| Winter 15:48 - Nov 16 with 3307 views | clive_baker |
I know some people really struggle with the cold and / or dark of winter, but I must say I love it. Took my dog for a walk at 05:30 this morning, 3 miles through some woods, wrapped up, flask of coffee in hand. I can't stand rain but it was that nice chilly & dry combo this morning, lovely start to the day. |  |
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| Winter on 15:54 - Nov 16 with 2776 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
I’m adjusting to it now as it still feels like the last knocking of autumn. Still cutting some clients grass and the weeds are still growing like triffids.
The first week of November is the worst for me though when the clocks go back an hour. Always feel really flat then. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Winter on 16:01 - Nov 16 with 2753 views | homer_123 |
I think for some it's more the early dark nights that seem problematic the most?
Personally, I love a good old blustery grey wet day that you are out and about in. |  |
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| Winter on 16:02 - Nov 16 with 2757 views | SitfcB |
Surely you can’t prefer that to a summer early morning walk?
I hate the winter, go to work in the dark and usually come home in the dark, just depressing.
Just in the summer feels like you’ve still got a load of time after work to do things, yet in the winter days seems over once work is done due to it being dark. [Post edited 16 Nov 2022 16:03]
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| Winter on 16:05 - Nov 16 with 2732 views | J2BLUE |
Winter is brilliant although I have the luxury of working from home. I would be less of a fan if I had to commute in the cold and dark. |  |
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| Winter on 16:07 - Nov 16 with 2723 views | aardvaark |
Could not agree more. I love it. Hate the hot weather in summer. |  |
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| Winter on 16:10 - Nov 16 with 2710 views | clive_baker |
| Winter on 16:02 - Nov 16 by SitfcB |
Surely you can’t prefer that to a summer early morning walk?
I hate the winter, go to work in the dark and usually come home in the dark, just depressing.
Just in the summer feels like you’ve still got a load of time after work to do things, yet in the winter days seems over once work is done due to it being dark. [Post edited 16 Nov 2022 16:03]
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I think I like summer when I'm not in it, I think about those long nights, having a beer in the garden at 9pm, the luxury of leaving the house in shorts and a t-shirt. Then it comes round and the house gets uncomfortably hot, burn your hands on the car steering wheel, feel sticky all day. Cons outweigh the pros tbh. | |
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| Winter on 16:11 - Nov 16 with 2686 views | J2BLUE |
| Winter on 16:10 - Nov 16 by clive_baker |
I think I like summer when I'm not in it, I think about those long nights, having a beer in the garden at 9pm, the luxury of leaving the house in shorts and a t-shirt. Then it comes round and the house gets uncomfortably hot, burn your hands on the car steering wheel, feel sticky all day. Cons outweigh the pros tbh. |
Can't believe you don't like rain.
Rain is amazing. | |
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| Winter on 16:14 - Nov 16 with 2658 views | clive_baker |
| Winter on 16:11 - Nov 16 by J2BLUE |
Can't believe you don't like rain.
Rain is amazing. |
What? I mean it's important of course but it's horrible to be caught in, horrible to drive in, regularly screws up plans (and cricket).
Only exception is if you're in a conservatory and it's absolutely hossing down. I like that. | |
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| Winter on 16:18 - Nov 16 with 2642 views | J2BLUE |
| Winter on 16:14 - Nov 16 by clive_baker |
What? I mean it's important of course but it's horrible to be caught in, horrible to drive in, regularly screws up plans (and cricket).
Only exception is if you're in a conservatory and it's absolutely hossing down. I like that. |
Wuss. | |
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| Winter on 17:18 - Nov 16 with 2551 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Winter on 16:11 - Nov 16 by J2BLUE |
Can't believe you don't like rain.
Rain is amazing. |
Rain is great….unless you have to work in it. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Winter on 17:33 - Nov 16 with 2513 views | Illinoisblue |
We had 2 inches of snow yesterday and then a bit of a freeze overnight; you have to say the trees look magnificent in their winter wonderland state. Bitch to drive in but that’s what WFH is for. Autumn still the winner for me, Clive. |  |
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| Winter on 17:39 - Nov 16 with 2498 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Winter on 15:54 - Nov 16 by StochesStotasBlewe |
I’m adjusting to it now as it still feels like the last knocking of autumn. Still cutting some clients grass and the weeds are still growing like triffids.
