Anyone else feeling a bit chilly already?
 

I have a feeling that we're in for another cold winter. I've been feeling really cold in the house for the past couple of weeks - back to long trousers and socks and having to put my old tracksuit top on while I'm on the computer as my hands are so cold!!!

Also, the duvet's firmly back on the bed - anyone else experiencing this or am I on my own ?

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Ditto

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same here

although I am sitting by open patio doors at the moment it's getting chilly at night



the duvet isn't on yet - though I have a feeling that before the weekend's out it will be


jeans, t-shirts & socks have already replaced the cropped trousers, vest tops & flip flpos of only a week or so ago

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Well, we are supposed to be heading for summer here and where I am, it is 6 degrees outside - and peeing down. :(

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Yep.I think my shorts will be put away for the winter this weekend:rofl:

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A crowd of us meet up in a local bar every Monday evening and last week everyone was in long trousers and winter woollies - apart from a couple of tourists in their shorts :)

I feel it's still too early to have any heating on so it's just a case of wrapping up a bit more for a while!

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Brrr!!!! - that is chilly :(

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Hi,
I dont uderstand, the sun is shining and its still summer in the air.
Maybee you are on the wrong place.

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I teach Spanish to groups in a bar - we have actually sat inside a couple of times this week - even when it wasn't raining!!


one of my friends says she has her heating set to come on at 20 C & it keeps coming on at night!!!:ohmy:

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WHIMPS :rofl:

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No cooling down quick enough for me :)
No quilt yet, but have just closed the bedroom window at night. One dog on the bottom of the bed the other still half way up the stairs :blink:
Funny when we where in France (Cannes area) end of August we where thinking about putting a quilt on then, there. :unsure:

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I agree with you Fred....WHIMPS the lot of them! lol lol lol

I wear my shorts all year round near to Javea and get strange looks from the locals but I have the last laugh when they are drying their long trousers and jeans for a day or two after rains.
My legs dry in seconds! lol lol lol
Method in my madness

chicaron del norte

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No duvet yet but I've gone from sandals to boots without passing through the awkward shoe phase.

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Yep, feeling chilly too.

Fire has been lit and logs have been ordered.

Jumpers on and the cats have cold ears again.:lol:

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Well - the wind's whipping down from the mountain as I speak. It IS warmer outside but I have to use the computer inside - maybe I should just go for a walk to warm up!

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Well, I'm in the Axarquia too, and not feeling at all cold yet. The temperature in the house is still 24C, haven't put a quilt on the bed yet, just a sheet and a thin fleece blanket which we have to pull over us some time in the early hours. Still wearing sleeveless dresses or tops (me!) and shorts (the OH) and sandals.

But we are in Velez-Malaga, only 4km from the coast, so maybe you are nearer to the mountains.

Back in England I lived 1000 ft above sea level and believe me that cured me of wanting to live in the hills, the weather was terrible.

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That's probably it ;) We are in the mountains behind Periana. We always notice the change in temperature when we drive down to Velez. The first winter we were here we used to get all dressed up in long trousers, woollen jumpers, warm jackets etc. only to get to Velez & Torré (only a 40 minute drive away) to find everyone in shorts & T-shirts and we'd be sweltering!

(MY sig has a link to something I wrote a while ago about the snow we had a couple of years ago!)

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Well, it's back to Jeans and trainers for me, and a T shirt, or even a rugby shirt on top of that if it's a cold night. The Duvet is on, and has been for a few weeks now, but please god we don't have to light the stove for a long while yet.

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I’m still in shorts and there’s a cooling fan above my head. We’ve got three young family members over from England at the moment and they were splashing about in the pool earlier, at 18 degrees. I stop going in at 20.

We still haven’t put the carpets down either. But the dark clouds are gathering.

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I wore my long coat and scarf today, for the first time since April. Although we should escape it here in London, frost is forecast tonight for parts of the UK. The clocks go back in a couple of weeks, and it'll then be dark at 4 most evenings. Autumn is often very beautiful in the UK because of the trees and leaves, but unfortunately the days in which to enjoy them are very short. Still, the Xmas adverts have started here :eek: Yep, I'm jealous of you guys in Spain!

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Autumn. That's the season where the sky is grey, the ground is squishy and the clincher, the leaves are brown.

As opposed to winter when everything is the same except there are no leaves......

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Except not true,even the coastal areas can experience temperatures down to zero and bad spells of weather.
The Canaries is the handiest place to virtually avoid Winter.
Spain can often be typical of the UK, the Canaries very rarely.

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That's why we opted for the far south. The last thing wanted was more of the UK's appalling climate.

We go down to sub zero a few times, which comes as a nasty shock for the less hardy plants. However, the important difference is this. No matter how bad the Spanish winter, I know that there will be a good summer waiting in the wings.

In the Uk, an indifferent shite winter was all too often followed by an indifferent, shite, spring, summer and then autumn.

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You live in the wrong part of the deep south bil

Sub zero is unknown here :thumbup:

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Yes last winter, which those that know this part of the deep south say, was the worst for 70 yes 70 years my outdoor thermometer which transmits inside and records max and min told me the lowest temp reached in 24 hrs over the period Oct 09 to Oct 10 was 2.5*

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Well, we chose the south atlantic coast for a number of reasons. We didn't want to be on the Costa Hormigòn, so the Costa de la Luz was all that was left. We may get the odd subzero night, which is a pain, as you end up protecting your tender plants a lot of nights unnecesarily, but miss the wrong night, and you lose some lovely plants.

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We are here on the CDL but north of you and perhaps lower just 20m or so above sea level.

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I'm away from the Hormigon but nat far enough.

Last winter the minimum recorded was 5c

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I'm not sure if we aren't lower, as we are on the banks of what was the La Janda lagoon.

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Oh diddums... bless you all! They give it snow for the tail end of next week on high ground! SNOW!!! Its bloody October! Snow!!!

This global warming is really confusing ya know.

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I remember snow one June in the UK.

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Yeah I remember it snowing bloody hard in May one year when I lived in the Cotswolds... still....

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Just 2 years ago back at my place, but there again it's .
not all that unusual in June.

Seems no time at all since all these Spanish based moaning minnies were all complaining about excess heat,and now it's back to bellyaching about the cold again.

Just no pleasing some folk or maybe it's all down to climate change after all ?

I try to concentrate mainly on the in-between periods for my time in Spain now, or Spring and Autumn, such as they are.

However by far the best solution for those who have weather at the top of their list of priorities is the Canaries.

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We visited Torrevieja seafront yesterday and the town was basking in sunshine and it was packed, mostly with foreign holidaymakers, which is unusual.

We only just managed to find a table at one of the line of restaurants overlooking the sea and asked the waiter who was rushing around serving his many customers. He explained that it was some kind of German holiday and they had all come to Torrevieja.

Listening to the accents all around, he was right, although the Scandinavians were also well represented. You can’t miss them, they’re all fair-haired giants.

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I feel for you.

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:rofl:

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If time transference (the Beam me up Scotty type) was available now, I would expect to see you suddenly emerging at Keepers on the front, probably in your green wellies.

However, don’t expect to see me emerging in the middle of Buckfastleigh in my shorts, I’d be sure to have forgotten my umbrella.

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I read somwhere that Lidel Spain have got Electric blanckets on offer this week.

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I would not be seen dead in either place.

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I started this thread & I don't believe you'll find any post in which I complained about excess heat!

I'll be down there :thumbup: