Demitri_C Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Genie said: We got married on the beach in the Caribbean, pretty much guaranteed good weather and far cheaper than here. Also easier to limit it to be people we actually wanted there. We had a party when we got for everyone else. I went barbados 1st time thia march and i absolutely loved it. I definitely am intending to go back As for weather so much for the hotter summers that they were telling us last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2023 Today was supposed to be "much" nicer than yesterday. It's currently absolutely lashing is down. If future wars are going to be fought over access to water we're going to be a global superpower alright. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 I did manage to get the left side of my face a bit sunburnt on Bournemouth beach today but **** me, driving home it rained like a horse pissing on a flat rock. The heaviest rain I've ever driven in, luckily it didn't last that long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 8, 2023 Bit rainy today 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Tegis said: Bit rainy today Not rainy enough it would seem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Last two days it has reached a little over 40 °C. Currently, it is 38 °C and it will reach a maximum in an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Not that I am complaining, especially with what other people around the world are having to endure, but summer in the UK just hasn’t happened this year. It’s been a combination of spring and autumn but no actual summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 50 minutes ago, Genie said: Not that I am complaining, especially with what other people around the world are having to endure, but summer in the UK just hasn’t happened this year. It’s been a combination of spring and autumn but no actual summer. Sweltering in China, you don't know how good that sounds. Tempts me to spend next summer back in the UK. With so many places unbearably hot in the summer now, I can imagine that places with cooler summers will be big tourist destinations in a few years. People won't keep visiting the old tourist destinations when it's too hot to leave the hotel before 10 PM each night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Genie said: Not that I am complaining, especially with what other people around the world are having to endure, but summer in the UK just hasn’t happened this year. It’s been a combination of spring and autumn but no actual summer. British summer time. Of the three months June, July and August, one will be sunny and hot, one will be dull and boring, and one will be dominated by torrential rain. Could be in any sequence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Absolutely piddling down here in the Isle of Wight , could hear thunder in the distance making its way to the mainland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Dry in the midlands today but expecting rain all day soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Genie said: Dry in the midlands today but expecting rain all day soon Raining in Solihull but only just. Thunder is forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: Raining in Solihull but only just. Thunder is forecast. Get the cushions in the shed quick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Genie said: Get the cushions in the shed quick Already in. In fact just last night I was doing manly stuff with an actual saw because I noticed some struts I'd fitted to keep cushions off the floor were sagging so some reinforcement was needed. Edited August 18, 2023 by sidcow 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2023 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 18, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 18, 2023 33 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Same as yesterday then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 I can't remember it ever being this unstable early in August where we're at. What's up with 28 degrees one minute, 16 degrees the next and hail\fog\rain like someone's turned on the tropical shower?! For the first time in our garden we've had hail punch holes through the courgette leaves.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2023 2 hours ago, magnkarl said: we've had hail punch holes through the courgette leaves.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 I mean, I'm no scientist, or science expert, but we can put people into space, give them somewhere to live up there, we can collide and split atoms and other particles, and we can save people with medicinal technology. So, we're quite cool as a species with engineering and stuff. Right, okay. So, why can't we build a big tube and point it at the sky, so when we have a build up of dark grey clouds we can just blow them away. Maybe a day or two of rain but a whole summer? Sod that, blow the bloody clouds away and we can be warm rather than wet. Surely that's not beyond reason? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 2023 - the year that we didn't have a summer. I'm currently having a smoke on the back door step, it's pissing with rain and the wind has whipped right up. I'm wearing a hoodie, our Garden furniture is covered up, it's August ffs, I should be sat in just my pants, sweating my balls off. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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