to read my book.
1976 was fantastic - I was at university at Essex, not far from the sea, with a wonderful lake on campus where you could swim in the day and all go skinny dipping after the bar closed.
Happy days!
This is on a comparison with Sorrento when we were there years ago.