London Weather

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(Deep Freud Moors) wrote:

peggy sue wrote in message
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I am hoping to make my first trip to London in Nov. of this year. I
would like to know what the weather will be like. Is this a good time
of the year for tours and seeing the city/

London tends to slow down in winter, and some of the
more
touristy attractions may not be open.

What are you thinking of that will be closed in November? Apart from the
odd outdoor thing, perhaps.

Following up to

London tends to slow down in winter, and some of the
more touristy attractions may not be open.

What are you thinking of that will be closed in November? Apart from the
odd outdoor thing, perhaps.

I think the big difference is the tourists go away and its
possible to speed up, not slow down :-)
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
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The Reid wrote:

Following up to Barbara Vaughan

In addition to normal cool weather clothing, take a good rainproof
windbreaker with a hood, an umbrella, waterproof (perhaps Goretex-lined)
walking shoes, some warm wool sweaters, and a warm hat.

Most Londoners of course will make do with the umbrella or the
waterproof or the hat! :-)

Certainly, as I would at home. However, the tourist often spends long
spells out of doors and may not have a pair of dry shoes to change into.

Barbara

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In article ,
(Deep Freud Moors) wrote:

peggy sue wrote in message
...
I am hoping to make my first trip to London in Nov. of this year. I
would like to know what the weather will be like. Is this a good time
of the year for tours and seeing the city/

London tends to slow down in winter, and some of the
more
touristy attractions may not be open.

What are you thinking of that will be closed in November? Apart from the
odd outdoor thing, perhaps.

Yeah, I should have worded that betterly.

London really comes alive in its short summer, with heaps of stuff going on
everywhere. The winters, however, are long, grey and REALLY depressing! I
would not want my first trip to London to be in November. One would not get
a good impression of how awesome it can be...
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DFM

"Deep Freud Moors" wrote in message
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London really comes alive in its short summer, with heaps of stuff going
on
everywhere. The winters, however, are long, grey and REALLY depressing! I
would not want my first trip to London to be in November. One would not
get
a good impression of how awesome it can be...

I disagree

For walking tours a crisp early winter day is much nicer than
hot steamy one in summer and in November there's a good
chance you'll actually get into the Tower without a 2 hour queue.

Keith

Following up to Deep Freud Moors

Yeah, I should have worded that betterly.

London really comes alive in its short summer, with heaps of stuff going on
everywhere. The winters, however, are long, grey and REALLY depressing! I
would not want my first trip to London to be in November. One would not get
a good impression of how awesome it can be...

April to October is fine. November grey, December, Christmas
ahhhhh, Jan-Feb cold, but bright days are the BEST there is.
March, dramatic. Then that brings us back to A........
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Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
UK walking "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to Keith Willshaw

For walking tours a crisp early winter day is much nicer than
hot steamy one in summer

Yes, I would never select August to be in London. Being a cool
city it suffers a bit in August, not much aircon, hot and sweaty.
Not as much outdoor living as generally hotter places.
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Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
UK walking "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

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In article ,
(Deep Freud Moors) wrote:

London really comes alive in its short summer, with heaps of stuff going
on
everywhere. The winters, however, are long, grey and REALLY depressing! I
would not want my first trip to London to be in November. One would not
get
a good impression of how awesome it can be...
---
DFM


Coming from Norway and visiting London in November quite often I would say
UK winter is mild and nice.....

Roger

In article ,
Keith Willshaw wrote:

"peggy sue" wrote in message
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I am hoping to make my first trip to London in Nov. of this year. I
would like to know what the weather will be like.


So would we

Is this a good time
of the year for tours and seeing the city/


Yes , the weather may be wet and cool but is unlikely
to fall much below freezing and the tourists have all gone
home so most of the sights are much quieter.

Keith



Generally damp and overcast in November. Lots of leaves on the ground in the
parks, trees mostly shed all their leaves. November 5 is Guy Fawkes night,
good for fireworks and big bonfires. Days are very short, dark by 5:30pm
and light by 8:30am. Have the long periods of gloom that last from 4:00pm
until dark, and from 8:00am until 9:00am.

Not too cold and can expect some nice crisp days. Definitely not my favorite
time of year (I much prefer September or late June). Good time
for visiting museums, the theater, and shopping on Regent St/Oxford St.

--mikeb

Many Londoners will actually make do with dashing blindly across busy
streets as they have forgotten to take umbrella, waterproof etc... when
leaving home that morning !
"The Reid" wrote in message
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Following up to Barbara Vaughan

In addition to normal cool weather clothing, take a good rainproof
windbreaker with a hood, an umbrella, waterproof (perhaps Goretex-lined)
walking shoes, some warm wool sweaters, and a warm hat.

Most Londoners of course will make do with the umbrella or the
waterproof or the hat! :-)
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
UK walking "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@
all, it's a spamtrap