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As what was summer is forgotten about and all hopes of an indian summer also disappear i find myself looking forward to the autumn and winter.

Well i should i have chosen to get married in October!!! I love it, the cooler/crisper mornings, the sun at a certain level! Leaves changing colour and most of all need to get my winter wardrobe out! Warm coats, boots and tights! Ilove it and right now im in the process of making my first stew of the colder months!

Is this changing of seasons favourable to any of you?

blondie95 wrote:As what was summer is forgotten about and all hopes of an indian summer also disappear i find myself looking forward to the autumn and winter.

Well i should i have chosen to get married in October!!! I love it, the cooler/crisper mornings, the sun at a certain level! Leaves changing colour and most of all need to get my winter wardrobe out! Warm coats, boots and tights! Ilove it and right now im in the process of making my first stew of the colder months!

Is this changing of seasons favourable to any of you?

Autumn here starts on 15th to 18th August. There are cooler mornings, vegetables stop growing and leaves start going red. It is a refreshing change after the summer heat (well a few days this year) and the pool starts cooling - from 88º it is now down to 68º which is my limit for my morning swim.

Not sure I like it - it is different and it will be like this until after Xmas

I love the fall. It's the best of all the seasons. But then people think I'm a freak.

It's starting to cool down here now but the days are still hot, up in the 30s still though a lot cooler at night. It's going to get a lot, lot colder though when winter really bites: minus 20 or so if it's like last year. At 1800 metres the air is thin and very, very dry so it's neither humid in summer nor icy in winter; there is simply no moisture to freeze on the vehicles in the morning which remain completely unfrosted. As a result it doesn't feel cold like it does in the UK, even though it's much cooler. To be honest, I am looking forward to it as it normally snows and the mountains and surrounding areas can be very beautiful. This poor city has suffered so much in the past thirty years but the people try and beautify it as best they can: flowers wherever they will grow including the sand-filled Hesco bastions but these can't cover up the destruction, rubbish and raw sewage in the streets. The snow and ice can cover these, at least in the short time, and I believe the locals look forward to it, at least those with some sort of roof over their heads. Roll on winter.

I love the passsage from Summer to Fall, especially the days when the sky is still so blue but the temps is more 12-15° instead fo mid to high twenties...

Our first winter here in Luxemburg was very cold and I remember a -15°C one morning, so I guess it's lots of warm brandies and wine in the months to come. Personally I look forward to the Christmas markets...germanic cultures do them so well.

I detest the cold - the damp -the dark mornings and the dark afternoons.

I'd prefer summer 12 months a year.

Why anyone enjoys ski-ing is completely beyond me.

J.R. wrote:I detest the cold - the damp -the dark mornings and the dark afternoons.

I'd prefer summer 12 months a year.

Why anyone enjoys ski-ing is completely beyond me.

That would be those hot, sizzling, glorious British summers long before ozone layer destroyed them, JR?

Something like that !

It is depressing going to work in the dark, coming home in the dark and being unable even to get some fresh air during the day when it is tipping it down.

I'm an advocate of British Summertime all year round. At least then the evenings will be lighter for longer.

I know the Scots don't like it but when it suits them they can be independent eg no University fees unless you're English, that sort of thing (!) so let them carry on putting the clocks back if they want while we look after ourselves in England's green and pleasant land!

Nothing like introducing some controversy to an innocent thread

Mid A 15 wrote:I'm an advocate of British Summertime all year round. At least then the evenings will be lighter for longer.

Oh Yes, BST all year and double time in the summer. (I remember double summer time from when I was a kid - I think!)

Mid A 15 wrote: I know the Scots don't like it but when it suits them they can be independent eg no University fees unless you're English, that sort of thing (!) so let them carry on putting the clocks back if they want while we look after ourselves in England's green and pleasant land!

When the Scots get their independence and carve up the North Sea oilfields - it is the projected line, from the England/Scotland border, at 45 degrees.... not the 90 degrees at the latitude line that they plan...
John

Mid A 15 wrote: I'm an advocate of British Summertime all year round.

We're currently in our general election season (http://www.vote.je/). First round voting is on 15th October, and this year it's combined with a referendum on moving to CET (Central European Time).

Guernsey have basically intimated that they'd move if Jersey moves, but won't change on their own. The population of Jersey has been split roughly down the middle for years, so we'll see how the referendum concentrates minds.

As a long-term supporter of CET, I will of course be voting Yes.

yes getting up in the dark and coming home in the dark is a tad depressing, but being out in the garden or going for walks in the cool crisp sunny days at the weekend is lovely.

What strikes me is the number of of people who arent American or live in America who call is fall! another example of how american english is taking over!

Vièr Bliu wrote:

Mid A 15 wrote: I'm an advocate of British Summertime all year round.

We're currently in our general election season (http://www.vote.je/). First round voting is on 15th October, and this year it's combined with a referendum on moving to CET (Central European Time).

Guernsey have basically intimated that they'd move if Jersey moves, but won't change on their own. The population of Jersey has been split roughly down the middle for years, so we'll see how the referendum concentrates minds.

As a long-term supporter of CET, I will of course be voting Yes.

Jè suais d'accord, Geraint!

J.R. wrote:I detest the cold - the damp -the dark mornings and the dark afternoons.

I'd prefer summer 12 months a year.

Ah Phil, don't you sometimes wish for a change, I know I did. We did not have very defined rainy seasons and very little change in daylength throughout the year in Kuching, our last posting.

We had the wet season and the wetter season, but the rain did have an off switch, if it wasn't raining it was sunny it was very rare to have a grey day. The thing that surprised many UK visitors was the daylength, it was daylight more or less 6 to 6 each day of the year.

Islamabad had rapid changes between summer and winter - the local saying was fans to fires within the month. IIRC we had piped gas in the house and gas fires as well as a wonderful open log fireplace in the main room. Spring was wonderful with sweet peas in profusion and the sight of the jacaranda trees in blossom on Embassy Row was breathtaking.