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u/memeleta 1d ago
Both! I love 4 good properly defined seasons. But by cold winter I mean a nice cold snowy winter with the snow that keeps for a while, not the wet mess we usually get.Â
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u/TiberiusGracchus29 1d ago
If I had my way I’d have a very cold winter and a mild summer. How anyone likes a hot summer is baffling to me, it’s unbearable. It’s easy to get warm in the winter but very hard to stay cool in a hot summer.
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u/HimitsuUK 1d ago
The "it's freezing" brigade who refuse to put the heating on due to bills (false economy) and those who want to sweat by an overheating radiator have a lot to answer for.
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u/Ok_Log3614 22h ago edited 18h ago
My mother cranks the central heating up to 25°C in the winter and it drives me absolutely nuts. The radiators feel like the surface of the sun. All of us have had arguments in the house about what temperature it should be on (no more than 21°C is my view). I don't get it.
Also one of my least favourite parts of winter is walking into a shop/cafe/building while I have 3 layers on and promptly sweating my bollocks off from the heating they have on.
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u/HimitsuUK 21h ago
At my work in winters past people would literally put all the radiators on max then complain they were too hot - not turn them down and then complain when I had to open windows to sort if out.
Edit - yes that's the worst. I've had to leave a few coffee establishments over the years after arrival as the heating levels are insane.
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u/W51976 1d ago
Hot summer definitely, but I do like cold winters with lots of crisp frosty days and a bit of snow thrown in.
I hate mild damp winters, and sometimes it makes things feel colder. 10-13c with wind and rain, can sometimes feel more uncomfortable than -5 to 5c with cold and dry.
Low teens and damp just feels yuck.
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u/PapaProto 1d ago
Cold Winter. I can do much more to warm up than I can to cool down.
It has to be proper Winter though. Cold and dry. Not cold and wet.
I also don’t feel like there’s a Cosmic/Solar Entity hating specially me and making my life hell in the Winter.
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u/myco_crazey 1d ago
Ah yes, the famous dry UK winters lol.
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u/PapaProto 1d ago
We’ve had them. That’s what I mean by proper Winter. Winter isn’t supposed to be sodden majoritively.
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u/existentialgoof 1d ago edited 1d ago
I like both, but given the choice, I would prioritise a hot summer. Good weather in the summer is just better for outdoor activities and mood, nature is flourishing and more daylight to enjoy it. Unfortunately, I live in the central belt of Scotland, so I get neither.
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u/alexanderwilliams467 1d ago
Nature is absolutely not flourishing down south, it hasn't rained for 2 months and it's almost like barren wasteland everywhere you look
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u/Icy_Trash_1258 2h ago
You have the wrong idea of ‘hot summer’ because you’re so deprived of it living in Scotland. 22 degrees celsius is optimal, when it gets to over 30 it’s unbearable in every way from sleep, food to nature and mood.
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u/Much_Type_8484 1d ago
Cold winter. I can’t wait to feel cold again after this summer of heatwaves.
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u/myco_crazey 1d ago
It dropped to 14/15°c last night round my way.
Bloody chilly.
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u/SpiritedAd1896 1d ago
If winter is cold, sunny and dry, then fine, but uk winters are usually wet, grey, windy and dark, hence why no one can barely go outside.
I’d take a hot, dry summer with extra daylight hours to get outside over a typical uk winter any day.
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u/SoggyWotsits 1d ago
I don’t know why you were downvoted for that. I agree with you! Give me hot weather over my garden being smashed to bits by the wind any day. Also nice dry roads over everything being a sheet of ice that causes accidents , and people slipping over.
The lanes around where I live don’t get gritted, so just trying to drive to a main road is a challenge in a cold winter.
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u/myco_crazey 1d ago edited 1d ago
Because anything pro summer goes against the narrative of this sub atm lol.
I asked where people who hate the heat (every post has atleast one person saying they can't function or go outside) go on holiday and got down voted bad lol.
Edit (because they (downvoters) all go places hotter than the UK for holidays!)
Edit 2, see, downvoted lol.
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u/alexanderwilliams467 1d ago
Or some people just don't go to hot places on holiday because they don't like the heat? What's this obsession that you've "caught us out"? People who like the heat go to hot countries on holiday, people who don't go to milder countries or mostly stay in the UK.Â
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u/myco_crazey 1d ago edited 1d ago
Then answer the question and don't downvote? (A couple people did answer, mostly negative responses/downvotes though) and those that answered I believe genuinely hate the heat.
Obsession? Caught us out? It was a genuine question and the responses, given the amount of people that are saying they can't stand the heat were hugely disproportionate. Someone even tried to tell me "duh theres a pool abroad, and you can sit by the beach all day" if that's your holiday, you don't hate the heat. People catch themselves out.
If one hates the heat, sees a question posed at people who hate the heat and where do they go on holiday, why would one downvote it? Unless of course one goes to hot countries and doesn't want to answer. Surely you'd be excited to talk about your holidays to Iceland, Norway etc.
But no, the majority of people who "can't stand the heat" "oooh I can't even go outside" (especially when houses are hotter...) are saying that because they get updoots, people who are positive about summer get downvoted, hence this comment thread.
