Is this the worst (britishes) summer ever?

It'll all be over soon enough and we can go back to moaning about it being too cold and/or wet.

not moaning, I love this, turn it up

hey the weather's great, it's sitting at a desk in a creeping pool of moisture that i object to

I have put my "fast-set" pool out in garden, it has taken 4 hours and 55 minutes to fill.

Is there a word for that unpleasant tingly/spikey feeling when you're sitting in a horrible chair and it's too hot and you're sweating a lot?

I can recommend arranging things so you will have spent the day on Margate beach.

The dog has eaten and perked up somewhat.

36 in Paris today, went into the sewers to escape for a few hours. The smells on public transport today were considerably worse.

got a barbecue going ^_^

who knew that planning a 3-day holiday for monday through wednesday would be this richly rewarded

Aftersun has now been generously applied.

I made dirty rice and jerk chicken, and chased it with a strawberry milkshake.

hankering for that
jerk chicken place opposite only does it on weekends >:(

Dirty rice is basically my version of jollof but with fewer ingredients to colour the rice.

Had to kill the rest of the pint of vanilla Haagen-Dazs and some raspberries, blender came out again.

Day turned to night...

Who could have predicted thunderstorms in incredibly hot weather?

Everyone was/is frantically trying to get stuff harvested today before the inevitable deluge hit(s), hopefully successfully. Here it is still gorgeous, sweaty and sticky, although I found myself sitting under the sole wispy raincloud in a blue sky earlier. Refreshing but annoying.

im hoping to god it's nice in two weeks time as im back visiting and my wife has literally never seen Glasgow in the sunshine despite having been there 4 times

Who could have predicted thunderstorms in incredibly hot weather?

And the golf ball sized hailstones?

Also a thing

Hoping to avoid those on my way home tonight.

Annoying week to have chosen for a staycation, but its the overcast gloom I hate more than the rain.

I've got to go out in that shortly.

I have friends arriving from Australia tomorrow. They'll be pleased.

gone from one of the best to one of the worst, lately

supposed to be bbqing tonight

Wtf with this rain all day

i blame people who moan when it's warm

rainy & 18c in Paris today, outside lights already on at 2pm

but it'll be 30 again by Monday, RIP Britain

This is shit

BBQ totally happened and was a success last night, cooked under a tarpaulin and it was DELICIOUS

is tarpaulin a vegetable y/n

of course not, it wouldn't have a place near my bbq if it was

cooked tarpaulin: delicious

tarpaulin: not a vegetable

noted

Seems to be a lingering gloomy overcastness in London at the moment. A bit of sunshine wouldn't hurt.

Let's not get greedy, at least it's not relentlessly pishing it down - that's scheduled for tomorrow.

This summer has been strange. The early part was much drier, warmer, and sunnier than recent years. There was hardly any rain for months. All the streams and brooks out in the country were completely dried up. Now, it's gone the other way and the last six weeks, or something like that, have been predominantly cloudy with constant outbreaks of rain, not necessarily heavy most of the time but enough to spoil things.

it's my fault, I went to cornwall on holiday and that's when it all went shit.

You know, it's been fine in Fife the past couple of days - even nice today. Unfortunately it's the start of the Lammas market today, which means lots of people/noise, which isn't my thing.

oh take a day off, rain

i mean, i know August is usually shit and then it gets nice again, but September is going to have to be flipping TREMENDOUS to make up for this. i'm actually starting to panic that this is it until next April

The Bank Holiday weekend is going to be hot. It is meant to be 27 degrees on Monday.

lol, that has been revised down to 19 degrees since i checked this morning.

I sometimes wonder if we need a 'Is this the worst Scottishes Summer ever' thread. When it's raining here you guys are sunny. It's quite nice today - I sat outside and read for a while - but you guys are getting soggy.

Thank fuck its great this weekend.

rain is good not bad

george benson no less once explained this to me wrt the lovely greenness of england = one of its few positive features

Rain in Autumn plz.

george benson no less once explained this to me wrt the lovely greenness of england = one of its few positive features

I have often explained to my colleagues from Europe that this is why Great Britain and Ireland is so green - I can now use George Benson to bolster my argument.

it is autumn

but rain is summer is also good

as g.benson teaches us

I can remember a bad NME article on footballers and music that trash-talked George Benson. It summarised that professional footballers with perms and a penchant for George Benson = bad. And people like Pat Nevin with a well documented love of white indie rock = good and progressive. It would probably look very very bad now. To keep it topical, it is quite warm and balmy up here today. Might cut the hedges.