A British perspective on summer weather in the UK and Spain

Here in the UK the unseasonal(?) warm weather has caused much headshaking and dire predictions of what the weather might do in July and August. Alas, much to the annoyance of my locally based friends, instead of confirming their fears I like to point out that come mid-July when the local kids finish school for the summer break we will probably face the full force of extremely wet and windy weather. I know I am not being particularly original in this matter, but the British nations attitude to warmer than expected hot weather is hugely amusing.

Moreover, when our newspapers arrive on the scene of this subject all hell breaks loose in terms of front-page weather-based hysteria. However, I suppose that is always to be expected given temperatures of anything above 24ºC. What I hadn’t expected was the television and radio networks to become semi-hysterical as well. Just this morning, which has become quite a warm day, every television and radio station I tuned into on my wireless had a “Heatwave” promoted right-left and centre.

Hints on drinking water, staying inside if in doubt…plus, not to forget slathering yourselves in all manner of sun creams. I know I shouldn’t mock my friends, but I sometimes wonder if there is a competition being held at the moment for both blowing out your cheeks whilst wiping away sweat (real or imagined) from embarrassing parts of their bodies.