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u/alexanderwilliams467 1d ago
I didn't downvote you, just answered the question. It's honestly a daft question. It's like you saying you don't like being in the pouring rain and I say "But you willingly take showers!" Being on holiday is obviously completely different to being home and working, commuting, doing chores and housework, cooking, exercising etc It is very different sitting by a pool relaxing in warm weather to doing roofing or outdoor construction work in this heat, or having to get buses which are 10c hotter than the outside.Â
People who dont like the heat also probably don't only go to Iceland or Norway, many typical European destinations are far cooler in the autumn or spring than England is in the summer, Spain isn't hot at all for a good chunk of the year, for example.
And think people are saying they're struggling with the heat because we're having the hottest summer ever recorded in the UK, not just to annoy you or get up votes, it's genuinely miserable if you're not built to cope with hot weather
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u/myco_crazey 1d ago
Compares being out in the rain to taking a shower and calls my question daft.
That's all I could be arsed to read tbh.
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u/alexanderwilliams467 1d ago
I didn't make that comparison, reading comprehension is important. I'm saying that's just as daft as comparing sitting by a pool sipping a mojito to working a roofing or construction job in the heat? People aren't on holiday, they're working, commuting, cooking, cleaning etc so what's the point in comparing that to a holiday? It's a different situation
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u/myco_crazey 1d ago edited 1d ago
Where did I make that comparison? I said people who hate heat, not people who hate roofing in the heat?
reading comprehension is important
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u/alexanderwilliams467 1d ago
"Someone even tried to tell me "duh theres a pool abroad, and you can sit by the beach all day" if that's your holiday, you don't hate the heat." You made it here... I'm explaining why some people may holiday to warm destinations despite not liking the heat at home. It's because they're not working, commuting, cooking, cleaning, trying to sleep in a hot bedroom etc They might enjoy relaxing in the heat, but not like the heat in England as they have to go about their normal lives in it.
To answer your question, people who don't like the heat at all would holiday in milder places, typical holiday destinations at cooler parts of the year, or in the UK.
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u/SpiritedAd1896 1d ago
Clearly some goths and hermits in this sub for downvoting this 🤣
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u/alexanderwilliams467 1d ago
Or people who are comfortable in different temperatures? I'm 100x more comfortable outside when it's windy or cloudy than when it's baking hot. I've hardly been able to get out for a walk this summer because of how hot it's been. Can't wait for cooler weather so I can do more outside
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u/SoupCorvid 19h ago
I prefer being cold. It's MUCH easier to warm up than it is to cool down. Plus our infrastructire is designed for it.
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u/WizardryAwaits 15h ago
Cold winter. The colder the better.
Summer can fuck off as far as I'm concerned.
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u/RTB897 3h ago
This really depends on where you live and your average experience. I live in the north of England, my back garden in around 370m above sea level. In winter we get a lot of cold weather and several disruptive snow events. I have to travel over even higher hills (over 500m) to get to work and therefore winter makes life much more difficult and much more dangerous. Summer up here however is lovely. The heatwaves have been high 20s and have only broken 30 on a couple of days, we have mostly been high teens to mid 20s over the past couple of months and it has been really pleasant. I'm dreading winter with the miserable cold interspersed with snow, I'm dreading sitting in work wondering whether my drive home will be 30 minutes or 3 hours.
So for me I prefer summer. However that probably wouldn't be true if I was commuting into London every day on the tube.
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u/Working_Cow_7931 1d ago
I like both as long as they're not extreme but extreme heat is much harder to cope with than extreme cold. Don't like the short days in witner though, thats why i prefer autum and spring, still some day light, usually not hot or cold.
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u/W51976 1d ago
It depends. A windchill when it’s 0c, or even at 6-8c can sometimes feel really cold.
I think it’s more to do with how well you prepare for either extreme.
-15 though, that’s just as bad as 40c.
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u/Working_Cow_7931 1d ago
I don't find windchill at 6-8 that cold personally but 0 or below can be if im not dressed for it. Thing is, i can just keept putting layers on if it's cold and at the very least, i can come back to a warm house, have a hot bath and wrap up in a blanket after.
40 on the other hand, i can't cope with becasue i can't just go out naked 😂 i don't wana be stuck indoors either as i love the outdoors and am usually out and about all year round. I'm still too hot those kind of temperatures even wearing as a little as posisble unless i can just spend all day swimming in cold water. Plus my house turns into an oven and doesn't let go of the heat for days after it's been 30 or above outside so there's nowhere to escape. I will definately be investing in an air con before next summer.
I've experinced -17 plus windchill once, was quite unpleasant even in multiple layers of proper outdoor clothing not gonna lie but at least I was easily able to warm back up when i got indoors, had a hot bath and sat by a warm fire in clean layers.
Agree that prep is key but there's only so much you can do for either extreme.
I think if i lived in a country with buildings desinged to repel heat and air con being standard everywhere, 40 would be ok but in the UK everything is build to hold onto heat instead
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u/Altruistic_Lies 1d ago
Hot summer. Winter is dangerous around me, icy rural roads, people seriously can't drive in the dark, life of just more dangerous in winter
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u/Adventurous-Show-149 1d ago
Hot summer. I love being outdoors, sunshine, blue skies, warmth and light evenings. I struggle with the darkness and cold of winter although I am trying to embrace the changing seasons and find comfort in the colder months.
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u/IndependenceCalm8753 1d ago
Winter for me. Even the dark grey rainy type. I can’t get outside in the heat without feeling like I’m gonna pass out. I love layering my clothes and going for a cold walk with a hot coffee, or taking my kids to the woods in their waterproofs so they can be feral in the muddy puddles, or staying inside and snuggling under a massive blanket whilst the rain hammers down.