Is it just me counting the days & hours till this heatwave is supposed to end??

[millikins]

I hate it, don't like the heat and can't bear seeing everything brown and crispy. It's so boring too, I am sick of the evening watering the pots to keep them alive, they aren't flourishing and just the lack of variety. I whinge as much at relentless rainy spells or dull grey weather but that's less uncomfortable.
My forecast this evening's gone from 80% chance of thunderstorms Tues to 50% chance of light rain so no guarantee of a let up though it should get cooler.

 

[PurBee]

I guess I am the only crazy one who is doing heavy garden/yard work in this ?? I've been working on removing a pond in my back garden while everything is dry. I've also taken up a small patio and started filling in with dirt and hacking up logs to spread around. Been thinking it's better to get as much heavy stuff removed from the yard now before it becomes even heavier when wet but looks like I am getting to a point now where I am going to have to wait until the ground softens.

I think my house would love some cooler and possibly rainy weather as it will then actually get cleaned....no point when I am working in the garden and/or come home from the yard as my own dustbowl.

I was in the polytunnel cooling plants - it was 36 in there, sweat running off me as it took half hour - i tried to see it as a free ’sweat-lodge’ session ?
I’ve been doing outdoor jobs too, that are much easier when it’s dry, than boggy and wet like we usually have. Taking up a patio and logging might just push me over the edge tho’, youre a trojan!

 

[twofatladies88]

Not long now! I think after today it will start to feel more autumnal - the dawn chorus has recently changed from dramatic thrushes and blackbirds to mewing buzzards and chattering robins.

 

[Trouper]

Thought hot, dry weather was supposed to be good for arthritis - not according to my joints which are complaining loudly. That and lack of sleep are beginning to test my "good" humour. We have a house which is reasonable on the north side but even that is hot now - 2 am saw me sitting out in the garden in nightdress watching the stars. Good job we have no neighbours!!

 

[lynz88]

I was in the polytunnel cooling plants - it was 36 in there, sweat running off me as it took half hour - i tried to see it as a free ’sweat-lodge’ session ?
I’ve been doing outdoor jobs too, that are much easier when it’s dry, than boggy and wet like we usually have. Taking up a patio and logging might just push me over the edge tho’, youre a trojan!

Thankfully it was just a small patio with just paving stones and not the big tiles so is a lot easier and the logs are mostly rotted so easy to hack up with a good shovel ?

I do have to say that I have enjoyed not having to cut the grass every week and a half unlike the spring when I just couldn't keep up with everything. Now it's all dead which makes it easier to keep short and tidy!!

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

We have clouds! Thank goodness for clouds!

(In South West)

 

[scats]

It’s meant to be much cooler today but it still feels awfully muggy and horrid. I slept on top of the covers again last night.

 

[Spotherisk]

We have had a light shower on Dartmoor for half an hour… it’s stopped now but at least it’s cloudy!

 

[Birker2020]

Went to a BBQ at a friends house on Saturday night, they have 200 acres of land and I was amazed to see that one of their grass banks which is man made is as green as anything with thick grass on it and one of their fields is also lush with grass amid other fields that are literally burnt to a crisp and pale beige in colour.

We assume their is a water course or leaking pipe somewhere feeding these areas, but most strange.

Our back garden also has areas of thick grass and yet we don't water it, but half a metre further and its like the desert.

It's going to be oppreshive heat tonight with the rain, starting in our area around 8pm and hopefully after boot camp!

 

[MuddyMonster]

It was 15° degrees at the stable this morning & felt cold ❄ ?

 

[Spotherisk]

Went to a BBQ at a friends house on Saturday night, they have 200 acres of land and I was amazed to see that one of their grass banks which is man made is as green as anything with thick grass on it and one of their fields is also lush with grass amid other fields that are literally burnt to a crisp and pale beige in colour.

We assume their is a water course or leaking pipe somewhere feeding these areas, but most strange.

Our back garden also has areas of thick grass and yet we don't water it, but half a metre further and its like the desert.

It's going to be oppreshive heat tonight with the rain, starting in our area around 8pm and hopefully after boot camp!

We discovered the stables which share our mains water had a leak because of the green patch. Now is a really good time to spot them (our mains comes from over a mile away, under fields and lanes, and rises from a field trough)!

 

[catembi]

Our rain for today has been cancelled! ? We were supposed to get showers at 4pm…

 

[Errin Paddywack]

We have clouds and it is cooler but still muggy and unpleasant. Last evening when up at our field I noticed that all the ash trees leaves were limp, not seen that before.

 

[Alibear]

The heat is OK, but the dryness/lack of rain is terrible. No harvest, no grass, ground like concrete, dust bowl conditions. And the forecast rain for this week is now down to a 50% chance of showers around Wednesday. My garden plants are all dead.
Everyone wants to ride early but technically, the yard doesn't open till 7:30, everyone wants their horses brought in at times that change daily, on top of having to feed hay already, it's driving the YO to the brink again. Can't water the arenas now either.

