It's too hot :(

Yea loving this weather.

I've been sat out more or less 11-11:30am till about 2-2:30pm every day in the sun this week.

I only come in then as I don't want to push sunburn risk further.

I don't think 30c is too hot for me nights have been ok as well.

Even I'll admit the 40c we had those weeks back wasn't fun.
 
Handling this weather just fine. The cool nights make it tolerable.
You'd think the water companies would all work together and share water under these conditions. People down south can't fill ponds and im about to go out and jet wash the bins and cars.
 
SideWinder said:
Yeah adding a few watering cans but obviously can't use a hosepipe. Just realised we have something to cover half of it with so that will help.
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We don't have a pond but do this for watering garden, stick a bucket or two if you have a big shower in with you when you take a shower then pour this in your pond or use for your plants.
 
gailjon said:
Big difference is that your accommodation will have AC I assume. No ac in homes in UK means no escape from the heat. It's easy being in the States, for example, when you move from ac in car to ac in shops to ac in house.
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We don’t use it, never have €8 per day can be used on doing something else.
House was 32 Celsius upstairs and 29 Celsius downstairs. 33 Celsius outside. Doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Shoulder and knees haven’t aches for over a month also, but as soon as it drops below 20 Celsius they start aching.
 
robj20 said:
Handling this weather just fine. The cool nights make it tolerable.
You'd think the water companies would all work together and share water under these conditions. People down south can't fill ponds and im about to go out and jet wash the bins and cars.
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There's no national water network. How do you propose moving a meaningful amount of water around the country?
 
The problem is they've trousered their profits for goodness knows how long instead of fixing their infrastructure. An ungodly percentage of water is lost through leaks. They currently want the tax payer to foot the cost.
 
The breeze is.nice ,had a mooch down to rock
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Surveyor said:
There's no national water network. How do you propose moving a meaningful amount of water around the country?
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Maybe I didn't makes it clear. They should all work together and share the network, ie link them all together. I mean look how far we in Manchester get our water from so it's possible.
 
LOAM said:
The problem is they've trousered their profits for goodness knows how long instead of fixing their infrastructure. An ungodly percentage of water is lost through leaks. They currently want the tax payer to foot the cost.
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No water issues in Scotland, and of course the fact that Scottish Water is publicly owned is a complete coincidence. ;)
 
Given the number of natural water catchments (lochs) it would be something of a disgrace if Scotland claimed a water shortage, especially given its population size. Plus most of the largest conurbations seemed to drink mainly strong lager and rarely bathe ;)
 
Chillr said:
We don't have a pond but do this for watering garden, stick a bucket or two if you have a big shower in with you when you take a shower then pour this in your pond or use for your plants.
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Thats a brilliant idea actually.

I also just managed to cover 1/5 of the pond (its not that big but its wide) with an old door and its sheltering the 'hottest' part.

Going to add a bit from the hose to a minimum level.

Rain forecast for Monday.
 
Minusorange said:
We don't have plenty, we've been on the way down to 50% total capacity for the last few weeks now and likely to go past it if the forecast months of warmth comes true
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What, the United Utilities reservoirs are at 99%, 69%, 62%, 61%, 59% and 49% to me that doesn't add up to a total of 50%.
Since last week only 1 reservoir went down by -0.1% the rest have all increased one by +6.4%

Haweswater & Thirlmere are at 62.5% this time last year they were at 49.5%.
So yes plenty.

Plenty of rain due next week as well.
 
smilertoo said:
Scotland will soon have issues once England starts stealing the water.
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I appreciate the tounge-in-cheek comment but the huge natural resources in Scotland would likely make them self reliant on energy and water once fully realised. Its likely another reason England don't want Scotland to go independent.

Boris did tout a plan to do this - called the Natural Grid, to divert water from Scotland to England

There is more fresh water in Loch Ness than all the freshwater lakes in England and Wales combined which is pretty staggering.
 
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