Shall I fetch it in. Or leave it hanging

Nice that you got lucky this time!

So much more organised than me. I did leave it out and the sun did shine. Phew.

I can imagine that the wind blows long and hard up there sometimes. Assuming that you are on Skye. I love the smell of fresh dried laundry but I can see the problem. We don't have a drier so we have to either dry outside or the house looks like a laundry with clothes all over the place. Such is life. Welcome to myLot by the way.

It's a good job he's got that use. The only use I found for him before was carrying the shopping but now I shop at Iceland and they deliver.

We men have our uses Nanna. Even if it is only rain watch. Actually I put some out today. Got involved in a very long phone call this afternoon and it's still out there now (8.30) and it has been pouring down. It can wait until tomorrow now.

Now Nanna. You love him really. Poor Mr Croc. Put onto half time work.

You are so practical Cyn. I have been known to leave it out all night to get nice and wet. Then it does have to be rewashed. Usually! But the sun shone and it all dried nicely.

But I do love the smell of ourdoors dried clothes and we don't have a drier. It's hard work, but I don't complain. "Lying hound"

I left it out. The rain held off and it all dried beautifully. I have some more out today as it's nice and sunny. Another load in the machine. What a busy boy I am. LOL.

No I didn't sleep here. LOL. Slept until 8.15 and apart from 30 minutes earlier on, have only been on here for 10 minutes just now. 5 minutes of which have been spent talking to Mrs P1ke, or listening rather, about what we are doing this afternoon. To paraphrase her: I drive, she shops, I pay. Bless her. LOL.

It is nice and sunny here to, great day for airing the house out!! lol The one thing I hate is when it starts to rain so you bring the washing in and then as soon as you have done that, what do you know the sun has come out!! Typical lol Did you have a good nights sleep?? Read you other post that you were glued to the same spot that your sat in now?? You didnt sleep in front of the computer did you?? lol

I've always lived in flats, but I've always been lucky enough to have a clothes line, and even if a community green area, at least I had one. I can well imagine your excitement of going on holiday and having an outside drying facility. The clothes smell so much fresher when dried outside.

When we first married we lived in a flat and had to dry inside. We used to go on self catering holidays and get excited about hanging our washing outside. Sad or what?

Some of the old wives tales are actually good advice and I did have the whitest wash without using bleach.

I haven't heard of that. Seems an old wives tale to me. The citizens of the county that I live in are nicknamed the "Moonrakers". The origins of this name go back to the days when there was a great deal of smuggling in these parts. One clear night some smugglers were manhandling some barrels of brandy beside a lake when they saw some Customs and Excise men riding up. They quickly threw the barrels into the lake. The full moon was reflected by the water. The men grabbed rakes and started to rake the surface of the water. The Customs guys asked them what they were doing and they replied that they were trying to get the big silver cheese that they could see in the water. The Customs men laughed at the rakers stupidity. At which point they retrieved the barrels and escaped. Ever since we have been know as "Moonrakers".

You've got to watch those 'unmentionables'! I used to dry a lot of my lingerie in the basement--I shocked the PSE&G (our local utility company guys too much! But it's worth it to see them blush!

You want to watch the acid rain. Makes you hallucinate. We don't have a dryer so if we dry indoors the house rapidly starts to look like a laundry.

I guess I deserved the wasp story, after telling you the mosquito story, LOL. Now it will take about an hour for me to put my shoes on ever morning, until I forget this story. I am glad that your clothes dried alright.

Yikes. Poor you. My mom once put her winter boots on and discovered that their was a wasps nest in there that had been built across the summer! Her foot blew up like a football. I hate having washing all over the house, but sometimes it has to be dried that way. Fortunately my washing did dry outside so all is well.

Thank you, p1kef1sh, but as much as I would love to see your beautiful country I don't think the methods of travel to get there would agree with me.

Apartments are a problem for outdoor drying. Either you stick it out of the window and watch your smalls blow across the city, or you have to hoof it downstairs to some communal area where it gets pinched. You have my sympathy. Anytime you want to bring your washing over just let me know ! LOL.

Know what you mean! Kind of like here if we get rain, it is front page headlines! When we do get a down pour it hits fast and hard and then is gone!

I can imagine the problem My mother in Law in Birmingham England had a similar problem. At least you get the sun though. Here, when the sun comes out it makes the national news. LOL.

I know what you mean. A light shower is alright, but persistent rain is not so easy.

the sun did come out for awhile and I did get my washing dry outside after all I would take it in even if it were a light shower

Lucky you, lazy me! LOL

We don't have a dryer so fresh air or radiators have to do. But the sun did shine and they all dried. Hurray.

I don't know why I always imagine Arizona to be permanently hot and dry. Too many cowboy films I expect! I guess that if you don't have the outdoor space then a dryer makes real sense. We don't have one and manage somehow when it rains. The house looks a bit like a laundry though.

I got my washing dry although it is now raining so the next load will have to be dried inside. Thank you.

I love the smell of outdoor dried washing. LOL. We don't have a drier so that's not an option. With the huge increase in energy costs (35% on top of the increased 21% imposed last month) here it's probably just as well!

I keep thinking of building a cover to the line to keep the rain off. Good idea. Thank you.

I don't think that it ever did. Thank you.

I have sometimes thought of putting them in the garage, but worried whether they would dry. Perhaps I should try. Thank you.

You're welcome :) But if you have an enclosed garage I would suggest you keep an electric fan on, otherwise your wash would have turn musty.