I am sat outside in Sweden right now and can confirm that it is frickin’ hot. But not as hot as yesterday.
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[Brighton] Brighton Pride cancels dog show due to heat
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Yes, I'd much rather have a climate, and proper seasons, like Germany, insead of the boring, bland, 'is it March, August or October?' weather we've had this year.
I've been to Munich both in the summer - gloriously warm, although the nude sunbathing and naked mixed-sex volleyball in Englischer Garden was a culture shock
- and in the winter, walking around the Christmas Market in Marianplatz drinking mulled wine while crunching through several inches of fresh snow.
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Visited Stockholm in early June, and basked in 26 C sunshine, having left cloudy, windy, drizzly, England at 17 C
If you find a smallish digger going spare, could you pop it in your hand luggage for me please? TVM
First rule of being an expat. Talk about the better quality of life.
Second rule of being an expat. Talk about the better weather.
Second rule of being an expat. Talk about the better weather.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Third rule of being an ex-pat. Refer to yourself as an ex-pat, not an immigrant
Germany should be fine, but here in Sweden "proper seasons" mean you go into November knowing there's a 0% chance any little ray of light finds its way to the ground for the next five months. Its much better on TV and in theory than in reality. By the middle of February or so everyone wants to kill themselves.Yes, I'd much rather have a climate, and proper seasons, like Germany, insead of the boring, bland, 'is it March, August or October?' weather we've had this year.
I've been to Munich both in the summer - gloriously warm, although the nude sunbathing and naked mixed-sex volleyball in Englischer Garden was a culture shock
Whereas here in Britain, the dismal weather encourages this feeling all year round
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Absolutely.
Only downside is that, whilst we all like long days, there is virtually no 'night time' in the summer - well at least in the north of Sweden.
Ditto Iceland.
On a work-related summer visit once, we left a pub at nearly midnight, and the sun was still shining just above the horizon.
The downside is that winters have about 22 hours of darkness - allegedly rendered tolerable by lots of drinking and shagging!
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Third rule is then tell the ‘Pats’ that remained how to run their country and pop back for a bit of NHS
And watching football in the early hours of the morning from 4th tier leagues in the remote regions of the world.
Bold Seagull
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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'Many [tragedies] are a result of owners exercising their dogs between 8am and 8pm when temperatures can be at their peak'
Blimey! Who knew?
Bold Seagull
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Dogs are pretty stupid…'Many [tragedies] are a result of owners exercising their dogs between 8am and 8pm when temperatures can be at their peak'
Blimey! Who knew?
It’s way too hot….oooo look a ball….
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Agree.
However, 23* is still too warm for large/overweight dogs to be standing around in the sun for most of the day imo - I used to take my dog to community run dog shows in Brighton, lots of dogs, lots of people, dogs can get stressed very easily in crowds/loud environments and especially if the weather is hot - forecast says 26* degrees is possible- even then, there’s no guarantee that it won’t get even hotter this weekend - it’s still two days away and they can’t really cancel it on the day, it would be too short notice.
Not all dog owners are responsible and give their dog access to water and shade when needed unfortunately and any dog show has dogs doing obstacle courses, running up and down (in addition to dogs chasing around off the lead) so perhaps the organisers made the right decision based on the welfare of the animals.
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What a load of absolutely pansies the Brits have become.
StonehamPark
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