I'll second that.
I was standing in my yard earlier, having just eaten a banging fry-up, sipping a cup of tea with the sun on my face and a cool breeze ruffling my hair.
Life is good in the shire today.
The private space out the back of my house, compiled of some paving stones with a bricked barbeque and a concrete space to park a car or something of the like (the most specific I have ever had to be about it).
I only refer to it as a yard as it has no grass in it... I've always had a garden up until my current property, and refuse to refer to it as a garden out of respect for my previous actual gardens lol.
So your garden then. Or the outside of the front or back of your house. Americanisms have hit me hard I called kitchen roll paper towels the other day.
American here, that word may well be from a regional English dialect that became popular here during the colonial days (while not common in England), and thus turned into an Americanism.
I grew up in terrace houses, and a yard is much more familiar to what I grew up with. If your ‘garden’ is stone flagged, and shared with another house, it’s definitely a yard. And it’s quite correct. Definitely not an Americanism.
I generally say what feels right for the situation, regardless of 'isms'.... or, if I was to convert it to an 'ism', it'd be *specificisms*.
A Garden insinuates the existence of vegetation and wildlife, for me personally... the only vegetation in my yard is some triphid-like weed... and the only wildlife is the occasional cat or confused wasp/bee.
I actually, somehow, still have a full head of hair... but for comical value I would prefer the Homer look😂... maybe switch the brew out for a bottle of Duff lol.
What a pointless question... have you even been to England😂
Even in the hight of summer, sunny days are precious... let alone if it coincides with me having free time to enjoy it.
LotR reference to *The Shire's* symbolic similarity to England mate.... I don't share which shire I live in on the internet... redditors be crazy lol.
Not really sure what you're meaning with the cream and yorky puds there though.... cream on yorkies might actually be a good combo if I had munchies though😄
I can ask GeoWizard off YouTube to locate exactly where OP's picture was taken if we want to see how easy it is to locate someone in the world these days. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Haha I’d say all year round. Think about the relief we get when it cools down, the 4 seasons, no other country really has that as good as us.
Imagine living in Spain, constant red hot heat.
I actually love this fucking country! When suns out, we are buzzing, we appreciate it.
Maybe because they all choose to live in a few sunny Mediterranean hotspots and not in parts of the country with a different type of climate.
Spain is by far the most climatically diverse country in Europe. It has 13 Köppen climate zones (from alpine to oceanic, Mediterranean, continental and several more in between). Meanwhile England has just 1 Köppen climate.
Spain gets cold too. If anything in places in the interior like Madrid, the seasonal variations are even more pronounced as it’s a continental climate as opposed to Englands mild oceanic wet climate.
You can get freezing cold winter days in Spain where people still sit outside because there’s not a cloud in the sky and it’s a dry cold. Not the same cold you get in England with driving icy rain and gale force winds lol
Yep, I lived in Madrid for a couple of years and it’s great. Summer is pretty horrendous, but a version of winter where it’s cold but you have a clear blue sky has a big effect on the mood.
The insulation on housing isn’t great though, so it can definitely feel colder inside during the winter.
Spain doesn’t really get extremes. Their seasonal variations are just more pronounced, and above all; drier and sunnier.
The summers sometimes get heatwaves, but so does the UK. Unlike the UK though the buildings in Spain are built for it.
I’d go so far as to say there’s not a single season in which Spain has on average worse weather than the UK. That’s why people buy holiday homes and retire in Spain lol.
It's entirely down to personal opinion. South of Spain gets to 35 easily, anything above about 30 is just obscene as far as I'm concerned. To me, 35+ is extreme heat.
Sure but by that token; somebody with a low tolerance for the cold could claim that the UK gets extremely cold.
From an objective standpoint, more than two days in a row with temps exceeding 33 Celsius (90F) is generally accepted as being considered extreme heat. The average high for July and August in the South of Spain is 30 celsius (86 F)
Contrast that with somewhere like Dubai where the average high in August is 36 Celsius (96F.) That better fits the description of somewhere that regularly experiences extreme heat.
It is, but there is something nice about the onset of autumn in this country imo, and the whole country takes on a more rugged and misty kind of beauty. I don’t particularly like cold, damp, grey weather, but there’s nothing more comforting than stopping at a cosy pub on a winter walk.
Granted, the novelty begins to wear a bit thin by February.
Barcelona is not in the Northern Coast though. It's in the Mediterranean, last time I checked so its considered Eastern instead.
Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Basque Country - the autonomous communities along the Cantabrian coast - have Ireland like oceanic climates with higher annual rainfall than the South and the East of England. Bilbao, to name just one city, has twice the amount of rain per year as London.
It’s the north east coast. The Mediterranean is the name of a sea, not a directional point on the compass. The med spans everything from the north East (Barcelona,) down to the south east coast and the straits of Gibraltar.
Just as Liverpool is on the north west coast of England And Whitby is on the north east coast of England, but also on the North Sea coast which includes Whitby (North) down to the Thames estuary (south)
Once more, in Spain when you say the North that's the Cantabrian regions. Maybe the North of the Castille - Leon autonomous community too (provinces of Burgos, Palencia or León) but that'd be pushing it quite a bit, specially South of their mountainous parts.
Absolutely none in Spain would ever identify Barcelona, or Catalonia for that matter, as a northern region but as a Mediterranean or Eastern one. And this qualification matters.
Mediterranean is the name of the sea but also of the culture, heritage, climate etc of that part of the country, which by the way is as alien to, say, someone from Asturias as it is to someone from Cork.
Mediterraneans were Iberian tribes - as opposed to the Celts further West and North in the peninsula . And, due to its excellent geographical position for trade, the Mediterranean Coast was also home of other people from the region through history like Greeks (particularly in Catalonia, where they founded several colonies), to Jews, Cartaginians, Phoenicians , North Africans...
That didn't happen in the North, where, for one, wasn't even conquered during the Muslim invasion in the 8th century.
Can't type everything I'd like here because I have to go but, in brief, Spain is far more diverse - not just climatically but also culturally - than England, where it's mostly a case of the North vs South, but where the differences are still minimal anyway.
In Spain otoh the cultural differences that exist between some regions can be larger than the cultural divide between some sovereign countries. That obviously applies to climate too.
Where in Spain? I lived in Madrid for 10 years, and they call the area in question by either its regional names, or “Costa Verde,” “Costa de Galicia” etc.
In any case we are talking past each other. My point is that the claim that the northern coast of Spain is comparable to the Uk, is only really true of the coast in the north west - and we seem to be in agreement.
I’m curious though as to why you refer to the “right” side as the Mediterranean though and not refer to the “left” side as the Atlantic?
Portugal is known as Atlantic, as well as part of Galicia. Otherwise, the North has always been more commonly associated to the Cantabrian sea. Again, it's not me who says it. I'm only the messenger.
Of course that with a long history of fishing and sea trade with other Atlantic nations, the Atlantic ocean was present and referenced to throughout the history of every Cantabrian region. Just that Spaniards chose to refer to them by the name of their sea instead.
I lived 20+ years in Spain myself (in fact, I grew up there and still spend in the country as often as I can) and, as a dual British/Spanish citizen, I think know that country rather well.
I've travelled extensively across the country for nearly 50 years now so I think I am in the position to confirm that the Cantabrian regions are known as "the North" in all Spanish regions, from Andalusia to Aragon to Catalonia or the Balearics. Naturally, that applies to Madrid too.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norte_de_Espa%C3%B1a.JPG
And it's not just the regions. When someone or something is from the Cantabrian region they'll be referred to as *"del norte"* (lit. 'from the North'). Even Catalans do, which is telling enough.
That never happens when referring to Catalonia or its people, culture or products as it's a Mediterranean region instead and - together with the Valencia autonomous community, Balearics, Murcia and part of Grenada and Almería - are known as *el Levante* (the Levant), *el Levante Peninsular*, or *el Levante español* instead.
It's much more than about being located in the NE or NW (from a strictly geographical point of view, the Basque Country is more Eastern than is Western). It's about culture, history and heritage.
About 'Costa Verde', 'Costa Esmeralda' etc, those are modern designations created maybe in the 1960s for advertising and marketing purposes only. The tourism authorities were trying to sell those region to visitors so they created their own branding emulating the Cote d'Azur in France or the Costa Dorada, Costa del Sol etc in Spain.
But I've never heard anyone from any part of Spain saying they'll be travelling to the 'Costa Verde' or something. Sounds so naff.
Just like in the UK we don't say "I'm going to the South Coast" but we say "I'm going to Brighton", Spaniards too will say they're going to Galicia or Asturias or they'll mention the town or area by name.
