I haven't left the forum, just Spain!


Thanks for your kind words and good wishes.

How is it in the UK?

I am on a one day flying visit this week to clench a property deal, hope it's nice, not set foot for 6 years, worried for some reason.

Which part of the UK are you headed towards? - there have been floods and transport difficulties in parts of the Midlands and the north. Not so bad here in London, in fact it's felt quite pleasant in the sun.

A friend in Sheffield said they had hail stones like marbles. South ok. but could be better for June. Wouldn't think it would matter for one day, if I were in 35C+ temperatures I would welcome the change

Some drought,huh ?
When I got back here a month ago there was great concern about the drought and temps were pushing 30c.
Two days ago it was already the second wettest June on record and could yet be the all time wettest.
Floods and overflowing rivers all around me, fortunately I'm on a hill top.
What July and August have in store who knows ?
How long is a piece of string ?

The weather is not very nice, but otherwise it's as it has always been. Wettest June on record!

Have a good trip!

Well, that's true. Been fairly lucky here on the Surrey/Hants border but still not great. However...who moves to the UK for good weather There is more to life, I had forgotten how stoic the British are, nothing prevents them from having a good time, plastic macs an all..I have been to Founders day at my old school today and everyone was saying what perfect weather it was....well, it was ok. but a bit windy!!

I lived in Sweden long enough to have it repeatedly drilled into me that,
"There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothes."

Fair amount of truth in that as far as cold climates are concerned,.... in contrast to hot climates where its virtually impossible to dress or even undress against excess heat.
Hence here I am making the best of a typical English summer as against suffering the extremes of heat or being prisoner in an air con Spanish house through much of summertime.

I was watching the tennis at Wimbledon on the box and it looked very nice day there. As Dick said, better than 35 degrees in the shade.

One thing I will never miss about Spain is that summer heat, when I could not go out or do anything and was just stuck indoors in front of the fan.

The weather here is OK now, although still wet, but it is bright and sunny in betwen and this morning it is beautiful.

It is great for those holiday. Most newcomers and a few die hards claim to enjoy mid summer heat, but for us living 24/7 at 35 degrees is like hell on earth. Something we can never explain to friends living in the UK.

Glad you are enjoying being "back home".

I was out walking on a local beach yesterday, in between the showers, and I'm always amazed at the number of people on the beach, the weather doesn't seem to faze them. Put a kid on a sandy beach, give them a bucket and spade and they seem totally oblivious to the weather. Especially if they are on holiday, they're going to enjoy it whatever! And all the surfers, kite surfers, dressed in their wetsuits, doesn't matter if it's pouring down. Like you, we've always avoided Spain during July and August, they are welcome to 40º+.

Nowhere is perfect...everywhere in the world gets "weather"!
Perhaps this place



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h7E5rtnFH4

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/da...-like-england/

Nice picture in today's Sunday Times of two children in their macs and wellies, sheltering from "a torrential downpour" that struck an agricultural show in Gloucestershire yesterday - what fun they appeared to be having!

The commentary on Andy Murray's match at Wimbledon yesterday evening kept mentioning how cold it was getting for the spectators before the roof was closed.

I'm not stuck indoors cowering from unbearable heat here in Spain, left the house at 12.45 pm today to go and buy the paper and have a stroll around town, which we did for an hour and it was a very pleasant 32C with a lovely breeze. I'm about to spend an idle couple of hours lying on my sunlounger finishing off the rest of the paper and my book. In fact my normal routine when I'm at home rather than on holiday remains much the same in summer as in winter - go out and do the shopping and other chores in the morning, have lunch, 3 afternoons a week spent at the health club for swimming and fitness classes, another afternoon out somewhere, and so on. The only change is that at this time of year we cross the street to walk on the shady side rather than doing the opposite the rest of the year!

Having got back last Sunday from 4 days shivering in the cold, rain and wind in Manchester, I wouldn't swap. And my family assured me that I hadn't experienced the worst of the weather they'd had by any means.