Worst thing about summer?

8 years ago

I started a discussion the other day asking what you think is the best thing about the summer, but I'm sure some of you have some negative things to say, too. So the stage is yours, what do you dislike the most about this season?

Perhaps... slugs?

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ali270

8 years ago

The worst thing about summer in England is not having one !

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Najeebah
8 years ago
on the note of insects... mosquitoes and moths when they're indoors
Laura
8 years ago
When it's hot :-)
I suit the cooler climate. Can't wait to get my winter boots out of the wardrobe.
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modernistlover
8 years ago
I will say the rain as all its done is rain all summer. Or maybe I notice it more as I count down the days to new roof install!
Sandra Walsh
8 years ago
The scorching sun, threat of fires, the lack of water and the expense of water.
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8 years ago
Having to mow the lawn. Watering the garden. Being too hot. Squinting. Burning my hands on the steering wheel when you first get in the car. My hair going frizzy if I get a bit sweaty. Feeling like I ought to be DOING more when I actually feel like doing less. Other people constantly saying how much they LOVE the sun. Having to see other peoples excess unsightly flesh on parade. Wasps circling when you're eating and FLIES!
Sandra Walsh
8 years ago
fizzfan54, and that too ;) !
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Stella Michael
8 years ago
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In London, the new buses with windows that don't open and no air conditioning! So basically you are being roasted in a big red metal box! ... and that's the new buses, the old ones with tiny slot windows were bad enough! Crazy ... who thought of this idea!? Someone who never uses them I suspect. Normally I prefer catching the bus compared to being underground but in summer it's pretty awful (I guess one reason to be grateful it doesn't get very warm for very long).
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8 years ago
I'm genuinely shocked Stellahome about new buses in London not having windows that open. The RSPCA prosecute people that leave animals in closed cars on hot days, so this just sounds horrendous! I'm guessing the door must be left open but you're right WHOEVER THOUGHT OF THIS IDEA! - Proof that morons operate at very high levels in this world.
philip mills
8 years ago
Must be the rain can never plan a BBQ for next week we always say we'll wait and see what it's like at the weekend
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8 years ago
It has to be rainy days for me Emmeline......the typical english summertime weather. I am a total sun worshipper and being outdoors really notice the lack of consistent sun we experience here.
bruket
8 years ago
ali270, think of us in Scotland.......
soozmacrae
8 years ago
Never being able to plan ahead for an out door activity or bbq, because of the weather.
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Stella Michael
8 years ago
fizzfan54 I know it's hard to believe! None of the windows open on the upper or lower decks and even in the brief time the doors open it's not enough to cool the whole bus, especially as the bus is obviously static when the doors open, and I haven't even thought about going upstairs. The legal limit for transporting animals is 30C but there is no legal limit for transporting people! Even in the 20s (C) it get's really hot and quite stifling ... http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/30/people-are-hot-and-confused-over-londons-new-windowless-buses-5273679/

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/07/dont-ride-londons-new-routemaster-bus-during-todays-heatwave-unless-you-want-to-cook/
ali270
8 years ago
Sorry bruket...so , the worst thing about summer in the British Isles.......
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8 years ago
Hi stellahome. This is insane. I've just checked out some news articles and the bus company are encouraging people to complain.....its adding insult to injury. They need to hold their hands and admit what idiots they are and offer compensation!Im guessing it'll take someone being hospitalised with heat exhaustion to get them to do the right thing which is ground these buses until the air conditioning is sorted out! Still genuinely shocked. Can only imagine how the poor bus drivers must be feeling!!!
Sonia
8 years ago
I hate the way wasps arrive in late summer as soon as you decide to eat outside. Also hate the flies that come into the house as soon as the doors are open and then bang into the windows trying to get out! Don't mind slugs and snails as they provide food for all our amazing wildlife from birds and frogs to little hedgehogs.
k11agl
8 years ago
When humidity is high. I can just about live with 38 degree C but not quite so if the humidity is at 90%! Funnily enough, I came from a place with summers like this - a previous British colony in Far East Asia!
alant1000
8 years ago
Getting sun cream in my eyes. Stings like mad!
clarkage60
8 years ago
West Cumbria had rain every day for weeks garden waterlogged ugh!
freda Fitness
6 years ago
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Being at work, sitting at a desk in a room without windows and knowing its sunny and warm outside! Arrghh!!!
liz gear
6 years ago
Living in Devon it's the rain which I find totally depressing. Once started we're usually in for 3/4 months grey and wet.
moiraford
6 years ago
Ahh Liz that's true, but on the upside, after the rain comes the sun, making our grass lush for our cows to make clotted cream!! Yummy.
Irene Spinks
6 years ago
It's not long enough, people who walk around the streets with their shirts off. Wasps, greenfly, rain. But I wouldn't want to be anywhere else than an English country garden in June
LTS
6 years ago
When it's 26C+ the heat makes me feel exhausted. I am definitely a spring/autumn/winter girl :)
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When it ends.
Maggie Booth
6 years ago
slugs and wasps

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