The official 2015 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

[Blib]

Hire car with a foot operated parking brake.

[iambeowulf]

Yeah, same as Mercedes.
That must be a Chrysler or Dodge, or maybe a Hyundai!

[Blib]

iambeowulf said:

Yeah, same as Mercedes.
That must be a Chrysler or Dodge, or maybe a Hyundai!

Nissan Pathfinder.

[iambeowulf]

Blib said:

iambeowulf said:

Yeah, same as Mercedes.
That must be a Chrysler or Dodge, or maybe a Hyundai!

Nissan Pathfinder.

Thought so.

[Puggit]

A dash of good news is that the charts appear to indicate that we've stepped away from the worst prospect of a train of Atlantic storms. We're far away from a perfect summer but more likely to return to what we had before. Meaning the South enjoying what little heat there is with a relatively stable outlook and the North (paticularly NW) getting the poorer weather.

[neelyp]

11 degrees here in Falkirk, Central Scotland this morning, with a cheeky wee breeze just to make it feel even cooler.
This is the stiest summer I can remember for a while.
It's starting to get me down.

[anonymous-user]

neelyp said:

11 degrees here in Falkirk, Central Scotland this morning, with a cheeky wee breeze just to make it feel even cooler.
This is the stiest summer I can remember for a while.
It's starting to get me down.

It feels like autumn in Cheshire and has done for a while.

a genuine chill in the damp air and I wouldn't sit outside even with a chimnea on full pelt due to the damp.

My wife even put the heating on the other night and I couldn't really complain.

Grim.

[Adenauer]

iambeowulf said:

Blib said:

iambeowulf said:

Yeah, same as Mercedes.
That must be a Chrysler or Dodge, or maybe a Hyundai!

Nissan Pathfinder.

Thought so.

[Electronicpants]

neelyp said:

11 degrees here in Falkirk, Central Scotland this morning, with a cheeky wee breeze just to make it feel even cooler.
This is the stiest summer I can remember for a while.
It's starting to get me down.

Eleven, ELEVEN, you lucky lucky bd, the weather gods must like you, 9 degrees at 11am this morning in Glasgow with a constant drizzle and so overcast the autoheadlights were on.

I was so cold I had my heated seat on high.

Late July in the West of Scotland folks, woop.

[Waynester]

Just seen the weather and they confirmed what many have already said - the Jetstream unfortunately is sweeping across the UK lower than normal hence the train of low pressure fronts. Doesn't look like there is going to be much change for the remainder of the summer either.

Next few days look better though, in the south at least.

[VEA]

It's not actually been too bad around here (South Oxfordshire). Cool at night but the days have been OK if a little wet at times.

[Puggit]

Last night's minimums...

[schmalex]

Quite a pleasant morning here so I'm off fishing with my lad in an hour

[VEA]

Positively warm here in Henley today.

[NRS]

Electronicpants said:

neelyp said:

11 degrees here in Falkirk, Central Scotland this morning, with a cheeky wee breeze just to make it feel even cooler.
This is the stiest summer I can remember for a while.
It's starting to get me down.

Eleven, ELEVEN, you lucky lucky bd, the weather gods must like you, 9 degrees at 11am this morning in Glasgow with a constant drizzle and so overcast the autoheadlights were on.

I was so cold I had my heated seat on high.

Late July in the West of Scotland folks, woop.

Unlucky you southern softies! We just managed to avoid going below 12C here. You should come to the arctic and enjoy a proper summer!

[mudflaps]

Waynester said:

Next few days look better though, in the south at least.

No matter what the temperature is it's always better in the South

[Puggit]

Hot in Suffolk!

[Swanny87]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Rain is always welcome as far as I am concerned this time of year, worse case is hardly a monsoon anyway!

You could have fooled me last Friday on the M40, down to 50 'cos it was like a 3 lane lake. (And still some knobs didn't have any lights on!)

[knight]

It's been a lovely day in West Sussex, in fact I'm still sitting in the garden

[Alex Langheck]

Waynester said:

Just seen the weather and they confirmed what many have already said - the Jetstream unfortunately is sweeping across the UK lower than normal hence the train of low pressure fronts. Doesn't look like there is going to be much change for the remainder of the summer either.

Next few days look better though, in the south at least.

I can well believe that. Here in the North West it's been mostly awful - even when we had a 'hot spell' it was still windy. I can't remember the last time I had a bike ride and it wasn't wind affected. You'd expect a nice gentle breeze at this time of year, not strong winds.
It seems the south have had the best of the summer. Enjoy!! Not jealous at all.....