The weather during winter

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How much does an umbrella cost in St Andrews? Should I buy when I arrive or take it to fly half of the globe?

Depends how cheap you could get one at home, and how likely a visit to Dundee would be. I'm pretty sure that Primark will sell really cheap umbrellas, and I've heard good reports of their durability. However, if you had a look round St Andrews, you could probably find something for under £5.

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the_aspie

St Andrews can have really nice weather. The week before everyone left this year, we had some really hot sunny weather - I saw so many people at the End of Year Bop with sunburns.

Having said that, past October/November, prepare for horizontal rain. I took and umbrella which soon broke in the wind. I recommend investing in a really good raincoat/kagool: Make sure it is long, light and not warm (wear a jumper to keep warm). Layers are also good

One problem I still haven’t figured out an answer to is when the rain drips from your raincoat to your trousers - nothing worse than lectures in soggy jeans...

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la_banane_verte

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the_aspie

St Andrews can have really nice weather. The week before everyone left this year, we had some really hot sunny weather - I saw so many people at the End of Year Bop with sunburns.

Having said that, past October/November, prepare for horizontal rain. I took and umbrella which soon broke in the wind. I recommend investing in a really good raincoat/kagool: Make sure it is long, light and not warm (wear a jumper to keep warm). Layers are also good

One problem I still haven’t figured out an answer to is when the rain drips from your raincoat to your trousers - nothing worse than lectures in soggy jeans...

Waterproof trousers :biggrin:

I wear them if I'm cycling and it's pissing it down, since my jeans get sodden if I don't.

I can't remember whether I already said this or not - the little fold up umbrellas are no good for in the wind, if people are wanting to buy an umbrella, go for a full sized golf one. I know you can get them from Sportsworld in the Overgate in Dundee for $2.50(stupid american keyboard has no pound :mad:

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If you manage to stay in St Andrews over the summer, there's even beach weather! We went swimming and had bbq at the beach in July :biggrin:

You can go swimming in May as well...it's just really really cold. I don't know if it's true but I heard in May that the actual temparature of the sea is at it's coldest,something to do with it being such a large body of water and heat dissapation rates. Could be bollo cks though.

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