The first week of November is the worst for me though when the clocks go back an hour. Always feel really flat then. |
The weeds that couldn't grow in the drought have really been trying to make up for lost time! Can we have a frost please? |  |
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| Winter on 17:49 - Nov 16 with 2472 views | jeera |
At the moment it's still a novelty.
If you're normally a day-time person then it probably has a touch of the magical to the experience, a bit like that feeling when we were kids and your parents would wake you in the night for that early start to go on holiday.
See if you still find it fun in three months time.
Not an issue for the dog though who probably couldn't give a flying feck what it's like outside and just wants its walk. |  |
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| I like coats. (n/t) on 18:03 - Nov 16 with 2410 views | Bloots |
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| Winter on 18:04 - Nov 16 with 2408 views | EastTownBlue |
I don't mind it in the lead up to Christmas as there will be the lights to brighten things up but I usually have had enough of the dark days by January/February.
What we haven't had yet are the crisp frosty mornings. |  | | |
| Winter on 18:11 - Nov 16 with 2388 views | ronnyd |
Can't beat a nice long walk on a dry, windy day. | | | |
| Winter on 18:43 - Nov 16 with 2338 views | Ryorry |
If I could hibernate for the whole two months of Nov & Dec I'd be really happy. |  |
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| Winter on 18:55 - Nov 16 with 2319 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Winter on 17:39 - Nov 16 by BanksterDebtSlave |
The weeds that couldn't grow in the drought have really been trying to make up for lost time! Can we have a frost please? |
We might be in luck with a frost this weekend  | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Winter on 19:01 - Nov 16 with 2305 views | MalcolmMeatballHead |
Totally agree. Sounds idealic! There's something about getting up early, switching on the BBC world service and just enjoying that moment of the day. It's almost as if you feel as if you're stealing it from everyone who would rather sleep. For me that's the best time of the day. I stay up all night and sleep from about 7am until 11:50ish then just listen to the radio all day. I couldn't live without my radio |  | | |
| Winter on 19:03 - Nov 16 with 2294 views | Ryorry |
| Winter on 19:01 - Nov 16 by MalcolmMeatballHead |
Totally agree. Sounds idealic! There's something about getting up early, switching on the BBC world service and just enjoying that moment of the day. It's almost as if you feel as if you're stealing it from everyone who would rather sleep. For me that's the best time of the day. I stay up all night and sleep from about 7am until 11:50ish then just listen to the radio all day. I couldn't live without my radio |
Radio is a wonderful pack of cards, & BBC World Service is the ace of diamonds 👠| |
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| Winter on 19:06 - Nov 16 with 2289 views | Dubtractor |
Proper winter, when it is crisp and cold, is fine. This time of year when it is just damp and dark can get in the bin. |  |
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| Winter on 19:21 - Nov 16 with 2255 views | MalcolmMeatballHead |
| Winter on 19:03 - Nov 16 by Ryorry |
Radio is a wonderful pack of cards, & BBC World Service is the ace of diamonds 👠|
Wonderful! Totally agree. One minute you're listening to a documentary about a Kenyan tribe and half hour later you're listening to someone talk about wheelchair football in Mexico. No irritating adverts too. I love it!
I know I sound geeky but I also love listening to Steve Allen on LBC each weekday morning from 4am til 7am. I also have the tune inn radio app on my portable telephone and often find myself listening to some obscure talk radio station in Texas lol. The only radio I listen to is talk stations, not interested in music whatsoever (obviously I like weddings and discos) so I just spend a lot of time finding new and amazing stations from all over the stratosphere [Post edited 16 Nov 2022 19:22]
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| Winter on 20:08 - Nov 16 with 2140 views | WeWereZombies |
Sorry to be a spoilsport but I still class it as autumn in the United Kingdom at the moment, especially as I have been out in the garden in decent sunshine strimming and hedge trimming all afternoon. Frost still looks at least a week away. I always regard the solstice as the start of winter and that works for me because January and February are usually the coldest months but there is the compensation of the days starting to lengthen. |  |
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| Winter on 20:16 - Nov 16 with 2114 views | solemio |
Wake up, Ryorry. | | | |
| Winter on 02:00 - Nov 17 with 1941 views | Ryorry |
| Winter on 20:16 - Nov 16 by solemio |
Wake up, Ryorry. |
Just as I was drifting off, you barsteward ...  | |
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