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SNOW! YAY!!!

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I'm with you! I´ve always said I´ll be far warmer here than most in Spain. Someone here recommends extra layers of clothing, and huddled around the wood burner, that really sounds like good living! :) I seem to remember people here complaining after months of rain last year in Spain, wishing it would stop. And I don´t suffer the mould, the damp, that always features in these forums. Summers? TBH, I know of very few in Spain that do exploit the good weather, most seem to spend their time seeking out shade, somewhere cool, trying to cool down or driving in a/c cars to a/c shopping centres, bars, restaurants etc. How many actually spend the day on the beach, walking in the mountains? Give me a couple of good weeks in the spring/autumn in inland Spain, and I'm happy as Larry, but the 35º'- 40º+, you can keep for me.
But the best of it is, we're all different, we´ve all made the right decision, we´re all perfectly happy with the area we've chosen to live in. Aren´t we?:confused:

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What in January? :rofl: Álora must have changed a bit since I was last there.;)

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As I said, it doesn't do to count your chickens,
You could even be building snowmen by then. :blink:

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January I can sit on the beach in shirtsleeves.
August I sit in the shade.

In between I lie in the sun.

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Yeh, OK Bil. :thumbup:
http://weather.weatherbug.co.uk/Spai...&lang_id=en-gb

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Good lord! It's going to rain. It never occurred to me that it might rain here. It was bad enough when I realised that the sun didn't shine 24 hours a day. How will I ever cope with this?

Let's see now. So far this autumn, we have had one night that almost got down to freezing, 5 or 6 that reached 5, and the rest have been 10 - 18C.

That's minimum temps boys and girls!

I have, in December this year had more perfect sunny days than I had in the whole of the summer of 2009 when I was in the UK. Ditto November.

Of how I envy you the perfect climate you enjoy in the UK.

Tell me, what's the energy costs of the lovely central heated house that you need to have in the UK? (Cos if it were'nt centrally heated, you'd be slitting your wrists after a couple of months.)

I was bitching that my electric bill had gone up a bit over the last two years to a friend in the UK, and he offered to trade me his bills with mine sight unseen!

Do you think I should? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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We don't have the perfect climate, never claimed to have, you're the one that claims to have found Shangi La, you're the one that seems totally obsessed with the weather. As regards UK weather, we do far better than many other parts of the UK, many parts are taking a hammering, so far we are OK, long may it continue. Snow is forecast though, we'll see. My son is in Heathrow at the moment, trying to get to Dubai, and he says loads of people have been told to go home, it chaos.
Heating costs? I honestly haven't a clue, nor do I have to worry about it, it's not an expense that concerns me. I'd rather pay whatever it costs to keep the house warm than be rattling around in an ice box.
Just mentioned Vejer to my wife, and she said that's where we had all that horrendous rain in April. How could she forget!
Anyway, I'll leave to you tell us all about your weather, it'll give you something to do when you are not counting your euros.

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Tell me, what's the energy costs of the lovely central heated house that you need to have in the UK? (Cos if it were'nt centrally heated, you'd be slitting your wrists after a couple of months.)



Ditto without air con in Spain in summer?

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As far as I am concerned, the cost of central heating in the UK in winter or the air con in Spain in summer is irrelevant.

It is a living expense, a necessity like food, you have to pay what you have to pay, because to cut down spoils quality of life.

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Swings and roundabouts.

Many Spanish will have Summertime electric bills as high as the Winter ones, from their aircon units which lots of them consider essential these days.

Plus not many ppl in the UK need truckloads of expensive timber and associated hassle, plus cumbersome gas cylinders to repeatedly deal with, in order to try and maintain a reasonable temperature in poorly designed and badly insulated houses.
In addition I notice a lot of Spanish are now fitting expensive oil burning units and storage tanks. They may save a bit of graft, but still cost arms and legs to run.

For me it's much cheaper to use my UK house in mid-Winter, use the Spanish one Autumn and Spring when the temps are reasonable, then clear off out again to more comfortable temps. in June, before I get roasted like a Christmas turkey.
Variety is the spice.:thumbsup:

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Only some Brits need aircon, when in Spain keep your house cool the same way as the Spanish do. ;);)

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Ah, that'll be the ones with brains then? We have aircon, but by god we don't use it a lot. Our A/C bill added to our energy spend is way waaayyy lower than our energy bill was in the uK, that's for sure.

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Sorry dear, did I touch a nerve? I never claim here is perfect, just that it is for me, one hell of a lot better than the UK. Sure, we had a lot of rain last winter. While we were sitting watching TV in the warm, it used to add a certain extra joy in that we didn't have to go out in it. Actually the rain was far worse in the period before April!

I'm sure you are well off enough to be able to spend money like water to keep warm. For many of us tho, we do have to keep an eye on what we spend.

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That's odd, I seem to remember needing truckloads of wood in the UK to keep warm, or was that an alternative reality? We had two gas cylinders for cooking, just as I have here.

Poorly designed houses? How many houses in the UK are almost uninsulated?

Our house here is built along the East/West axis, with covered terrace and windows arranged so that the sun doesn't shine in. Beautifully designed to keep cool passively.