We're in NE Scotland, so not quite as cold, but our neighbour hangs her washing out in all weathers: 50-60mph gales, torrential rain, fog, sleet, -10-15C, etc etc. She's a many generation local and says "well, the sun will be out in a wee while". Three months later, we're still waiting...Fizzy Izzy wrote:My mum lives in Calgary, Canada is it's also forbidden to hang out your washing there. She doesn't take any notice of that and goes ahead and hangs it out anyway (at least in the summer - in the winter it's usually -30 so not really good drying weather!)
Mind you, she also goes out to wash her car in her goonie and baffies when the temperature is sub-zero and the water quickly freezes to icicles as it drips off the car.
As for us, we air dry when the weather permits. The rest of the time we have a variety of airers and racks, plus one of those kitchen maid thingies that hangs from the ceiling. It takes about three days to dry a pair of trousers and four or five for a heavy sweater as we don't use the heating much.
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I think I'd line dry my smalls in defiance!
hubby likes it even better as he has ambitions of filling the clothes line with them, he said he has to do his part for the cause 