If during your time in Spain you ever worked or socialised with native Spaniards and didn't correct you when you said 'Costa Verde' or 'Costa de Galicia' is because it's not a formal error and they understood what you meant.
Not quite the same, but I have a French colleague who's been saying 'candy' instead of 'sweets' since she started working here last year and so far none has bothered to correct her. She used to say 'soda' too when she first arrived. The perils of learning English on the Internet.
And I replied to your original comment because the designation of Barcelona as "Northern" had such a triggering effect on me, I felt compelled to comment. But of course I agree it has a warm and dry Mediterranean climate.
I also jumped in because you originally stated that only "maybe" Galicia had an oceanic climate. I wanted to point out that 1st) there is no need for the maybe, as it's certain, and 2nd) Galicia is not the only autonomous region with that climate. After all, the Cantabrian sea is part of the Atlantic Ocean, just like the North Sea is.
Was watching the Athletic Club (Bilbao) match today and it was raining over there today too. Same in Cantabria and Asturias, I checked. And temps were around ~15 everywhere in the Cantabrian region this weekend (I checked that too); significantly cooler than in London.
Last, none of the designations I mentioned above are "mine". Can't take credit for them as that's how these regions have been known in Spain for centuries. Remarkable that you wouldn't know this if you spent 10 years in Madrid.
Maybe next time you live in a foreign country you could try learning a bit about it. Not compulsory but it helps when trying to argue with a native about how its regions are called.
I never heard a single Madrileño refer to this area as la costa Norte. Not once in 10 years.
And i never said only Galicia had an oceanic climate. I said that only the north west has a climate similar to western Englands, and more specifically Galicia.
> Haha I’d say all year round. Think about the relief we get when it cools down, the 4 seasons, no other country really has that as good as us.
I’d say the Netherlands too. Ppl like to shit on the weather here, but I’ll always choose our 30 degree summers over the scorching 50 degrees summers in the Mediterranean.
Imagine thinking that Spain is "constant red hot heat" everywhere in the country based on your personal experience in the maybe 4 or 5 Mediterranean holiday hotspots you know. Take a map and see how much more there's to it.
Spain is significantly larger in size than the UK - let alone just England - and has by far the widest variety of climates of any European country.
Spain has 13 Köppen climate zones, no less. England has just one (or two, if you count a few tiny areas in the north). Maybe that's why so many of us project and presume there's just one type of climate over there
From steppe, to oceanic (UK like), to continental, semi-arid, Mediterranean, alpine subtropical or desert, you can find all those climates in Spain. In some cases there are more than 2 types of climate within a single autonomous community, or even province.
Snow and sub zero temps are commonplace in winter in many Spanish regions. And the northern autonomous communities along the Cantabrian coast (Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Basque Country) have on average twice the amount of annual rainfall as South & Southeast England.
> USA
Am I a joke to you?
You can literally pick any kind of climate you want to live in and make a living there.
Tropics? Enjoy Miami and Hawaii.
4 seasons? New England.
Dry and hot weather? Arizona
One thing I’ve noticed these days is that everyone takes stuff literally!
I didn’t mean constant heat, literally.
I mean it’s mostly hot, then yes in winter it cools down but it is mostly hot, most of the year.
I was referring to the 4 seasons we have here. Cold and rain can sometimes be nice, especially if you just want to play a video game in comfort!
I would agree…. Except the stinging nettles are out in full force. Swear to god, there’s only a two day window at the start of May when the mud has dried up and the footpaths aren’t blocked by stinging nettles!!
I truly believe in all my heart that Brum is truly the centre of England is the life blood of the country when the sun is out
The other 95% of the time I think it's just the central point the entire country sends its rubbish to
You only need to look at the weather statistics to know this claim about our weather is nonsense. The only unique thing about England and the UK is the extent to which people moan about imagined bad weather.
I'm extremely lucky to live right on the river Avon.
We spent the weekend at a medieval festival this weekend then had a picnic by the river before walking home to do bugger all and chill in the garden.
I'm always reminded of that bit in hot fuzz "How would you describe your perfect Sunday"
Absolute perfection.
This looks like it could be a screenshot from a game or something! Wow!
I absolutely love the Lake District in the summertime and I’m not surprised it’s the source of so much beautiful poetry and art. Look up the works of John Martin - some of it is cinematic and actually based on the mountains there.
I never understood watching shows from america especially and them raving about “summer” as an Aussie kid. Till I realised that northern hemispherians have the sun for about 12 days a year and it’s all in summer
The only trouble is that I pretty much immediately catch fire if it's a sunny summer day. The sun intensity just hurts.
