Rain, rain, go away and stay there

[nineveh_uk]

I am fed up of the rain. I am fed up of the cold between the rain. I am also fed up of the warmth during lighter rain that makes a mockery of the fact that one is dressed for the cold and the rain.

I am likewise fed up of my winter work clothes, which with the exception of the deep winter thick wools, I am still wearing. I am fed up of black boots, black shoes, black skirts, black jackets, black socks, you name it. For light relief, I also have navy blue trousers.

I know we need the rain, but couldn’t it have fallen in February? February is a lost cause in the UK however relatively good the weather, so we might as well get the rain over with then.

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the rain it raineth every day

[azdak]

It's a good thing you've got a holiday to plan. I hear Turkey gets a lot of sun (and is practically Europe).

Also, I have waited bloody years to be smug about Austria's superior sunny weather (the year we moved, global warming hit and England always seemed to have as much sun, if not more, than we did), and now, at last, I can. Hottest April on record. May shaping up to be the same.

Deep thick winter wools? What does that mean?

Re: the rain it raineth every day

[nineveh_uk]

Turkey definitely counts as Europe - I've been before, but it was ten years ago and it was great, so a different bit of Turkey is definitely on the possibles list (and recommended as a place to sail round, not that I have done that).

Hottest April on record. May shaping up to be the same.

I've just looked at the forecast and smugness seems entirely reasonable. Given the speed of sound, the noise of my envious muttering should reach you later this morning.

What does that mean?

The sort of very warm wool clothing you wear to work in the middle of winter in a Georgian building with single-glazed sash windows with lots of panels in them, a glass cupola, and a heating system that refuses to reach the top floor. Lined wool flannel trousers, knee-length wool jersey coat. That sort of thing. I am still wearing the wool jackets and finer wool jumpers, just not in three layers.

[aunty_marion]

With you all the way there.

I'm fed up of still needing to wear a long-sleeved nightshirt AND bedsocks in bed most night. Of having to wear a vest and/or T-shirt under my top in the day. Of having to wear warm socks and shoes, or risk frozen toes.

I think my sweet peas may be drowning, rather than hardening off.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It's ridiculous. Can't we just have average weather? I'd be happy with that! I don't ask for shorts and T-shirts, just lighter-weight trousers and to finally think I could take my ankle-length winter wool coat to the dry cleaner to mark the end of the season.

My sweet peas haven't appeared - not sure if I have done something wrong or they are old.

[aunty_marion]

The sweet peas were a present from a friend - a kit with 3 pots and a pack of compost and about 20 seeds. And they all germinated, though I've lost a couple where the stems broke during repotting. They're now in 6 pots, about 3 or 4 to a pot, and I've given up and left them outside; they're standing on a layer of newspaper on a plastic bag in a large seed tray. They're just going to have to take their chances.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for them - I love the scent of sweet peas.

My courgettes are doing nicely, but they haven't been outside yet.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling, I'm still wearing my wool tights, winter skirts and my thick wool coat and am likewise thoroughly bored of them :( At this point, I'd settle for lighter tights and not freezing in two lightish top layers - my last warm cardigan is looking thoroughly worn out from all the wear it has got this winter.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Considering what to wear to the theatre on Saturday night, the answer was easy - a mid-winter dress...

[white_hart]

I am also fed up with the rain, despite having a ridiculously cheerful flowery raincoat and having been trying very hard to wear bright colours. I am particularly fed up with the way the rain always happens at lunchtime and leads to me getting back to the office with wet feet because I refuse to wear boots in May.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It is always lunchtime, isn't it? Whatever time I decide to go out, it will start raining at that point.

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

Last night I slept in a vest top, pyjamas and a cardigan and had a hot water bottle. And the gutter is hanging sideways off the roof and the rain is soaking into the walls and the damp patch on the ceiling is getting bigger and if this carries on, the house will fall down. Yes, I need to phone a builder.

The open-air swimming pool opens on the 19th but at the moment early morning swimming is not enticing. Twice now we have planned tea in the pub beer garden with friends and their kids (it has play equipment and does sausages and chips as well as alcohol and a good time is had by all) but we've been rained off. And I am pleased the primary school focuses on Outdoor Learning, but by May I expect it not to involve every day being someone else's turn to come home covered in mud.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It is ridiculous. Last night I was a bit hot, but that's because it was cloudy here, and also because I was wearing pyjamas, had a thick duvet and flannel sheet, and had used the electric blanket before going to bed.

Early morning swimming at the outdoor pool sounds astronomically unenticing at the moment.

[catkind.livejournal.com]

With you.
But wasn't it busy snowing in February?

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Only a bit - not enough to equate to significant rainfall. I would, however, accept lots and lots of snow in February in lieu of lots and lots of rain.