My employer has allowed us to move our core hours from 8am to 7am, and finish at 3pm as opposed to 4pm.
We waited until19h before taking the tandem out to deal with the horse. 37°C, nobody out, it was a bit like lockdown. By 21h it was really nice (under 35°C) drifting home pedaling gently into the setting sun. A bit cooler overnight, 23°C this morning and only 40°C for this afternoon. The horses were not a little bit bothered by the heat, grazing in the sun when they have cooler woods to go into.
Best get on with fxing the horse box before it gets unpleasantly hot out.
A good thing is that the mosquitos are not as prolific as they usually are at this time of the year, probably a bit dry for them.
Youngest sons wedding on Friday & it's predicted to be 36C. If there was a world cup for perspiring our family would be contenders, so that's the photos ruined for starters & the dance floor will be a reflecting pool of shame.
Feel so sad for the happy couple but others have had far worse things to contend with.
Escape to norn iron where it's currently fourteen degrees and cloudy! 😭
Feel so sad for the happy couple but others have had far worse things to contend with.
A pal had a wedding in Crete. In July. Her groom was Irish. She went full bridezilla and mandated suits with jackets, and forbidded the wearing of hats by the fellas. Worse, the ceremony was up a small hill with a spectacular view, but inland enough to be over 40 degrees.
It was a total shitshow, all the photos were beetroots with waterfalls of sweat coming down the sides of the wool/polyester suits. Several people ended up in hospital with heatstroke. I ignore the instructions and wore a (smart) linen shirt and trousers, wore a hat and brought a 2L bottle of water with me. If I'd have complied im fairly sure I'd have ended up in hospital with the others.
Flipping trains are cancelled in Manchester - it's not going to be that hot.
The consequences of having a train fail due to the heat (and that could be warped rails, overheating, knackered overhead lines...) and then be stranded there with no working aircon and no way off it and (very likely) almost no supplies of drinking water on board are pretty horrific. You can't safely evacuate passengers, you can't safely keep them on board...
Spring was a bad time for breakdowns too; the pollen clogs up the radiators on certain units (some trains are more affected than others, depends on the design), it was already hot and the trains simply died of the train equivalent of heat exhaustion.
Last winter, Network Rail closed a line across the Peak District, based on forecasts which were obviously hyped up by the media of snowbomb of death beast from the east, Britain could be carpeted by 10ft of snow in MINUTES! type thing because of fears of the train being stranded in a massive snowdrift and then having to call in very big helicopters to get everyone off. There was no other access.
Naturally, it turned out that there was about 4mm of snow and a bit of a chilly wind so everyone accused them of overreacting. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
As I said earlier, everything in the UK has been built for the last hundred years on the basis that the temperature is usually -2 to +25.
+40 is when roads and rails begin to melt / bend and equipment overheats and fails.
I’ve experienced this on a TGV French high speed train when a summer storm knocked out the electrics in the middle of nowhere in France,twas a bit grim, they supplied emergency food and drink but it was getting warm and the toilets were all out of water.
Did a Lidl shop last night, bought one of their "desktop" bladeless fans for £40. Pretty good. Nice n quiet. But about 50cm tall, so too big for a desktop. They did have a bigger one for £60 too. Remote control, so can turn it up, down, timer on off etc while lying in bed. So warm last night had to have a mini fan blowing in my face as well though.
We had a mobile AC unit delivered yesterday and it is so good. 16 degrees in our bedroom last night, I even had to get under the duvet. But £250 I've spent I reckon.
Youngest sons wedding on Friday & it's predicted to be 36C. If there was a world cup for perspiring our family would be contenders, so that's the photos ruined for starters & the dance floor will be a reflecting pool of shame.
I've always said about weddings (in the anglo western world) that there is no climate where both men and women are happy and comfortable.
Half the people are in 3 piece suits and ties, the other half in sleeveless dresses, open toed shoes and lightweight hats.
And in the UK, you wont know which half have it right until about a week in advance.
@pistonbroke How's things looking down there in southern Spain?
Scorchio 🙂
I’ll jump in and you can have 2 for 1 🙂 when he’s back
I’m Murcia/Almeria border so pretty south.
