Off to Greece in 3 weeks and I hope these temps hold until then, I love the heat!

    gcw Off to Greece in 3 weeks and I hope these temps hold until then, I love the heat!

    Dear lord..

      Smallman1 tbh I actually don’t know where we are going. I was told by the wife, but it went in one ear and out the next. I’m one of those people who starts to pack 30 mins before the taxi comes to pick us up for the airport

          gcw
          1 pair sandals
          2 pairs socks
          1 pair duds
          1 pair speedos
          1 box teabags
          36 pack of johnnies

              gcw I’m one of those people who starts to pack 30 mins before the taxi comes to pick us up for the

              Good man. I do exactly the same.

                  Mad_Cyril 1 pair sandals
                  2 pairs socks
                  1 pair duds
                  1 pair speedos
                  1 box teabags
                  36 pack of johnnies

                  You forgot disc 1.

                      Fail to prepare.

                      Prepare to fail.

                      So true.

                      Just had clarification - it’s Kos we are going to.

                      I’m a minimal traveller and I love it. Oh no I’ve forgotten my toothbrush - thank god there is a shop within 100 metres of the hotel otherwise I don’t know what I would do.

                        gcw I’m a minimal traveller and I love it. Oh no I’ve forgotten my toothbrush - thank god there is a shop within 100 metres of the hotel otherwise I don’t know what I would do.

                        It’s a cheeky pat on the bum from our man @gcw for ’er indoors. “see you in the room in 10” then a hop skip & jump out of the lobby straight into the intolerable heat of a dangerously overcrowded dual carriageway.

                        A man now enclosed by rabies and rutted concrete, risking his life for a Sensodyne Pronamel Soft toothbrush. But he’s doing this on his own terms. Packing?! namby-pambys. Our friendly shopkeeper immediately identifies that he’s a Brit stright off the last EasyJet, mainly due to the heatstroke. He smiles whilst telling his mates he’s gonna give you a cum baptism.

                        Ug-oh! The oversize casio’s out from under the desk! TAP TAP TAP-CLACK TAP TAP TAP Hmm? This calculation seems to be taking a while? TAP TAP TAP-CLACK TAP TAP TAP “65 Billion sir!” A good deal? “ah fuck it we’re on Holiday.”

                        Back in the hotel room 2 hours later and readers, it was not a good deal. “thing is love, the exchange rate i……”

                            Why is it absolutely roasting around a lot of the planet, yet in the U.K. we are having a bit of a shite summer. Very disappointing

                              RichM
                              You need to ask that on Jaded Meteorologists Rich!

                              Quick précis - Jet Stream scenes

                                mono-stereo this has gone over my head a bit to be honest but appreciate the effort mono!

                                  The UK media reporting of Mediterranean temperatures is pure hyperbole. No one is feinting. It’s 33 tops today in Calabria and 34 yesterday with an occasional sea breeze.. Perfect antidote to the shit UK weather I left behind.

                                    alistair
                                    Colleague in Mallorca states otherwise, and is visibly showing signs of flagging.

                                    North of 40.

                                    Maybe not pure hyperbole 😂

                                        A pathetic 19 degrees here today in Suzza.

                                        Top firmly on.

                                        I will be perma tops off for 10 sweet, sweet days. Woo

                                        Mad_Cyril yeah it’s going to be 42 in Ayvalık at the weekend.

                                          Along_the_Wire lol. So thick it’s literally unbelievable. ‘it was hotter in the summer of 1926’ etc. Just daft cunts being thickets.

                                            Have to laugh at Alistair - its not unusually warm in the Med at all, its only 33 or 34 here.

                                            I get what he’s saying though, the map of Europe with temperature labels is misleading, it’s not that hot in the majority of those areas

                                            They could at least show the average for each country on that day, it seems they are cherry picking the highest from a particular area

                                            Not sure how it’s climate change denying as well, I think we all agree it’s 100% happening. My issue is the lack of action from governments, there aren’t even any restrictions on advertising fossil fuel companies yet like tobacco, we have a long way to go. It just feels like the average person is being blamed sometimes when it should be governments/companies getting the attention

                                            Temp isn’t the only caveat though, forest fires and water shortages have increased along with the sustained temps.

                                            Plus, 34 is fucking HOT

                                            Rest of Europe is too hot and people here are complaining because it’s only been +21 or so in most of Scandinavia for the past three weeks, with some rain. We should enjoy a summer like this while we can.

                                            I was in Cephalonia and Zakynthos is the late 80s and both of them were on fire like that.
                                            We watched from the beach as 3 or so helicopters with big buckets on spent all day dropping water scooped from the sea onto the fires, whilst we drank Mythos and Heineken export in a taverna.