I'm glad I put Amber in training as if she was at home noting productive would be happening. That said I'm missing her terribly; I haven't seen her for two weeks but am going over tomorrow afternoon.

 

[twofatladies88]

We have a decent amount of rain atm - started 10 minutes ago and looks as though it might carry on for a while.

 

[Annagain]

Woke up this morning to some very welcome rain - very light, barely more than a mist but the breeze is wonderful. If I wasn't worried about my laptop getting wet I think I'd go and work outside today! It's still warm but manageable in comparison.

 

[TPO]

We had thunder and lightning storms last night. It was absolutely wild and went on, noisily, all night. Heavy rain on and off so far this morning. Very soggy ponies this morning and fields are swimming ?

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Cloudy here and much cooler. I haven’t minded this hot arid heat but struggle when it is so humid that I just never feel like I’m hydrated enough. I have been sleeping outside on the unbearably hot nights and it’s been lovely and I have slept surprisingly well.

 

[MarvelVillis]

We have had a light shower on Dartmoor for half an hour… it’s stopped now but at least it’s cloudy!

We're Dartmoor too, and I rejoiced when I woke up to find it raining! I had been bringing my gelding in during the day, as we have a stone American barn which kept cool during the heat, but looking at the forecast for this week he can stay out 24/7 (yay - no more stable chores for now!)

I'm currently 13 weeks pregnant and my body temperature has been higher than normal, but as much as I hated this recent heatwave, I keep thanking my lucky stars that I'm not going to be heavily pregnant in summer (baby is due Feb), as I don't know how I'd cope!

Roll on autumn/winter!

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Still warm and a bit muggy but much, much better than the last few days here. We have no rain but it's said to rain on Tuesday, with big thunder and lightening wednesday and then rain again on friday... so we'll be on flood alert in no time!

 

[Squeak]

The weather has completely broken here, a blissful drizzle and hopefully more today and tomorrow. Such a relief from the relentless heat, I just hope we all get enough rain to help with the dust and brown crispyness everywhere although not the torrential downpours that could cause flooding.

 

[scats]

We have a bit of light rain now. I don’t feel that well today and I’m sure it’s because of the heat over the last few days. I can’t sit in the sun for long (lupus- causes a flare up) but even the shade has been far too warm.

 

[Nasicus]

Woke up to wet ground this morning in Exeter, hope it comes back!
We've had to move all the horses from the back fields up into the big open barn due to the borehole feeding the field water troughs drying up. Barn is close-er to the house which is on a separate borehole and the back fields aren't accessible via anything other than a 4x4, so we're filling containers up by the house and driving them down to the barn to fill waters up.
The girls seem happy enough, they've got plenty of shade and hay in there, and plenty of room and company in the adjoining pens. Still wearing their sweet itch rugs though, guarantee if I let them in there naked they'd have scratched themselves bald and raw in minutes.

 

[lynz88]

Nothing here. Hazy sun and a nice light breeze....I did have a slight headache yesterday so I am assuming we will be getting something in the form of a low pressure system in the next few days but sometimes I get the headache but it doesn't rain right where I am..

 

[SEL]

I'm stomping feet like an angry toddler I WANT RAIN

I have a headache from the heat, have done 2 x trips to the vets with a poorly cat who doesn't seem to want to drink, have a pony with a dodgy tummy that I think is heat related, cracks in the field so big I'm expecting lava through them soon and dove deodorant just doesn't seem to be up to this humidity.

All my saplings that went in last Autumn have died and I've got some expensive established shrubs in the garden that are looking very miserable. If I want days of 30+ degrees then I go to Spain where I organise a swimming pool, air con and a bar.

Still stomping my feet and building up to throwing myself on the floor and screaming loudly

 

[Tiddlypom]

We have rain!! It wasn't due til this evening, but it's been raining steadily here since about 10.30am.

Like others I'm nursing a vile headache this morning, which I'm sure is due to the after effects of the heatwave.

 

[lynz88]

The headaches can easily be related to the change in air pressure (it is a well known 'thing') triggering sinus-related headaches. My head always seems to know when we are in for a massive change of weather and usually beats any meteorologist predictions!!

 

[Annagain]

Gosh your lawn is green Tiddlypom! Ours is a lovely combination of yellow / brown. We have some quite steady rain falling now. Hopefully it'll keep coming like this for the rest of the day. Not torrential enough for flash floods but enough to make a difference in the short term at least.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

We have rain!! It wasn't due til this evening, but it's been raining steadily here since about 10.30am.

Like others I'm nursing a vile headache this morning, which I'm sure is due to the after effects of the heatwave.

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And a gorgeous garden!! Willow trees are my favourite, they seem so magical and relaxing when they blow in the wind.. I'm not sure why.

 

[southerncomfort]

Cloudy, very warm and humid here but at least the sun is behind a cloud.

Had our first hack out for almost a week this morning!

Officially we are under a yellow thunderstorm warning from midnight tonight but no actual storms in the local forecast.