It’s warmer than expected for the time of the year but aircon/shutters mean it’s not a problem.
Although running aircon at night and dogs not settling do make it hard to get a good nights sleep.
Daytimes warm but the house is cool enough that aircon not need until perhaps a few hours in the evening.
Did some bike stuff to get my quad thru it’s ITV (MOT) tools in sunlight got stupidly hot in a short time pottering fine but heavy labour would be grim.
The weirdest thing is that that Bilbao has been hitting 41/42 which is crazy temps for up north which is warmer than our 35 daytime high.
There was an interesting heat record today;
Riding wise I’m lethargic due to a letting the dogs out At various times in the night but will probably get some in , the issue is timing and route selection so your your getting back home before it’s the got too warm.
Most cyclists are now out and about 7-8:00 in the morning.
Insulation does work both ways, but you get to a point where the inside air is hotter than you want; but so is the outside air even at 3am, and so is the four inches of red clay brickwork surrounding your house so there is nowhere (aside from AC) to actually get cooler air from.
That was sort-of my point, it's not a method of construction issue, it's an architecture/design issue.
Cavity walls would be fine if we didn't pair them with large, shutterless windows.
the big thick walls of desert dwellers only work because nighttime temperatures are actually quite cool.
On Tatooine and medieval times maybe, in the modern world everything's just glass and AC.
I've always said about weddings (in the anglo western world) that there is no climate where both men and women are happy and comfortable.
Half the people are in 3 piece suits and ties, the other half in sleeveless dresses, open toed shoes and lightweight hats.
And in the UK, you wont know which half have it right until about a week in advance.
This happened on our October wedding day. Hubby (about to be) was lovely and warm in a shirt, waistcoat and jacket, me- frozen in cold wind and rain in my shoestring strappy bridal gown with sandals. The Litch gate was a good 5 minute walk and I ended up wearing wellies.
It's been well broadcast atm, do not take your dogs out between certain hours. Yesterday and today, a certain type of person has been out in the village centre in this heat walking their 'fur babies - arrgghh'. All these dogs were cockerdoodle types and all the owners were the type that may give one a mouthful if the obvious was stated.
Lovely in the airconditioned office today. Train was delayed so not sure about journey home.
Our club (and others) have cancelled TTs and social rides this week. There are vulnerable riders I know of, plus others I suspect I don't know of, that I don't want the extra responsibility for as a ride leader.
Anyway, which heat warning takes precedence - Met Office says Nottingham is in the amber warning, UKHSA says the red warning covers all of the East Midlands.
So warm last night had to have a mini fan blowing in my face as well though.
Daughters have little USB fans they got a few years ago. Wife and I have both pilfered them and have them on our desks today.
It's really sticky already and Blitzortung suggests there's very little thunderstorm activity… yet.
Was potentially going to have to do 900-1600 interviewing on Teams tomorrow which would have been an endurance test but fortunately the college who was meant to be doing it has managed to sort out alternative childcare now her kids' school is shut so I have escaped there...
Anyway, which heat warning takes precedence - Met Office says Nottingham is in the amber warning, UKHSA says the red warning covers all of the East Midlands.
Two different things with different thresholds, aren't they? UKHSA is about healthcare, met office is the general population, transport, etc.
Do you remember when "sun trap" and "panoramic south facing windows" were deemed to be attractive features in a house?
Struggling with the above currently. (Not really, I'm loving it)
My employer has allowed us to move our core hours from 8am to 7am, and finish at 3pm as opposed to 4pm.
My dog has generously allowed me to vary our core hours so I get to take him for a shady, riverside walk at 5 o'clock in the morning, after which he spends the rest of the day chilling out in a shady corner, eating frozen dog treats, and occasionally looking at me in a 'why haven't you fixed this horrific weather yet?' way.
Meanwhile I stagger around wondering how on earth it's not even noon yet and why I feel so comprehensively awful. In fairness though it's been amazing being outside early doors, there was a low mist hanging over the paddy fields, erm, nature reserve, this morning that looked like something out of an early morning in Nepal.