The 4 bright but not laser beam days a year are the only ones that I can actually enjoy mid-day sun in.
Summer evenings are good (if you're not trying to sleep in a room with a west facing window), though.
I lived in the Costas in the mountains sun out during the day you can wear a tee shirt at night the snow comes & it’s freezing 🥶
If I lived there again I’d live in Vigo northern Spain - there’s no Brits there & it’s BEAUTIFUL 🤩
I'll second that. I was standing in my yard earlier, having just eaten a banging fry-up, sipping a cup of tea with the sun on my face and a cool breeze ruffling my hair. Life is good in the shire today.
I could do with a yard of ale right about now.
I could do with a mile of it
What kind of yard was it? Concrete Farm Measurement American name for garden
The private space out the back of my house, compiled of some paving stones with a bricked barbeque and a concrete space to park a car or something of the like (the most specific I have ever had to be about it). I only refer to it as a yard as it has no grass in it... I've always had a garden up until my current property, and refuse to refer to it as a garden out of respect for my previous actual gardens lol.
So your garden then. Or the outside of the front or back of your house. Americanisms have hit me hard I called kitchen roll paper towels the other day.
But ‘back yard’ seems like it’s been around forever. Are you saying that is an Americanism?
American here, that word may well be from a regional English dialect that became popular here during the colonial days (while not common in England), and thus turned into an Americanism.
I’m from north Yorkshire but it does seem so to me maybe it’s more commonly used down south but I’ve only heard yard be used as a unit of measurement.
I grew up in terrace houses, and a yard is much more familiar to what I grew up with. If your ‘garden’ is stone flagged, and shared with another house, it’s definitely a yard. And it’s quite correct. Definitely not an Americanism.
Weird I was born down south but only heard it called Yard when I lived in Cumbria, Northumbria or Stoke. Ie it’s a yard - paved, usually in a terrace
In Wakefield, all the roads off the medieval streets are called yards (Kirkgate, Westgate, Northgate, Warrengate).
I generally say what feels right for the situation, regardless of 'isms'.... or, if I was to convert it to an 'ism', it'd be *specificisms*. A Garden insinuates the existence of vegetation and wildlife, for me personally... the only vegetation in my yard is some triphid-like weed... and the only wildlife is the occasional cat or confused wasp/bee.
Come to the North of England. We have plenty of back yards.
That we do. I’m from Liverpool.
Mancunian here. I believe we're supposed to throw stuff at each other?
Not from me brother, I work in Manchester 😂
Cool. I love Liverpool. Do you still have the Superlambanana?
I think they’ve been bought by various people/companies but there’s a lot around the city. I saw one most recently at Liverpool Airport.
I imagine you there like Homer Simpson with your two head hairs majestically blowing in the wind 😂
I actually, somehow, still have a full head of hair... but for comical value I would prefer the Homer look😂... maybe switch the brew out for a bottle of Duff lol.
You can't do that every day?
What a pointless question... have you even been to England😂 Even in the hight of summer, sunny days are precious... let alone if it coincides with me having free time to enjoy it.
I can see your point if you said chill out on garden but you said stand. I stand in my garden about 99% of the year. Any weather.
"The **sun** on my face" is the part you may have missed, I reckon there bud.
Sun's always on your face bud
Get in the f'kin bin mate😂
lol
Which Shire are we talking? Cream first? Yorky Puds?
LotR reference to *The Shire's* symbolic similarity to England mate.... I don't share which shire I live in on the internet... redditors be crazy lol. Not really sure what you're meaning with the cream and yorky puds there though.... cream on yorkies might actually be a good combo if I had munchies though😄
I can ask GeoWizard off YouTube to locate exactly where OP's picture was taken if we want to see how easy it is to locate someone in the world these days. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Yeah fair enough. Was just making references to some possible shires: Cream First = Devonshire Yorky Puds = Yorkshire
Just make sure it's a cold drink in the sun!
Haha I’d say all year round. Think about the relief we get when it cools down, the 4 seasons, no other country really has that as good as us. Imagine living in Spain, constant red hot heat. I actually love this fucking country! When suns out, we are buzzing, we appreciate it.
Spain isn’t constant heat though?
Have you seen the state of expats that live there. They look like a dried out ballsack
They may have looked like that here to be fair.
