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Spot on. I loathed summers and most of the spring back in Atlanta all of my adult life (for some reason it wasn't so bad when I was a kid). I'll take the mild Welsh winters and the cool rainy summers any day of the week over the heat and humidity and the bugs of the American South. I know ya'll (as in Brits) always seem to be seeking the sun..........As an American I just want cool shade.:lol:

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I never give the weather a thought when I moved...I find I'm not such an out doors person since moving to the USA..too humid in summer...to cold in winter...

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I'm with you all the way on that. It's 5:30 p.m, and I've been trying to get outside all day to try and get some weeding done before my farewell party tomorrow (yay). But it's so damn hot and humid -- and it's September!!!!! Disgusting. Oh well, off to douse myself in mosquito repellent (something else I won't miss) and into the jungle. Give me a shady rainy garden any day.

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How did a thread about returning home after 50 years become a weather thread within four posts????

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Stream of consciousness at 11 p.m.

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How many Welsh winters have you done Scout ?

I can understand your comments about excessive heat and humidity but must admit that it's the welsh winters that have driven me to Oz.

I know it's shallow but I absolutely hated the weeks of solid rain. I've just done my first Melbourne winter and have loved the fact that I've been able to walk my dogs every day (without them getting wet and smelly).

The only irony now is that I'm worried about the lack of water !!! ;)

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Every time I dry off the muddy dog when we get back from a walk, she invariably walks through the kitchen to the hallway (cream-colored paint on the walls of course) and has a good shake. I've given up trying to clean it off and now I have cream and brown polka-dotted walls up to about 2 feet from the ground. :o

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Just two fulltime winters so far.........with trips over every winter since 2001. People I talk to don't seem to believe how cold it can get in Atlanta since it is in the American South......but Atlanta's winters overall seem to be much colder than Welsh winters (I'm near Cardiff). My husband could never get used to Atlanta's cold winters. I think the Gulf Stream really benefits us with the milder temps in the winter here.

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Snap !

I used to have those as well.

The other thing I learnt is that carpet and dogs do not mix - the smell just sinks in and won't come out !

Looking at Scout's reply though I wouldn't have minded if Wales had been colder - I love walking in a frosted landscape. What I hated was that any 'snow' only seems to last about 3 hours and then turns to a horrible brown slush, again definitely not condusive to clean dogs.

Now all I have to worry about are the snakes, heartworm and ticks :(