It's been well broadcast atm, do not take your dogs out between certain hours. Yesterday and today, a certain type of person has been out in the village centre in this heat walking their 'fur babies - arrgghh'. All these dogs were cockerdoodle types and all the owners were the type that may give one a mouthful if the obvious was stated.
One of our 'dog friends' is a standard poodle called Nancy, brilliant dog. Her owner has a scathing dislike of the whole cockerdoodlepoo thing on the basis that people should just buy a pure-bred poodle. I'm kind of with her on that.
Do you remember when "sun trap" and "panoramic south facing windows" were deemed to be attractive features in a house?
We're currently looking at replacing knackered 20+ year old double glazing - house faces pretty much due south so if I'm looking at all the options to keep the heat out on that side.
You can get tinted glass which keeps a little bit of heat out. But honestly it's not a huge amount compared to covering the windows.
Lovely 23 degrees in Dumfries today. I've just had a 2 hour meeting with my team whilst sat on picnic benches looking over Criffel.
In the office, 25c, which isn't too bad - building is passively cooled by ground water from a bore hole pumped through the concrete structure. Fan on though. Had to drive again as no trains for daughter. TBH I think I pefer a 17c car to 34c on the bike in stinky traffic.
WFH tomorrow as no-one in the house and need to keep an eye on 3 mini sheep (ragdoll cats). We do have a portable ac unit but tend not to leave it on if not in the house. PS we've had it over 20 years before anyone shouts - get's used 2-4 weeks a year.
I popped in our office at breakfast - upstairs, glass to east and west, not enough opening windows as they are floor to ceiling - and it was already 32*c. A colleague went in just now and said thermometer is saying 42* in there....(and no-one working there). Most of that overheat is down to an architect with a penchant for glazing as much as possible, and it only overlooks a main road.
My employer has allowed us to move our core hours from 8am to 7am, and finish at 3pm as opposed to 4pm.
My dog has generously allowed me to vary our core hours so I get to take him for a shady, riverside walk at 5 o'clock in the morning, after which he spends the rest of the day chilling out in a shady corner, eating frozen dog treats, and occasionally looking at me in a 'why haven't you fixed this horrific weather yet?' way.
Meanwhile I stagger around wondering how on earth it's not even noon yet and why I feel so comprehensively awful. In fairness though it's been amazing being outside early doors, there was a low mist hanging over the paddy fields, erm, nature reserve, this morning that looked like something out of an early morning in Nepal.
It's been well broadcast atm, do not take your dogs out between certain hours. Yesterday and today, a certain type of person has been out in the village centre in this heat walking their 'fur babies - arrgghh'. All these dogs were cockerdoodle types and all the owners were the type that may give one a mouthful if the obvious was stated.
One of our 'dog friends' is a standard poodle called Nancy, brilliant dog. Her owner has a scathing dislike of the whole cockerdoodlepoo thing on the basis that people should just buy a pure-bred poodle get a rescue. I'm kind of with her on that.
She no better witha purebred infact arguably a lot worse.
Lovely 23 degrees in Dumfries today. I've just had a 2 hour meeting with my team whilst sat on picnic benches looking over Criffel.
Apparently it’s 23° here in kirkcudbright (according to my outside temp thingy) with a nice breeze blowing in from the water, not that I’ll be out in it at all today as I’m stuck in the house with blinds down and my cheap £40 Lidl fan on low setting, it’s far to noisy above setting 3/4 out of 10 (same fan as mentioned above by desperatebicycle)
@ Lawman we're actually fairly north in Spain, about 3 hours from the Pyrenees which is where we are now. Temp is around 30 with 18 at night so not crazy but making cycling difficult, even at over 1,000m
36C and 47% on my patio just now, taken in the shade but probably picking up some radiance from the house. 29C and 70% in the room I am now, fortunately in the kitchen downstairs it's still only 26C. This morning outisde it was 21C but 97% humidity!
I might go for a bike ride 🙂
She no better witha purebred infact arguably a lot worse.
Yes, that’s fair. As long as it’s not a rescue cockadoodlepoo.
It’s lovely in the north of England, I’ll take 3 months of this please.
