I think the problem isn't (well, for some) so much the temperature or the amount of rain as much as so many days are just overcast and quite grey, even if they aren't rainy or particularly cold.Went through the rainfall climate stats between Bedfordshire and my actual village county since it's these places that I usually compare.
Rainfall difference in days: Bedfordshire has +19 rainy days a year (but the village has more rainy days from November to March)
Rainfall difference in mms: The village has +71 mm of rain a year (but Bedfordshire gets more volume from May to September)
So I stand by my previous comment that the weather in the UK is actually a lot nicer than what the stereotype suggests.
The winters are even milder in comparison, spring and autumn are relatively similar and the main differences (that probably cause the exaggeration) come from summer.
It does matter which bit of the UK you look at in terms of the amount of rain. For perfectly solid geographical reasons which @Soldi will explain to you, the west coasts are much rainier than the rest of the country.Went through the rainfall climate stats between Bedfordshire and my actual village county since it's these places that I usually compare.
Rainfall difference in days: Bedfordshire has +19 rainy days a year (but the village has more rainy days from November to March)
Rainfall difference in mms: The village has +71 mm of rain a year (but Bedfordshire gets more volume from May to September)
So I stand by my previous comment that the weather in the UK is actually a lot nicer than what the stereotype suggests.
The winters are even milder in comparison, spring and autumn are relatively similar and the main differences (that probably cause the exaggeration) come from summer.
The maybe it means we appreciate the good weather all the more !Beautiful day here too today
I think it's also the frequency of the rain as well. London gets a lot less rain in terms of total rainfall than many other European cities, but we get frequent showers, rather than heavy outbursts. And they often occur in summer.It does matter which bit of the UK you look at in terms of the amount of rain. For perfectly solid geographical reasons which @Soldi will explain to you, the west coasts are much rainier than the rest of the country.
That's one of my most favourite differences, loved it!the long summer days, particularly that period in mid-June when it never gets properly dark up here.
I think it always relates to the experiences we carry along when comparing, having lived in a place where it almost feels like it starts to rain in November and stops in March, and as much as I love the sun, am less likely to complain for a cloudy day. But I used the rain reference as the comparison because the stereotype here and probably elsewhere in the south is that "in the UK it rains all the time".I think the problem isn't (well, for some) so much the temperature or the amount of rain as much as so many days are just overcast and quite grey, even if they aren't rainy or particularly cold.
I’m happily enjoying sitting in the glow from the window, shall brave a walk in the park at lunchtimeHere too. (But haven’t ventured outside yet. Could be deathly cold like yesterday.)
the DIMENSIONS to this songThe maybe it means we appreciate the good weather all the more !Beautiful day here too today
You're not going to understand this, but I love the cloudy non-sunny summer in London (applies to UK in general I guess). Best weather ever for summer.
What I've missed the most when I was in the UK was the sea. I've seen it once in Blackpool but otherwise the closest I got to it was that little beach outside the Shakespeare's theater in Thames.
I agree with this 100%THE GOOD: the people are generally fucking hilarious, OR it's just me, but I don't think so. I'm not sure the Brits understand this about themselves, that their humour is second to none. And that the average person in the street in most other countries (the rest of Northern Europe for starters) will be painfully DULL to converse with, whereas my experience visiting the UK and meeting British people abroad has been exactly the opposite. I've struck up a chat with a random taking her rubbish out in Glasgow and it was a joy, I've also had a lady coming out of the Anne Frank House tell me not to bother paying admission because she's not in today. There's a stereotype that Brits are cold but I don't find that's true at all.
Love this and completely agree (the press is vile, for a start, not all of it but enough of it) - and yes, obviously subjective, but I adore the British sense of humour. It’s uniquely dry, self-depreciating and at times absurdist.THE GOOD: the people are generally fucking hilarious, OR it's just me, but I don't think so. I'm not sure the Brits understand this about themselves, that their humour is second to none. And that the average person in the street in most other countries (the rest of Northern Europe for starters) will be painfully DULL to converse with, whereas my experience visiting the UK and meeting British people abroad has been exactly the opposite. I've struck up a chat with a random taking her rubbish out in Glasgow and it was a joy, I've also had a lady coming out of the Anne Frank House tell me not to bother paying admission because she's not in today. There's a stereotype that Brits are cold but I don't find that's true at all.
THE BAD: I find the British press very mean-spirited, same as much of the public discourse actually. The US is different, sort of oaf-y and loud, but I wouldn't say nasty. Brits go for the jugular. It would take me a while to get used to if I lived there.
!I've also had a lady coming out of the Anne Frank House tell me not to bother paying admission because she's not in today.
You may have missed my PREVIOUS POST in this thread where I listed lots of things I like about Britain!There’s no way to say this without sounding a bit xenophobic, but @Peekaboo WHY DO YOU LIVE HERE?
Everything you post suggests you utterly loathe Britain and everything about it
My understanding is the three prongs are safer, it’s an earth so less chance of electric shocksAnd this is OT but I saw this and since we’ve already discussed this earlier I’m posting it here:
UK still ugliest. Why are there so many, and wtf Greenland and Turkmenistan?!
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Next you’ll be slagging off our glorious leader, the queen and Sarah LancashireYou may have missed my PREVIOUS POST in this thread where I listed lots of things I like about Britain!
I'm not too familiar with Sarah Lancashire but any country that can continually sustain a plethora of talented, middle-aged theatre actresses in its star system must be doing something right.Next you’ll be slagging off our glorious leader, the queen and Sarah Lancashire
Very true. And also agree that living in a capital/living in the country does shape to some extent how you handle social interactions.And people WILL talk to you, certainly outside of London.
The thing is we've had sockets with 3 prongs (circular) for years but they were canceled because of safety problems and that's how the schuko became the norm.My understanding is the three prongs are safer, it’s an earth so less chance of electric shocks