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Summer 2018 best ever?

1StevieG
1StevieG Posts: 10,964
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Don’t know about you lot but this is turning out to be to be one of the best ever Summers in my lifetime ( and I was 4 when we had the longest lasting heatwave ) and watching the latest weather forecasts it looks like we are in for yet more prolonged sunshine.

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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    It's murder on Ms AA's allotment. Ms AA's away for the week-end. Guess who's going the watering. Don't talk to me about 'best ever'.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    The thing about '76 was that it was hot and sunny through June when we were at school and then nearly all through the 6 week break. The weather broke the last week of August when we were at Sinah Warren on Hayling Island. Most schools break up this week so '18 has some way to go yet.
    1975 was also an extremely hot and sunny summer but was eclipsed (sorry) and soon forgotten by '76. Funnily enough both Saturdays of the Lords Test matches in '75&'76 were washed out by rain.
    Other memorable hot summers were 1990, '97 and 2006.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    Riviera said:

    The thing about '76 was that it was hot and sunny through June when we were at school and then nearly all through the 6 week break. The weather broke the last week of August when we were at Sinah Warren on Hayling Island. Most schools break up this week so '18 has some way to go yet.
    1975 was also an extremely hot and sunny summer but was eclipsed (sorry) and soon forgotten by '76. Funnily enough both Saturdays of the Lords Test matches in '75&'76 were washed out by rain.
    Other memorable hot summers were 1990, '97 and 2006.

    When the weather broke in '76, Dennis Howell had just been made Minister of Drought. We got floods.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Don’t worry, it won’t last much longer. The forecast for my Devon holiday is showing rain 6 out of 7 days :-(
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,888
    Don't worry (yet) @afkabartram, next week's detail is far from confirmed although overall the summer weather is likely to continue. Any rain will be showers at most ..... but having holidayed as a child in Devon many times it can rain a lot there ;-)
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    It’s my natural default to worry @Hex :-)
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    '76 was much hotter, with no clouds. Loved that year!
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,640
    Just for some balance, spare a thought for us pale white Englishmen who look like lobsters after 10 minutes in the sun.
    Bring on the storms!
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    edited July 2018
    Baldybonce said:

    Just for some balance, spare a thought for us pale white Englishmen who look like lobsters after 10 minutes in the sun.
    Bring on the storms!

    Don't be a spoil sport, this weather is fantastic. Just stay in doors until October and you will be fine :wink:
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    Remember the slogan from 1976 during the water shortages?

    "Save water, bath with a friend".

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    The past month with the weather and the football has been pukka. Had some quality boozing sessions.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    Some of the cricket pitches i have played on in the last month have been like death valley
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    edited July 2018
    I’ll be making like Bing Crosby and dancing in the rain as soon as I see raindrops.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    I got my first real 6 string.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    ValleyGary said:

    The past month with the weather and the football has been pukka. Had some quality boozing sessions.

    Not to mention the clunge on view.

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