It's too hot :(

Telecaster · 24 Jun 2018 at 18:14

FoxEye said:
Several hundred.

Cant you set up a sprinkler? Back when we used to have proper summers when these prolonged dry periods were common, we had a sprinkler running off the hosepipe, my old man would usually put it on around 10pm and leave it running all night.

Pigeon_Killer · 24 Jun 2018 at 18:47

Another awesome day out in the sun. Tennis for 2 hours this morning, sunbathing and watching the football in the afternoon and just finished a BBQ. 3 months of this or hotter please

Blackjack Davy · 24 Jun 2018 at 23:33

FoxEye said:
It's too DRY and hot here in Cornwall.

It hasn't rained - other than superficially - for well over a month. That's unheard of down here.

Everything being grown in pots is dying.

Same here 300 miles east. Water everything in pots or its dead. The veg patch too.

FoxEye said:
Precursor to skin cancer

Fixed it for you (I know someone who got exactly that from the mediterranean sun).

Telecaster said:
Cant you set up a sprinkler? Back when we used to have proper summers when these prolonged dry periods were common, we had a sprinkler running off the hosepipe, my old man would usually put it on around 10pm and leave it running all night.

Have you any idea how much that would cost?! Just about everywhere is metered these days. Well it is around here at anyrate.

Pigeon_Killer said:
3 months of this or hotter please

Bah.

Kronos · 25 Jun 2018 at 06:09

It was so hot up here in Edinburgh yesterday I actually undid the buttons on my cardigan.

CaptainRAVE · 25 Jun 2018 at 09:17

Going to be hot. At least it is my final week in work. Then 10 weeks off

Need air con!

XeNoN89 · 25 Jun 2018 at 09:20

22C already in the City, going to be a hot one!

SPG · 25 Jun 2018 at 10:15

Took this week off to get some much needed chores done around the house...

It's too hot to work.

#Chri5# · 25 Jun 2018 at 10:48

FoxEye said:
It's too DRY and hot here in Cornwall.

It hasn't rained - other than superficially - for well over a month. That's unheard of down here.

Everything being grown in pots is dying.

We've got six water butts for watering the garden, each is about 210 litres. Five are empty now, so going to be on tap water soon.

FoxEye · 25 Jun 2018 at 10:51

#Chri5# said:
We've got six water butts for watering the garden, each is about 210 litres. Five are empty now, so going to be on tap water soon.

I'm thinking of ordering one of those 1000 litre 1m cubed industrial liquid shipping containers. Just need to get one that was transporting something like orange juice, and not Agent Orange

All our butts ran dry weeks ago.

ubersonic · 25 Jun 2018 at 11:52

FoxEye said:
All our butts ran dry weeks ago.

Tried TurboLax?

UTmaniac · 25 Jun 2018 at 11:52

FoxEye said:
I'm thinking of ordering one of those 1000 litre 1m cubed industrial liquid shipping containers. Just need to get one that was transporting something like orange juice, and not Agent Orange

All our butts ran dry weeks ago.

Find a local fishkeeper who might give you a very good deal on their waste water, it's liquid fertiliser, your plants will love it.

FortuitousFluke · 25 Jun 2018 at 12:42

Cycle in this morning was glorious. Would be nice to have one day of rain though, my allotment is probably nackered.

#Chri5# · 25 Jun 2018 at 13:04

FoxEye said:
I'm thinking of ordering one of those 1000 litre 1m cubed industrial liquid shipping containers. Just need to get one that was transporting something like orange juice, and not Agent Orange

All our butts ran dry weeks ago.

Interesting idea. I was looking at the dead space we have between our garage and fence. Would need to be reasonably narrow but easily feed from the garage roof and hidden from view.

CaptainRAVE · 25 Jun 2018 at 13:14

Worked outside for 20 minutes. Meh, too hot in a suit. Air conditioned gym next I think.

Ancientpencil · 25 Jun 2018 at 16:43

I'm very grateful we have air-conditioning at work. Is anyone else wilting?

darkgen · 25 Jun 2018 at 16:50

Loving it under the parasol in the garden with beer.

Yadda · 25 Jun 2018 at 16:58

Iced tea has been going down well today. Salad later me thinks.

XeNoN89 · 25 Jun 2018 at 17:03

My phone says it's 32C here in Wimbledon right now, pretty warm!

Nasher · 25 Jun 2018 at 17:03

Problem is sitting in aircon all day make it feel much worse when you have to go out.

Luckily our government owned building has no aircon (or working heating), because they value the staff

robfosters · 25 Jun 2018 at 17:07

XeNoN89 said:
My phone says it's 32C here in Wimbledon right now, pretty warm!

Wimbledon you say, Sweaty balls please