UK heatwaves are no joke. This country wasn’t designed for warm temperatures - buildings, etc, are designed to retain as much heat as possible during winter, with most windows double-glazed - so we kak off during the 2 weeks of summer.
The Underground gets to the high 30’s with no ventilation except for the piston effect caused by oncoming trains, and there’s no AC on most of the trains. God forbid you need to use an overland train: you spend your entire journey sweating your arse off because there are again no air conditioning units in a metal tube being baked by the sun, with windows that only open about 15cm.
It’s an island, too, so it gets really muggy when it’s hot - think Durban in Summer. I’d take 35C on the Highveld or in the Cape any day.
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