Heatwave
Yes, the reports are true. It really is hot here in London. Whether it's as hot as it gets in Australia is irrelevant as it's all about perspective. I will list the reasons why I know it's hot by London standards:1. They were giving out free water at the railway station on the way home from work this afternoon.
2. Some of the sales guys went to sit in the park at lunch time, took their shirts off, and baked themselves in the sun.
3. The trains were all told to reduce their speed because of the risk of the rails buckling.
4. The media reported ridiculously high temperatures - up to 45 degrees - anything over 30 gets exaggerated.
5. The SMH reported the fact that it was hot in London.
6. It's 9.30pm now and it's still 27 degrees outside.
7. Most people defied the no shorts at work rule and turned up with shorts and flip flops.
8. We'll be sleeping with the fan on all night.
Unlike Sydney there will be no southerly change to come through and make it all cool again. It will gradually get cooler and more humid then rain for a bit. In the morning it will feel even hotter because it's still in the 20s and humid. I'm very pleased that we've booked an airconditioned hotel in Vienna as it's still going to be about 28 degrees on the weekend.
I must be turning into whinging pom if I can write a whole blog post about the weather.
Sorry Sharon, still no knitting update - it's too hot to think about knitting!
posted by Elisabeth @ 9:35 PM
3 Comments:
YUCK, imagine that - sales guys going to parks at lunchtime and taking their shirts off! Ahhh crazy sun loving poms. It does sound hot though - I recommend a trip to Chinatown for a little hand held fold away fan, gets me through the days when it really is 40+ degrees here (and not just a media exaggeration of 31.5 deg!
In Sydney today it's barely 16 degrees, raining, foggy. Usually, out of the windows here at Clutz' 'tower of power' I can see Bondi Junction and the Eastern Suburbs where happy, drunk pale (and eventually red and whingy) poms are a dime a dozen. I can also usually see Woolloomooloo wharf where Russell Crowe lives - most mornings here I can watch him and Dannielle Spencer taking out the garbage, putting out the cat and darning socks on the waterside quite clearly - sometimes both little Russell Juniors will be running around in little South Sydney jumpers and accidentally kick their Rabbitohs footy into the water... Today, I can't see the Crowe family at all!! They and the Eastern Suburbs are shrouded in Dickens/BBC Costume Drama-esq mist...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I refuse to believe that it is ever too hot for knitting!! I have a list of projects for warm weather if you are interested.
Have to agree with Bee, it sounds gross that sales guys would take their shirts off at lunch time. :<
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