Do you remember when "sun trap" and "panoramic south facing windows" were deemed to be attractive features in a house?
I remember when they were deemed attractive features in the 1970s build, air conditioning free Royal Liverpool University Hospital. In the days when we still all wore shirt and tie and white coat. It was a bit warm in high summer.
It’s lovely in the north of England, I’ll take 3 months of this please.
Upper end of the 'normal' summer bell curve but, yeah, today's been ok. I changed my travel plans home, aborting an evening West Coast line south from Penrith, then east through Manchester; didn't think that was going to end well. The alternative has been the Langwathby-Shipley train, then a couple of local services to Calderdale - all running on time and bearable, even with a big loaded bike.
Our office AC is oversized, even with the thermostat turned right up* I'm still wearing a coat at my desk!
*you have to have it in one of it's modes, heating, cooling, circulation, dehumidifying, etc. If you turn it off cooling, it's very quickly very hot. But with cooling switched on it's minimum duty is too high and the thermostat can only adjust the duty, not switch it on/off.
Our office AC is oversized, even with the thermostat turned right up* I'm still wearing a coat at my desk!
*you have to have it in one of it's modes, heating, cooling, circulation, dehumidifying, etc. If you turn it off cooling, it's very quickly very hot. But with cooling switched on it's minimum duty is too high and the thermostat can only adjust the duty, not switch it on/off.
Open a window and let some of the cold air out then.
Flipping trains are cancelled in Manchester - it's not going to be that hot.
France is doing the same, for the exact same reason. Old tracks had short lengths bolted together with fishplates, so there was an element of expansion/contraction built in. Modern tracks have long welded lengths, but I think they have sliding expansion joints built in, but even so, with the sort of extreme heat we’re getting, the rails might be approaching the limits of what extreme temperatures they can cope with.
There's talk of painting the rails white. Roofs are being painted white on factories and stores around here. I've painted some of the tarmac around my house white. I buy white or light coloured cars. Currently painting the horse box white.
This is interesting
Very interesting, the amount of blue around the Med is astonishing!
The advantage of having a N/S facing house in winter, where the sun warms the back wall, becomes something of a disadvantage when it’s this hot, however, having fairly big windows at each end of my bedroom and the living room does show up when it’s a bit cooler, I woke up at 6am feeling pretty chilly, my duvet was on the floor, and there was quite a strong, cool breeze, almost a wind, blowing through the room! A lot better than when I had a much smaller room with only one window, so there was very little air movement and it got very stuffy at night, plus it was very noisy at night, because the main A350 was just a few meters up the road - earplugs were essential, although that’s still the case due to the birds at 5am!
Do you remember when "sun trap" and "panoramic south facing windows" were deemed to be attractive features in a house?
It’s possible to get mirrored film stuck to windows to reflect a lot of the heat, just like cars, although somewhat easier, because they’re big flat surfaces.
No news spotted of Southampton's Mayflower Park beating the official '76 record today.
Close, but no cigar.
Do you remember when "sun trap" and "panoramic south facing windows" were deemed to be attractive features in a house?
It’s possible to get mirrored film stuck to windows to reflect a lot of the heat, just like cars, although somewhat easier, because they’re big flat surfaces.
Or external blinds of all types.
Someone was saying upthread that the climate change deniers had gone a bit quiet.
My FB timeline is absolutely crammed with the idiots churning out the same old shit. We're doomed.
A Reform MSP today said that global warming was a problem.but not an emergency. I saw it on Instagram and yep the comments are all about the climate crisis con and net zero scepticism . Interestingly the MSP is a former oil and gas employee. Of course he is.
A Reform MSP today said that global warming was a problem.but not an emergency. I saw it on Instagram and yep the comments are all about the climate crisis con and net zero scepticism . Interestingly the MSP is a former oil and gas employee. Of course he is.
I wonder what percentage of the climate denial comments I see on FB are bots.
The climtic sceptics are now on facebook rather than forums like this where they made fools of themselves and couldn't live with their forum histories. This place is quite thin on Brexiters, extreme right wingers and climatic sceptics - their aguments didn't stand up to examination and time has proved them wrong.
