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Wildswimmer Pete

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  1. 26 minutes ago, cheeky_monkey said:

    its fairly easy to move anywhere in the world regardless if its the EU or not..i moved to Canada as have lots of people i work with who are also from the UK and Ireland..maybe its easier also if its an English speaking country...actually living abroad make you appreciate the weather in the UK ..You often see me moaning just as much about the weather here as you lot do about weather in the UK

    If that's you in your avatar then obviously you are young and can travel, given that you post from Canada and several towns in south England.  To quote from my earlier post elsewhere:

    "Que? Easily just move abroad?  Is it that really easy?  OK for someone young with no established home.  How about the elderly, or those with medical conditions?  Given the current political climate how long will your EHIC card last?   There's the distinct possibility that expat Brits could be deported from the Costas to the UK.  Where would they able to buy or rent suitable accommodation given the chronic shortage of housing?"

    The prospects for me moving to anywhere outside the EU would be even worse.  Canada wouldn't accept me as a.) I'm old and b.) have serious heart condition.

  2. 1 hour ago, East Lancs Rain said:

    This. I can't understand why so many people in the UK moan about the weather on an almost daily basis, when they could very easily just move abroad.

     

    As for me, yes I do moan about the weather sometimes but I try to remember that many countries around the world have to endure extreme heat/cold for many months of the year or even all year round. I appreciate our temperature climate. Wet and windy weather isn't pleasant but at least it's better than 30+ temperatures for many months then below 0 for many months.

    Que? Easily just move abroad?  Is it that really easy?  OK for someone young with no established home.  How about the elderly, or those with medical conditions?  Given the current political climate how long will your EHIC card last?   There's the distinct possibility that expat Brits could be deported from the Costas to the UK.  Where would they able to buy or rent suitable accommodation given the chronic shortage of housing?

    Sadly I was pressured by family not to do I wanted - leave the lousy British climate behind for good.  Now it's too late.

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  3. Yet another wretched August day.  Cold (just 15C), windy and heavy rain.  That's all we see over the past few "summers": rain, rain and yet more *%$£" rain. I'm talking about the rain that falls during usual waking hours before someone starts quoting stats at me.

    Looks like August 2019 is rivalling August 1962, the nastiest August I can remember.

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  4. 1 hour ago, East Lancs Rain said:

    For most of last winter I was okay in a t-shirt and hoodie with no coat on top. But occasionally I got the odd "where's your coat" comment. But I have good circulation and I find my body just gets used to the lower temperatures anyway. I don't wear shorts in winter though - that's a whole different level!

    I do as I don't like long pants.  Also in winter I don't have to wash long pants because they a covered with mud etc.  Legs are washed in the bath and easily dried.  I do have an electrically heated jacket for cold weather.

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  5. I was going to post that "Autumn is already waiting in the wings" but that's now incorrect.  Given the chilly night we had (min 10.9C) Autumn has now arrived.  Already the standard pattern is being followed again.  Cold night, cloud bubbling up at breakfast time with the current temp 14C and I'll bet the cloud melts away around 8pm to lead to another unseasonably cold night.  This is supposed to be "high Summer".   Indoor here 17C, a degree lower and I'll have to put on the heating as I'm not a spring chicken anymore and have a heart condition.

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  6. Friday was a patchwork: warm and humid as the cloud built.  Mid afternoon a couple of thunderstorms then noticeably chillier.  Min last night 15.9C but today is definitely an autumnal day.  Heavy rain overnight but no thunder, heavy showers in the morning although dry now.  The wind is something else, a full gale.  Needless to say, cloudy.  At least I got a line of washing on the line. 

    Looking at model output, this confirms my opinion that August is the first month of Autumn, as it has been during my lifetime.  2019 a good summer?  Three hot days and that's it.  Otherwise an often chilly cloudfest.

  7. 51 minutes ago, Scorcher said:

    It must be a lot colder in Runcorn than in Manchester then...we've managed 19C despite a couple of showers- hardly like October! There have been far worse starts to August in the last 10 years- surprised 1962 is getting a mention!

    That's because I actually experienced it. We went on a week's holiday to Scotland and it rained solidly all the way up the A6 over Shap (M6 didn't exist then) then to Kirkcudbright were we stayed.  We had just one fine day so I could go to the beach.  Otherwise confined to base by the persistent rain and cold winds. Rained solidly going home.

    That's one reason I'll never pay for a holiday in UK anymore.

  8. A pretty vile August day.  Chilly, windy, heavy showers with the sun just briefly appearing.  Weather more like October.  This is turning out to be a rerun of August 1962, the vilest August I can remember.  Mark my words, going on past form, high pressure and fine weather arrives just as soon as the kids go back to school.

  9. Wet overnight but the forecast warmth didn't happen.  I had to put on a hoodie before the bike ride to my hospital outpatient appointment.  What has been a recurrent feature of previous Augusts are the clear nights with cloud bubbling up during the morning which melts away towards evening. Felt chilly outdoors this evening, definitely not BBQ weather.

  10. 14 minutes ago, damianslaw said:

    Yes indeed east side of the Pennines tends to see more equal distribution of rainfall year round, namely as you say thanks to northerly and easterly airstreams being more likely in the March - June period whereas the west side of the Pennines is more sheltered in such set ups. The westerlies tend to come back in July and rage on through until February, and most often deposit for greater rainfall totals on the west side than the east side, especially here in the Lake District. 

    That's why the Lancashire cotton trade became established.  The constantly damp climate helped the spinning of cotton yarn.  Sadly the constant damp also exacerbates chest complaints which is why the Northwest is notorious for bronchitis.

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  11. 21 minutes ago, Thundershine said:

    August had 136 hours of sun here last year, compared to the usual 190 hours average, as it used to be at least. It must be said that it's quite unusual to see one month repeating the same consistently below average sunshine year upon year over such a stretch of time, as figures back up. 

    If that figure comes from sunshine recorder data it'll be even worse. Most of the time the sun is out during the early morning until breakfast time when the almost inevitable grey lid slams down.

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