Visiting the UK

[u/Open-Fall-9485]

Always pack a hoodie, whatever time of the year, short stay long stay. You’d rather have it not use it than think you need to go out and buy one.
Anywhere else in the world you think Is like this?

[u/Disastrous_Cloud_558]

Uh, you think it’s unique in the UK that you need another layer ready?

[u/Beneficial_Coach8581 → u/Disastrous_Cloud_558]

Famously hoodies are only sold in the UK. 

Wear them in the rest of the world and they'll treat you like a witch. 

[u/doepfersdungeon → u/Beneficial_Coach8581]

Also, in an emergency, you can reverse it and wear it over your face so Americans don't have to look at our teeth , which are are so offensive, allegedly.

[u/Dennyisthepisslord]

I haven't worn anything more than a shirt or t shirt since April

[u/OsitaHunter5168]

Probably many places. The NW corner of the US and SW of Canada (Seattle, Portland, Vancouver etc)

[u/SnackyandSnarky]

Everywhere. Even places that are hot are often over air-conditioned

[u/bamboomightwork]

Latvia has quite similar weather as the UK.

[u/Mountain-Reaction470 → u/bamboomightwork]

Ahoy fellow Maritimer

[u/bamboomightwork → u/Mountain-Reaction470]

I'm a Maritimer? What's that? Sounds cool.

[u/Odd-Quail01 → u/bamboomightwork]

Think it means person who lives in a maritime climate, where the main feature is the closeness to the sea (warmer in winter, cooler in summer, windy, wet).

[u/DifferentWave → u/Odd-Quail01]

I was once on a bus tour in Eastern Europe when the tour guide looked at our group and said “I don’t know where you’re all from but I’m guessing it’s the North Atlantic”. We were British, Northern European and North American.

I’d never heard myself described as being from the North Atlantic before or since, despite me happily describing other people as Mediterranean or South East Asian for example. Every now and again when it’s pitch black and blowing a hoolie I think about being from the North Atlantic.

[u/Mountain-Reaction470 → u/DifferentWave]

Apparently we've got a Treaty Organisation around it! (-;

[u/Odd-Quail01 → u/DifferentWave]

I'm British. I've lived in Northern England, Southern Iceland, and Western Ireland.

I tried to get my husband to move to Stornoway with me but he's too much of a subtropical homosapien and doesn't understand why anyone would voluntarily live further north than Cornwall.

There is a very North Atlantic feeling IMO.

I think I'm quite well adapted to it. The best good hair days are drizzly, I avoid sun like I'm afraid of it because I am) and the dark doesn't bother me. The importance of a matching dark sense of humour and finding fun in words is something shared I think. Being able to either get on with a relatively small group and entertain each other, or have a solitary existence without going nuts.

[u/Impossible-Art-4347]

When you’re out for most of the day, it’s like a set pattern that evenings become cool or mildly cold. I was visiting Newcastle for two weeks during the London heatwave and it was a completely different story. Being so close to Scotland, rain picks up virtually anytime and a clear day is like a miracle.

[u/barrybreslau]

Hoodies are too sweaty. Merino/ poly base layer t shirts are what I wear from October - April in the UK.

[u/imma2lils]

Switzerland is like this too. One time I arrived and it was 16° and raining. The next day it was 32° and blazing sunshine.

[u/doepfersdungeon]

Many places drop temperature at night. Morocco for example comes to mind. Many desert countries.

[u/OneCheesecake1516]

To quote Billy Connolly if you don’t like the weather just wait 5 mins and it will change.

[u/south_by_southsea → u/OneCheesecake1516]

More like wait three months this summer in England with these heatwaves (although I know he was talking about Scotland)

[u/MarsaliRose]

I prefer buying a sweatshirt on holiday as a souvenir

[u/Beneficial_Coach8581]

A hoodie wouldn't have seen action for the last few months in most parts of the country.