A remarkable month in a remarkable year. You’d generally expect October to get markedly colder as it progresses but it’s hanging on in there. I have to wonder whether we’re in for a mild winter, or if sub zero will hit suddenly. Mild would help us all with fuel bills!
I’m hoping for mild and dry, as the building of our granny annex starts on Monday for an estimated three months. I was concerned we’d lose work days due to winter weather but our builder says, in recent years, he’s lost more days due to the weather during summer than winter.
You're up dizzyingly early Caz!
You are quite right about the above. Ordinarily I would be scanning the charts for frost, fog, anything remotely seasonally atmospheric from the start of November. But this year mild and dry will be best for all.
We find our house gets colder after windy, rainy mild days than sunny, cold ones, even at night. I assume it's all the water being evaporated off of the house which, even with insulation the the cavity, in vast quantities might cool us down.
But so far we've had just 3 x 1 hour heatings on; and we've had a rebate just from a few simple tricks, reducing our elevctricity by more than half. Sorry it's OT but it might be useful:
-turn off kettle as soon as it bubbles
-reduce microwave meals
-only run whashing machine or dishwasher full
-continue to hang out washing on the line
Sorry all- will stay back on t now.
Bertie, Itchen Valley.
'We'll never see 40 celsius in this country'.