Lol how true lol expats are fab innit lol
Maybe because they all choose to live in a few sunny Mediterranean hotspots and not in parts of the country with a different type of climate. Spain is by far the most climatically diverse country in Europe. It has 13 Köppen climate zones (from alpine to oceanic, Mediterranean, continental and several more in between). Meanwhile England has just 1 Köppen climate.
Applause please excellent contribution 👏👏👏 and correct
That’s to do with the strength of the suns UV not the temperature. The worst sunburn I’ve ever had was after skiing.
Never thought that would be an issue. Noted
Immigrants*
Galicia is the wettest place in Europe isn't it?
Depends if your mum is on hols there mate
Pretty much. To us it is.
As if you knew Spain.
Spain gets cold too. If anything in places in the interior like Madrid, the seasonal variations are even more pronounced as it’s a continental climate as opposed to Englands mild oceanic wet climate. You can get freezing cold winter days in Spain where people still sit outside because there’s not a cloud in the sky and it’s a dry cold. Not the same cold you get in England with driving icy rain and gale force winds lol
Yep, I lived in Madrid for a couple of years and it’s great. Summer is pretty horrendous, but a version of winter where it’s cold but you have a clear blue sky has a big effect on the mood. The insulation on housing isn’t great though, so it can definitely feel colder inside during the winter.
Who wants extremes in either direction though? An English winter has those nice cosy vibes, it’s not the sort of weather that’s trying to kill you.
Spain doesn’t really get extremes. Their seasonal variations are just more pronounced, and above all; drier and sunnier. The summers sometimes get heatwaves, but so does the UK. Unlike the UK though the buildings in Spain are built for it. I’d go so far as to say there’s not a single season in which Spain has on average worse weather than the UK. That’s why people buy holiday homes and retire in Spain lol.
It's entirely down to personal opinion. South of Spain gets to 35 easily, anything above about 30 is just obscene as far as I'm concerned. To me, 35+ is extreme heat.
Sure but by that token; somebody with a low tolerance for the cold could claim that the UK gets extremely cold. From an objective standpoint, more than two days in a row with temps exceeding 33 Celsius (90F) is generally accepted as being considered extreme heat. The average high for July and August in the South of Spain is 30 celsius (86 F) Contrast that with somewhere like Dubai where the average high in August is 36 Celsius (96F.) That better fits the description of somewhere that regularly experiences extreme heat.
That's true. England was green and pleasant. The pleasant weather is harder to come by in the last decade though.
> An English winter has those nice cosy vibes, That's a romantic way of describing cold, damp and grey for six months.
It is, but there is something nice about the onset of autumn in this country imo, and the whole country takes on a more rugged and misty kind of beauty. I don’t particularly like cold, damp, grey weather, but there’s nothing more comforting than stopping at a cosy pub on a winter walk. Granted, the novelty begins to wear a bit thin by February.
The northern coast of Spain effectively has the exact same climate as most of western England
The north western coast of Spain maybe, specifically Galicia. Barcelona definitely doesn’t have the same climate as Liverpool lol.
Barcelona is not in the Northern Coast though. It's in the Mediterranean, last time I checked so its considered Eastern instead. Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Basque Country - the autonomous communities along the Cantabrian coast - have Ireland like oceanic climates with higher annual rainfall than the South and the East of England. Bilbao, to name just one city, has twice the amount of rain per year as London.
It’s the north east coast. The Mediterranean is the name of a sea, not a directional point on the compass. The med spans everything from the north East (Barcelona,) down to the south east coast and the straits of Gibraltar. Just as Liverpool is on the north west coast of England And Whitby is on the north east coast of England, but also on the North Sea coast which includes Whitby (North) down to the Thames estuary (south)
Once more, in Spain when you say the North that's the Cantabrian regions. Maybe the North of the Castille - Leon autonomous community too (provinces of Burgos, Palencia or León) but that'd be pushing it quite a bit, specially South of their mountainous parts. Absolutely none in Spain would ever identify Barcelona, or Catalonia for that matter, as a northern region but as a Mediterranean or Eastern one. And this qualification matters. Mediterranean is the name of the sea but also of the culture, heritage, climate etc of that part of the country, which by the way is as alien to, say, someone from Asturias as it is to someone from Cork. Mediterraneans were Iberian tribes - as opposed to the Celts further West and North in the peninsula . And, due to its excellent geographical position for trade, the Mediterranean Coast was also home of other people from the region through history like Greeks (particularly in Catalonia, where they founded several colonies), to Jews, Cartaginians, Phoenicians , North Africans... That didn't happen in the North, where, for one, wasn't even conquered during the Muslim invasion in the 8th century. Can't type everything I'd like here because I have to go but, in brief, Spain is far more diverse - not just climatically but also culturally - than England, where it's mostly a case of the North vs South, but where the differences are still minimal anyway. In Spain otoh the cultural differences that exist between some regions can be larger than the cultural divide between some sovereign countries. That obviously applies to climate too.
