When my father was an art student he visited a friend from the army who had recently become a father. This would be early 1950s. There were nappies strung up to dry across the kitchen. My father could remember driving back to College on his motorcycle thinking "Another good man down". In a few years he was in the same situation with my nappies needing to be got dry.
This time of year it is not warm enough for clothes to dry quickly. But it is not cold enough for me to put my central heating on, so drying clothes, sheets, towels, kayak gear, etc, is a problem. My kayak trousers which I will be wearing tomorrow are still slightly damp from last week.
We have had some lovely sunny days recently, and today was forecast to be dry with some sun. So I put my washing out on the rotary dryer. It was misty - the two items I had handwashed, rinsing in warm water, steamed as I hung them out!
The mist did not clear for ages. No blue sky until the afternoon. Very little sun. Sheets, towels and clothes still damp and had to be put on clothes horses indoors to finish off.
Luckily I live alone. If part of a couple, or even worse a family, I would find space for a clothes dryer, however ungreen that might be!
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