Summer 2018 - thread

[robfosters]

We’re now a few days through April and the weather seems to be perking up finally. Seems a good time to start the summer thread.

I’ve been thoroughly depressed at this winter. It’s gone on forever. Just when you thought we were over the worst, along came another beast to depress us sun lovers again. Nice to see change finally in the air.

Hopefully the weather gods will reward us for the bleak winter with a long hot summer. I’m not up on reading weather charts and the like, so hopefully our amateur forecasters (I’m looking at you Rroff), will be along soon to bring us some good news or just depress us even more.

Here’s to cool lager, beer gardens, bbq’s, salads, sunburn, people whinging that it’s too hot and hellish public transport.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

Highs of 14 degrees where i am today.

I expect everyone to be in sunglasses, shorts and flip flops.

Call me a masochist but i really enjoy being stuck in traffic on those scorchers where almost every surface in the car is unbearably hot.

 

[iamtheoneneo]

This winter has definitely dragged this year, Its not been crazy cold apart from a week or two but its just miserable.
Looking forward to Spring and Summer!

Need to start prepping the garden now as last year was mega late and the weather goes from -1c to 20c in no time.

 

[GhostlyPea]

Getting warmer over here in Beckenham way. Nice to have the windows open without freezing my nuts off. Already started looking at camping gear for this years festivals too

- GP

 

[mrbazmondo]

Sorry mate, no summer this year due to cut backs, autumn is on the way!

 

[Glaucus]

this weather is amazing, still gets cold at night though. won't be long till I'm complaining of the heat.
hot nights and sleep just don't work together. will be paying my own electricity this summer, so not sure i can afford to run the air con again.

 

[jsmoke]

It was a nasty winter, did I read the worst on record. Bring the 'sun'.

 

[UTmaniac]

It's supposedly ~12C here (SO18) this afternoon, but the wind is a bit gusty at ~25-30mph, given I'm also not sure if my flu-like bug has gone I'm not sure I want to deal with those sort of crosswinds on the bike.

 

[IronWarrior]

Summer sucks.

 

[el_dazza]

Bring on the barbecues.. hopefully.

Summer will be from 14th-31st May this year probably. July will be wet and miserable as normal

 

[mrbazmondo]

Summer sucks.

It does when it too hot. I hope we don't get any crazy heat waves this year.

 

[FlyingScotsman]

Here is hoping for a scorcher this year, we are certainly due one.

 

[Eurofighter]

I can't wait for a bbq. Already had a couple of beers outside in a beer garden in the last week or so.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

I can't wait for a bbq. Already had a couple of beers outside in a beer garden in the last week or so.

Had our first BBQ on Wednesday

 

[caff]

In a pub now, well, outside. Beautiful evening. Enjoy a clear night when it comes along as it'll probably rain tomorrow!

I really want a BBQ now.

 

[Malevolence]

It's going to be weird for me, I love the warmer weather but I'm under Doctor's orders not to go out in the Sun. It's going to be a pretty miserable Summer for me.

 

[Captain]

Warm evenings means longer outside on my motorbike.

 

[Bassmansam]

It's going to be weird for me, I love the warmer weather but I'm under Doctor's orders not to go out in the Sun. It's going to be a pretty miserable Summer for me.

May I ask why?

 

[Schizo]

Night worker here,bedroom gets a tad to hot during the summer i must say

 

[Malevolence]

May I ask why?

I suffer from severe adult eczema (one of the most acute cases my consultant dermatologist has ever seen in all his years), and one of my many medications forbids it.

Last Summer I forgot, and walked down the local shop in shorts, within half an hour of getting back the bottom half of my legs that were exposed to the sun (from my knees to my socks) had turned bright red, swollen up and started to ooze.