Keeping Cool in the sudden heatwave!!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:41 am

To avoid the heat, got to the Masai Mara - a pleasant 23/24c throughout my stay!

Zanzibar was very humid though!

Eruresto · Post by **Eruresto** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:08 am

Something my room-mate suggested and works very well indeed:

Take a light sleeping bags (I don't know how well a 5 season/the like would work) and open it right up, and use it as a blanket. It works amazingly!

Tim_MaA_MidB · Post by **Tim_MaA_MidB** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:08 pm

Great Plum wrote:To avoid the heat, got to the Masai Mara - a pleasant 23/24c throughout my stay!

Zanzibar was very humid though!

Place name dropper!

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:05 pm

Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:
Great Plum wrote:To avoid the heat, got to the Masai Mara - a pleasant 23/24c throughout my stay!

Zanzibar was very humid though!
Place name dropper!

OH NO !!!

Not the dreaded 'dropper' jokes !

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:41 am

So Mr and Mrs Plum are back from their travels from afar
guided back in the humid heat as it is in Zanzibar..
So what should we say to this person
who so likes to drop names from afar?
Well you should have bloddy well realised
it would be hot in Zanzibar!

welcome back plum ol' chap, we ahve had great heat since you were away, and were discussing PRACTICAL ways of keeping cool - for some of us that means trying to get a room down to 17/18C to sleep - and what glorious sleep I had last night! room temp 17C, snuggled into my duvet, cat next to me and for the 1st time in what feels like months, slept RIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT! (it's like having a baby all over - I was getting a max of 2hrs then waking up etc.. or not sleeping at all.. but now the cooler weather has arrived, it is bliss, and I have had my car's air con re-gasssed so it now blows icicles out of the vents!!!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:26 pm

I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:01 pm

Great Plum wrote:I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!

Nothing like telling us all how much you have travelled to exotic places eh??? Some of us only get as far as the end of the local road if that! huh. It's been very humid here - in fact today is horrible - it's partially overcast, with the odd bit of sun, but SOOOO humid.... Anyhow, have watered the garden (using the water syphoned from daughters shower in the bath....see I'm using the water twice, have picked some pansies to press, and I have 3 beautiful sweet peas out in flower - two purple/blues and one cornflower blue... very pretty!

As for keeping cool - will open the windows back and front and let the air in.. .although it might rain which would do all of us the power of good!

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:05 pm

Jude wrote:
Great Plum wrote:I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!

Nothing like telling us all how much you have travelled to exotic places eh??? Some of us only get as far as the end of the local road if that! huh. It's been very humid here - in fact today is horrible - it's partially overcast, with the odd bit of sun, but SOOOO humid.... Anyhow, have watered the garden (using the water syphoned from daughters shower in the bath....see I'm using the water twice, have picked some pansies to press, and I have 3 beautiful sweet peas out in flower - two purple/blues and one cornflower blue... very pretty!
As for keeping cool - will open the windows back and front and let the air in.. .although it might rain which would do all of us the power of good!

You'll have RR begging for a visit.

After all, he is the Alan Titchmarsh of this forum !!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:20 pm

J.R. wrote:
Jude wrote:
Great Plum wrote:I knew it would be hot in Zanzibar but it was the humidity that threw me - much more humid than my last trip!

Nothing like telling us all how much you have travelled to exotic places eh??? Some of us only get as far as the end of the local road if that! huh. It's been very humid here - in fact today is horrible - it's partially overcast, with the odd bit of sun, but SOOOO humid.... Anyhow, have watered the garden (using the water syphoned from daughters shower in the bath....see I'm using the water twice, have picked some pansies to press, and I have 3 beautiful sweet peas out in flower - two purple/blues and one cornflower blue... very pretty!
As for keeping cool - will open the windows back and front and let the air in.. .although it might rain which would do all of us the power of good!
You'll have RR begging for a visit.

After all, he is the Alan Titchmarsh of this forum !!

Oi!!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:31 pm

I guess you thought that rumour had gone to seed...

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:41 pm

I thought it had been weeded out, yes.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:53 pm

There's noting like propagating a good idea, Lads !

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:19 pm

Nothing like calling a spade a spade, though.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:22 pm

Hoe hoe hoe!

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:23 pm

Well certainly, Alan - although as Jude says, we do need a bit of rain.

Always grateful for your horticultural advice though.

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