Rain – is there going to be a silver lining?

So, it’s middle of July, it is raining again, inside temperature was 16deg on Friday night and I was cold (Yorkshire, well-insulated house). I am absolutely sick of it after getting soaked yet again when walking the dog this morning.

But… Surely this will mean there will be a whole shed-load of cheap BBQs in sales at the end of summer?

Tents and awning are Already being heavily discounted at large retailers…  Buy now and hope for August sunshine?

No quite the silver lining I was expecting!

I’m hoping we have a glorious autumn and the colours on the trees make up for this abysmal summer.

Tents and awning are Already being heavily discounted at large retailers…  Buy now and hope for August sunshine?

We have just given up hope of nice weather for a UK holiday and booked a last-minute holiday  – 10 nights in Turkey all inclusive for £3,200 (which isn’t too bad for a school holiday price).

I prefer orange coloured umbrellas, rather than silver. 😉

If summer weather doesn’t happen, I’ll likely be selling my mtb and buying a 2nd set of wheels for the gravel bike.

We have just given up hope of nice weather for a UK holiday and booked a last-minute holiday  – 10 nights in Turkey all inclusive for £3,200 (which isn’t too bad for a school holiday price).

I think budget airlines are the only ones really benefitting from this weather. Saw this article the other day:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/11/jet2-customers-price-rises-airline-late-bookings

and somewhere in my news feed was something about Ryanair and Easy jet having amazing years too as people thought “sod this” and do exactly what you’ve done – find a last minute holiday somewhere warm.

Sales in the cycle industry are down again, a lot of that is put down to the bad weather.

Might pick up some cheap UK campsite deals I suppose!

I’m hoping we have a glorious autumn and the colours on the trees make up for this abysmal summer.

Warm wet spring, dry summer and then a calm autumn with cool nights is what you need for good autumn colour. So no, it’ll be a crap autum too. 🙁

Fewer old people may have perished due to the lack of heat.

At least there won’t be any hosepipe bans to worry about this year.

Silver lining? Yes for nettle soup/pesto fans.

I’ll be in Spain the rest of the year?

Seriously though, this is tough.

It’s basically either been 1) cold, 2) wet, 3) grey or all three since I got back.

Ironically southern Europe is suffering mid 30 temps with warnings of higher temperatures to come.

My sister was out in Italy to visit the other week. 37°C, felt like 41°C. Returned to the UK and it was 17°C at Stansted.

I just went around our house closing all the little vents in the window frames because there’s cold air blasting in. I don’t usually do that until November. We’ve got all the lamps on. There’s a thick veil of drizzle falling outside.

Heating will be on tonight at this rate.

It isn’t bad, not been great and far from ideal, but it isn’t bad.
I hate to say it but I can’t help but think we could be doing something to help reduce this, but most.people can’t be bothered and businesses don’t care if it cuts profits…so this is how it is going to be for the foreseeable.
The weather has been up and down, but I’ve managed to get some riding in, which is why I’m not complaining too much about it.

Rain – is there going to be a silver lining?

Long may it last, any temps over 23/24 degrees and my entire body shuts down as I cannot move due to spms.

At least there won’t be any hosepipe bans to worry about this year.

Your optimistic given the state of the network

Sitting out in the garden being boiled in the West of Ireland. Too dizzy to go out on the bike though. Gorgeous weather.

I’m dreading coming home to Manchester tonight, only thing that’s kept me going for the last couple of months has been looking to 10 days of sun and heat, now it’s yuk to Christmas.

It’s not all bad sat outside in the Lakes post ride with a cup of tea and only wearing 2 tea shirts and shorts.

Tropical !

It isn’t bad, not been great and far from ideal, but it isn’t bad.

Where are you? North west England has been pitiful. Cold, grey, damp.

Central Scotland…has been like this for last 2 months, May had a bit of warm weather for almost 3 weeks.

Unlikely to get an out of control wild fire

Got back from Andorra on Saturday (it was glorious) thanks to this rubbish weather, looking at booking a week in the alps next summer already.

Next week looks slightly better?  Might even get out on the motorbike finally!

Ironically southern Europe is suffering mid 30 temps with warnings of higher temperatures to come.

Not been that bad round here, I think the highest I’ve seen is 34-35C.

Not been that bad round here, I think the highest I’ve seen is 34-35C.

Was in Florence a few weeks back. Was 36°C….. Made worse by being surrounded by concrete and tourists. Got the hell out of there as soon as we could!

Was on the Po Delta and the plain behind Venice the last two weeks and it was silly hot, but at least there was a breeze.

Now ran into the alps and parked up alongside an ice cold river. Perfect.

Saw a piece on the news about parts of Romania due to hit 46°C……sod that!

From wiki on Romania, the record highs/lows are

The absolute minimum temperature was −38.5 °C (−37.3 °F), registered near Brașov in 1942. The absolute maximum temperature was 44.5 °C (112.1 °F), recorded at Ion Sion, Brăila County in 1951.

So a new record. Hell of a country. Brutally cold in winter, and extremely hot in summer.

No rain, no flowers.

Daughter is in Norway this week, up in the Arctic Circle. Shorts, t-shirts and sun cream. She’s coming back with a bloody tan!

Just got sunburnt on the Isle of Wight…

The only plus side I can see is not having to mow the lawn. I started commuting to work most days at the start of June. It hasn’t been much fun so far.

lovely on bournemouth beach today. got tan lines (which shows how shit summer actually has been)

I’m not having to water my garden and pot plants so often.

Has anyone spotted a general decline in campsite costs? We’ve been near enough priced out of camping in the South East and the prospect of paying a fortune to sit in the rain has meant we’ve not booked anything this year. I can’t imagine we’re alone.

Unsure of decline in costs but plenty seems to be doing a minimum of 2 nights stay, which is going to be useful for many but also terrible for many.

But this is summer, it’s like this every year. When the kids were little we only did staycations in August. Had to abandon two camping trips due to rain, we’ve memories of arriving on the Isle of Wight or Dartmouth or Cornwall and the first priority is head straight to the fleeces and waterproofs shop. Huddling on pebbly beaches, blue fingers, desperately wondering how to keep the kids amused

So this summer I’ve had £3k ripped from my disappearing bank balance for 4 returns to an island in the med where it’s so hot you wish you could see the British drizzle again

Had one BBQ so far this year…

spotted a general decline in campsite costs

Nope, they’re totally taking the pi$$, almost 60% of the price of a nice B&B for a small rectangle of field. F right off.

Tents and awning are Already being heavily discounted at large retailers

So you’re saying that now is the summer of our discount tents?

This is a British summer! Those hot dry ones are the exception.

Down south it hasn’t been too bad. Some days wet, some days very pleasant – cool and sunny.

I love a sunny a day, but cannot stand those stupidly hot days we had a couple of years ago!

Don’t know about a silver lining, but there’s a definite silvery coating from all the slugs & snails. And hardly any plants left.

Everything is nice and green, yeah, trails are overgrown and brambles and nettles are a nuisance but it is great seeing so much push greenery around.