‘Roll on the next heatwave’: Your tips for staying cool

Few things divide opinion in the UK quite like a heatwave. For every person embracing each minute of sunshine, there’s another retreating away and counting down the days until cooler weather returns. So we asked Telegraph readers for their tips and advice on how to stay cool when temperatures soar. Here’s what they had to say. Fans and air con For some readers, nothing can beat a good old-fashioned fan, while others argue investing in air-conditioning is preferable. For Trudi, 76, from Scotland, it’s not so much the heat she hates, but the humidity. “I sit with the fan on, “ she says. “When I’m out I have a neck fan, which is brilliant and I keep it fully charged to keep myself cool. I just sit, doing little, hydrating and trying to keep cool.” Lots of you recommended ceiling fans, like Nina Parkinson, who has “always had ceiling fans in every room.” “They keep us cool in the hot weather and with just a touch of the switch. In winter, the fans work the other way by pushing the warm air down. They’re very cheap to run, but they may not appeal to those who must have fabulous chandeliers and posh lighting though”. Stephen, 72, from the South West, uses an air cooler, not to be confused with air conditioning.