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tweetiepooh · 30-07-2020, 10:13

One of my big bugbears with holidaying in the UK is packing.

I love hot sunny weather and going somewhere used to that means that the environment is built to suit. Houses are designed to lose heat even without A/C, restaurants have more outside seating. Dress code is usually more relaxed. And you know you pack hot weather clothes.

Others prefer winter sports type things so go to higher altitudes in destinations winter. Buildings are designed to keep heat in, everything is setup for lots of snow/ice and so on. And you know you pack cold weather clothes.

In the UK (and other temperate climes) you don't know. Houses tend to be built to be energy efficient so pretty good at keeping heat in but not good at letting/keeping it out. We don't live high enough or have the slopes for winter sports (mostly) nor are we really setup of hot weather. Since you don't know what weather to expect you have to pack twice as much to cope with different eventualities.

(Boy has this drifted from CV19)

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30-07-2020, 10:13	#4791
tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,292	Re: Coronavirus One of my big bugbears with holidaying in the UK is packing. I love hot sunny weather and going somewhere used to that means that the environment is built to suit. Houses are designed to lose heat even without A/C, restaurants have more outside seating. Dress code is usually more relaxed. And you know you pack hot weather clothes. Others prefer winter sports type things so go to higher altitudes in destinations winter. Buildings are designed to keep heat in, everything is setup for lots of snow/ice and so on. And you know you pack cold weather clothes. In the UK (and other temperate climes) you don't know. Houses tend to be built to be energy efficient so pretty good at keeping heat in but not good at letting/keeping it out. We don't live high enough or have the slopes for winter sports (mostly) nor are we really setup of hot weather. Since you don't know what weather to expect you have to pack twice as much to cope with different eventualities. (Boy has this drifted from CV19) ---- __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.