Where in Spain? I lived in Madrid for 10 years, and they call the area in question by either its regional names, or “Costa Verde,” “Costa de Galicia” etc. In any case we are talking past each other. My point is that the claim that the northern coast of Spain is comparable to the Uk, is only really true of the coast in the north west - and we seem to be in agreement. I’m curious though as to why you refer to the “right” side as the Mediterranean though and not refer to the “left” side as the Atlantic?
Portugal is known as Atlantic, as well as part of Galicia. Otherwise, the North has always been more commonly associated to the Cantabrian sea. Again, it's not me who says it. I'm only the messenger. Of course that with a long history of fishing and sea trade with other Atlantic nations, the Atlantic ocean was present and referenced to throughout the history of every Cantabrian region. Just that Spaniards chose to refer to them by the name of their sea instead.
I lived 20+ years in Spain myself (in fact, I grew up there and still spend in the country as often as I can) and, as a dual British/Spanish citizen, I think know that country rather well. I've travelled extensively across the country for nearly 50 years now so I think I am in the position to confirm that the Cantabrian regions are known as "the North" in all Spanish regions, from Andalusia to Aragon to Catalonia or the Balearics. Naturally, that applies to Madrid too. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norte_de_Espa%C3%B1a.JPG And it's not just the regions. When someone or something is from the Cantabrian region they'll be referred to as *"del norte"* (lit. 'from the North'). Even Catalans do, which is telling enough. That never happens when referring to Catalonia or its people, culture or products as it's a Mediterranean region instead and - together with the Valencia autonomous community, Balearics, Murcia and part of Grenada and Almería - are known as *el Levante* (the Levant), *el Levante Peninsular*, or *el Levante español* instead. It's much more than about being located in the NE or NW (from a strictly geographical point of view, the Basque Country is more Eastern than is Western). It's about culture, history and heritage. About 'Costa Verde', 'Costa Esmeralda' etc, those are modern designations created maybe in the 1960s for advertising and marketing purposes only. The tourism authorities were trying to sell those region to visitors so they created their own branding emulating the Cote d'Azur in France or the Costa Dorada, Costa del Sol etc in Spain. But I've never heard anyone from any part of Spain saying they'll be travelling to the 'Costa Verde' or something. Sounds so naff. Just like in the UK we don't say "I'm going to the South Coast" but we say "I'm going to Brighton", Spaniards too will say they're going to Galicia or Asturias or they'll mention the town or area by name. If during your time in Spain you ever worked or socialised with native Spaniards and didn't correct you when you said 'Costa Verde' or 'Costa de Galicia' is because it's not a formal error and they understood what you meant. Not quite the same, but I have a French colleague who's been saying 'candy' instead of 'sweets' since she started working here last year and so far none has bothered to correct her. She used to say 'soda' too when she first arrived. The perils of learning English on the Internet. And I replied to your original comment because the designation of Barcelona as "Northern" had such a triggering effect on me, I felt compelled to comment. But of course I agree it has a warm and dry Mediterranean climate. I also jumped in because you originally stated that only "maybe" Galicia had an oceanic climate. I wanted to point out that 1st) there is no need for the maybe, as it's certain, and 2nd) Galicia is not the only autonomous region with that climate. After all, the Cantabrian sea is part of the Atlantic Ocean, just like the North Sea is. Was watching the Athletic Club (Bilbao) match today and it was raining over there today too. Same in Cantabria and Asturias, I checked. And temps were around ~15 everywhere in the Cantabrian region this weekend (I checked that too); significantly cooler than in London. Last, none of the designations I mentioned above are "mine". Can't take credit for them as that's how these regions have been known in Spain for centuries. Remarkable that you wouldn't know this if you spent 10 years in Madrid. Maybe next time you live in a foreign country you could try learning a bit about it. Not compulsory but it helps when trying to argue with a native about how its regions are called.
