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By Will 2 years ago, mid-July Leave a comment on this post
35 degrees is just wrong. 36 is hell.
We Brits weren’t designed to live like this. That’s why when thousands invade Spain and France in July and August they return looking like tomatoes. It’s all very well having a heatwave but only if you live by the sea.
Roll on winter, jackets, wind and pubs with open fires. Heatwaves should, frankly, be outlawed.
You big girls blouse!
And I thought I was a whinger. If you’re struggling with the heat take doctor Sean’s advice and visit the seaside for a dose of cold beer, sea breeze and pretty girls.
If it doesn’t work - keep repeating the dose until one of three things happens.
1 It finally works
2 You get so drunk you don’t care/notice if it works or doesn’t
3 Winter comes!
Simple really
Yeah, toughen up there Will! You’d make a lousy Aussie that is for sure!
Bah humbug, Will. You moaned all winter about the cold. Roll on summer! The thock of leather on willow, chilled drinks, and for some of us at least pretty dresses and straw hats. Have you already forgotten the faithful few who got up at 4am, wrapped in quilts, to log on and support the boys in Pakistan? Bah humbug, you miserable old man 
I live and work in London, including daily travel on the underground (Mmmn, that Northern Line is a cracker) and I can’t get enough of this heatwave! Admittedly I am lucky in that I have worked in hotter places (or equally hot at least in todays 36 degree scorcher!)
Think of the positives!
Ice cream vans come out of hibernation
All our fountains become fun
Our green parks are full of people
Our beautiful girls wear summer dresses and strappy shoes
No cricket game is cancelled for rain
London looks like a new city with sunshine reflecting off its windows
Days off seem like days abroad with the sunshine we have
We can mock Aussies who whinge whilst in London (heard quite a few recently!)
But, most importantly, it gives us Brits something to complain about, which according to most people from other countries, is what we do best.
Even though the Aussies are bigger whingers than we are…
I understand it will reach 52% humidity tomorrow. What are the comparable Australian readings? I genuinely don’t know if we’re being delicate flowers or whether we face a special kind of hell unfamiliar to most. My New Zealand colleague says she has never experienced anything like the current heatwave, but then NZ is supposed to be similar to the UK, so perhaps that’s not the best indicator.
are we moaning about SUMMEr on a CRICKET forum!? ohhhhhhh dear!!!!!!!
I’m shocked at the attack I’ve received from my venerable readers. Are none of you suffering but at all? Even my Indian editor, over here from Mumbai, was struggling today - and he’s used to far worse!
I shall keep my sweaty opinions to myself in future, promise.
sorry…. lol
Humidity in Sydney is generally higher than 52%; it averages around 60%, in London your major discomfort would arise from the smog.
And as far as whingeing goes the English do it habitualy and, and Australians self-righteously, fear not though…. whingeing is an International passtime.
Well, we’re having a vicious coldwave here in NZ. Though I prefer that to the heat, and utterly sympathise with you, Will. At least with the cold, you can get warm, but with that sort of heat, it’s sticky and horrible and oppressive and you can’t even sleep at night. You’re right — it ain’t right. If cricketers wanted that sort of heat, they should go and tour the subcontinent.
I PLAYED cricket in 45 degrees last year in central New South Wales! (In Wagga Wagga for the australians amoughts us)How do you think i was feeling fielding for 4 hours then having to go out and open the batting! 
Elliott, that just confirms what us Kiwis already know — Australia is a barbaric place full of unnatural creatures and unliveable climates!
I live in Tasmania! Alot more like Kiwi Land, we hardly ever get of 25 degrees where i live!
Ah — Punter country!
Indeed! It is the home of the great man hismself 
I dont bet on the Races though! 
HA! I only got part of the heatwave. Now I’m back in SA where we’re lighting fires at night and moaning about the cold, just what Brits do best. Seriosuly though, I don’t like heatwaves in ENgland. Its a weird kind of heat. All humid and sticky and stuff.
I hear the summer of 1940 was quite a hot one too — while the Spitfires and Messerschmidts were going at it overhead.
Messerschmidts?…….Mister Smith’s?
laugh! Japaddy, it means “blade maker”!
We hit 40°C here today and even I am now reaching my limits, really wish we could send a bit of this to Kathy in NZ, share it around a bit. Know what you mean though, Elliott, it’s tough on the umps and scorers too. We now have drinks breaks every 10 overs and every wicket. On Saturday, our hosts had an opening partnership of 103. When their Nr. 1 chipped a catch to the ‘keeper, Nr. 2 on 56 walked off with him and kindly informed us, “retired, knackered”!
Blade maker? I didn’t know that, Wraye. I still think I spelt it wrong anyway.
Ah, I’ve found it — it’s actually Messerschmitt.
Well, it’s hailing here now. Anyone like me to box some up and send it over?
thanks, Kathy but … er, no thanks. We had some violent summer storms with hailstones as big as walnuts last week. And a farmer was killed. Really sad situation.
I just spent a week in the Greek Island with too many Brits - sunbathing and subsequently burnt to a crisp. Hilarious 
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