Chas Newkey-Burden

Is anyone actually enjoying this heatwave?

A beachgoer in Bournemouth enjoys the sunshine (Getty images)

It’s going to be a scorcher in Britain today, with temperatures forecast to hit 29c. Naturally, lots of people will be throwing open their doors to bask in the warmth and sunshine, loving every moment of this summery spell. Lots of people, but not all people. Some of us don’t enjoy hot weather, so we won’t be celebrating this early onslaught of sizzling conditions. This isn’t a hot take: the truth is that I hate a lot about summer, so I’m not wild about this week’s heat.

Some of us don’t enjoy hot weather, so we won’t be celebrating this early onslaught of sizzling conditions

For most of the summer, it’s humid during the day and hard to sleep at night. The sun rises far too early, to wake us up from the slumber we’d only just managed to settle into. Bees and wasps plague our days, and mosquitos haunt our nights.

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Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden is co-author, with Julie Burchill, of Not In My Name: A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy. He also wrote Running: Cheaper Than Therapy and The Runner's Code (Bloomsbury)

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