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[Bealman]

Just getting all the stuff via the interweb on me phone about the "heatwave" in the UK.   

When I got out of bed the other morning, it was 24° in the kitchen and I put the gas fire on!

Oh, and temps over 30° are expected. Oh no!

[Bealman]

Having said that, the top of me head got badly sunburned back in 2023 on Holy Island, Northumberland, of all places!

[Train Waiting]

Just getting all the stuff via the interweb on me phone about the "heatwave" in the UK. 

When I got out of bed the other morning, it was 24° in the kitchen and I put the gas fire on!

Oh, and temps over 30° are expected. Oh no!

Exactly! More than one nice summer's day is now a 'heatwave', with all sorts of health warnings.

And some snow in winter is a 'Beast from the East' or similar nonsense.

Have we forgotten about seasonal weather?

And, as for this new fixation with naming storms - what nonsense.

Your sunburnt scalp on Holy Island must have been a pain. Perhaps the monks carried parasols ... also handy protection from dive-bombing seabirds, of which there are a good few thereabouts.

With all good wishes.

John

[port perran]

Just getting all the stuff via the interweb on me phone about the "heatwave" in the UK. 

When I got out of bed the other morning, it was 24° in the kitchen and I put the gas fire on!

Oh, and temps over 30° are expected. Oh no!

Exactly! More than one nice summer's day is now a 'heatwave', with all sorts of health warnings.

And some snow in winter is a 'Beast from the East' or similar nonsense.

Have we forgotten about seasonal weather?

And, as for this new fixation with naming storms - what nonsense.

Your sunburnt scalp on Holy Island must have been a pain. Perhaps the monks carried parasols ... also handy protection from dive-bombing seabirds, of which there are a good few thereabouts.

With all good wishes.

John

I couldn't agree more @Train Waiting .
This is Summer weather and a splendid change after what was, until the last day or so, a pretty dismal Spring.

I for one love the heat so no complaints here.
Mind you, I caught the train to Hayle in Cornwall on Saturday to visit the club exhibition.
Super duper weather all the way but Hayle itself was shrouded in damp sea mist with a temperature of about ten degrees. - brrrr.
That's cornwall for you though - I should know as I lived there for 20 years.

[chrism]

When I got out of bed the other morning, it was 24° in the kitchen and I put the gas fire on!

Fahrenheit?

Having said that, the top of me head got badly sunburned back in 2023 on Holy Island, Northumberland, of all places!

Doesn't need to be hot to get sunburn, just clear.

Back in the early eighties I went for a nice walk on the Berwyn mountains in Wales. Twas a nice bright day but very comfortable temperature (aided by the altitude) so we were in shorts and t-shirts.

Couldn't do any walking for the next few days - shorts would have exacerbated the sunburn on the legs and long trousers rubbed it too much.

also handy protection from dive-bombing seabirds, of which there are a good few thereabouts.

Arctic Terns perchance? They are very protective of their nests.

I went to the Farnes one summer and the National Trust warden had a speckly white hat, which he told us started the season as a blue hat 

Carrying the camera tripod over the shoulder was a good defence though - if they don't have anything to deposit they will peck any head they can get to instead, and they can easily draw blood.

[Newportnobby]

Artic Terns perchance? They are very protective of their nests.

They're the real bigguns, aren't they? The size of lorries, if I recall

[chrism]

Artic Terns perchance? They are very protective of their nests.

They're the real bigguns, aren't they? The size of lorries, if I recall

Well spotted