[Closed] Worst summer ever?

29 degC currently here, roasting.

Surrey riviera.

8 o'clock this morning

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Well, it's certainly been pretty crappy, but worst [i]ever[/i] might be stretching it, there are many instances of dreadful summers where entire food supplies have been devastated across Europe, leading to widespread starvation. There have been terrible summers over the last 2-300 years, so crappy, but not the worst ever.

giz some blue sky in Lichfield!

I know I know, clearly I meant the term in a jovial 'British summer' way 😉

It has been pretty grim, but it only takes a day like today to forget.
It's been all cancelled XC races and cautiously ridden road races.

Over 30 deg on the dial down on the Kent coast. It's not been a 'great' summer but the last few weeks have been lush and before that the rain was warm. I love living in a marine climate.

Grim in brum, cloudy grey skies again 🙁

its been grey and damp/wet nearly the whole time here in fife.
i wouldnt say it was cold though, last 3 summers have been colder here, subjectively at least.

From this mornings commute in,
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Currently 22degC and sunny now in Aberlour 8)

Sorry you not having a great summer 🙁

Mine has been epic so far.... 8)

Last night about 20 miles from Swavis 8)

Yeah, it's been pretty rubbish.

glorious out today, dry and dusty line, stung to **** hot an sweaty seems like summer to me 🙂

Definitely the worst one we've had for a while, nice today though!

32 here in London, to hot to do much

I work outdoors all day every day and this has been the worst summer for a long time. Talk of food shortages 100 years ago is irrelevant as we have better distance supply chains now, so we have probably had a worse summer this year than most of those which resulted in starvation!

The met office would know for sure anyway.

Oh, and this year I can categorically state that Fridays have been the worst day of the week for rain!

Cloudy but not too bad. Long ride last week in sweltering heat and baking sun. Came back burnt as a crisp. Summer is overrated.

djglover - Member
32 here in London, to hot to do much

+1 been sitting in the paddling pool with kimbers jr!

my dad is 83 and hes never seen rain like in all those years. He says its shit!

If we had to rely on our veggie patch we would be very hungry this year.

And fruit trees have really suffered... a combination of mild winter and soaking summer have ruined them this year.

1 day of proper rain sin e June where I am. Actually miss the rain a bit.

32 here in Hampstead today and lovely! Cotswolds were soggy this morning.

a middlin' summer round these parts
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Sounds like most of you have had a cracking day weather wise then! I did a couple of hours...never been so sweaty from the humidity...grey and rainy...got back...and the sun came out! Obviously mother nature has seen my post and adjusted accordingly 😈

It`s just typical weather for a cool temperate western margin

Paddy I'm just down the road from you, Four Oaks, and as far as I am concerned its been fine. If I could I would happily have been out riding 3 times a week all summer.

It's not the worst summer ever.

War has not been declared, no pandemic has occurred, no terrorist outrage has been commited (in the UK), the economy isn't much worse than it was in the spring.

It's just been very wet, and disappointing, but a little perspective - in March this year my area was facing a hosepipe ban!

What side of Lichfield you on...?
Lovely here on the Cote d' Netherstowe.

I've ridden 13 miles to a bbq and back today without getting a soaking, which means that summer has been alright so far!

stop your whining. try living in frakking Norway for a few years. Then you are allowed to moan

refer to ^ and "and the sun came out" lovely afternoon/evening it turned into.

I'm over towards Barton-under-Needwood I_Ache.

I think ideas are changing on what actual summer weather is!

I'll pass on Norway winters, although I'd love to visit this time of year 🙂

This evening:

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It's been unusually dry in the North West of Scotland and the Outer Hebrides