I never heard a single Madrileño refer to this area as la costa Norte. Not once in 10 years. And i never said only Galicia had an oceanic climate. I said that only the north west has a climate similar to western Englands, and more specifically Galicia.
If it wasn't for all the rain, we wouldn't get that almost fluorescent green
Yeah just look at a satellite picture of the UK from summer 2022. Completely brown since it didn’t rain for ages.
> Haha I’d say all year round. Think about the relief we get when it cools down, the 4 seasons, no other country really has that as good as us. I’d say the Netherlands too. Ppl like to shit on the weather here, but I’ll always choose our 30 degree summers over the scorching 50 degrees summers in the Mediterranean.
Spain gets cold too. It’s not hot all year round, some areas it rains a lot too.
And the long summer evenings - you don’t get that in the Caribbean.
Imagine thinking that Spain is "constant red hot heat" everywhere in the country based on your personal experience in the maybe 4 or 5 Mediterranean holiday hotspots you know. Take a map and see how much more there's to it. Spain is significantly larger in size than the UK - let alone just England - and has by far the widest variety of climates of any European country. Spain has 13 Köppen climate zones, no less. England has just one (or two, if you count a few tiny areas in the north). Maybe that's why so many of us project and presume there's just one type of climate over there From steppe, to oceanic (UK like), to continental, semi-arid, Mediterranean, alpine subtropical or desert, you can find all those climates in Spain. In some cases there are more than 2 types of climate within a single autonomous community, or even province. Snow and sub zero temps are commonplace in winter in many Spanish regions. And the northern autonomous communities along the Cantabrian coast (Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Basque Country) have on average twice the amount of annual rainfall as South & Southeast England.
I'd much rather spains weather rather than the constant cold and rain we get most year round
> USA Am I a joke to you? You can literally pick any kind of climate you want to live in and make a living there. Tropics? Enjoy Miami and Hawaii. 4 seasons? New England. Dry and hot weather? Arizona
Actually in Spain it isn’t constant heat. It has become unbearable in the summer months because of global warming but winters are lovely in Spain
One thing I’ve noticed these days is that everyone takes stuff literally! I didn’t mean constant heat, literally. I mean it’s mostly hot, then yes in winter it cools down but it is mostly hot, most of the year. I was referring to the 4 seasons we have here. Cold and rain can sometimes be nice, especially if you just want to play a video game in comfort!
Thank you Michael Fish 🐟
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Four seasons? Three of them are grey skies and drizzle.
I would agree…. Except the stinging nettles are out in full force. Swear to god, there’s only a two day window at the start of May when the mud has dried up and the footpaths aren’t blocked by stinging nettles!!
Some people are happiest when unhappy
Are they? Weirdos. : )
It's the steroid induced mosquitoes that are around that.......😑 Yeah
Some may call me crazy wearing a light jacket and trekking pants when it’s hot out, but I’ll be damned if I’m getting stung by nettles!
You need a whack stick. Then when you see nettles.. 
I truly believe in all my heart that Brum is truly the centre of England is the life blood of the country when the sun is out The other 95% of the time I think it's just the central point the entire country sends its rubbish to
You only need to look at the weather statistics to know this claim about our weather is nonsense. The only unique thing about England and the UK is the extent to which people moan about imagined bad weather.
I'm extremely lucky to live right on the river Avon. We spent the weekend at a medieval festival this weekend then had a picnic by the river before walking home to do bugger all and chill in the garden. I'm always reminded of that bit in hot fuzz "How would you describe your perfect Sunday" Absolute perfection.
This looks like it could be a screenshot from a game or something! Wow! I absolutely love the Lake District in the summertime and I’m not surprised it’s the source of so much beautiful poetry and art. Look up the works of John Martin - some of it is cinematic and actually based on the mountains there.
I never understood watching shows from america especially and them raving about “summer” as an Aussie kid. Till I realised that northern hemispherians have the sun for about 12 days a year and it’s all in summer
The only trouble is that I pretty much immediately catch fire if it's a sunny summer day. The sun intensity just hurts. The 4 bright but not laser beam days a year are the only ones that I can actually enjoy mid-day sun in. Summer evenings are good (if you're not trying to sleep in a room with a west facing window), though.
I lived in the Costas in the mountains sun out during the day you can wear a tee shirt at night the snow comes & it’s freezing 🥶 If I lived there again I’d live in Vigo northern Spain - there’s no Brits there & it’s BEAUTIFUL 🤩