Europe and Russia had a cold winter, and colder and wetter spring as normal, end of May someone pulled a switch and summer arrived with a vengeance, hot record breaking and very dry, that lasted till the first week in Septemnr when we got some needed rain, still 8 inches short here for the normal yearly rain we get..
Sunny start this morning, cold 7C at night 18 C in the daytime.
No heating on here, still 21 C in the house because it is very well isolated.
It has become a sport to see how long i can get without putting the gasfires on here, won't happen yet, have some added alternative heating like kerosene lamps and kerosene stove for cooking special meatdishes, they add a bunch of heat and kerosene doesn't smell, just needs some ventilation.
But ventilation is standard here just will have to pick up some kerosene this week, 40 liters ( 11 gallons) will do for the hard winter.
We don't have to fear for electricity loss because all cables are underground, no breaking there.
Natural gas heating never let us down, so no problems there as well, and even if, the kerosene stove and lamps could heat up the living room enough to keep it warm just in case ( and make a nice stew too ) ;)

We'll just have to see what the winter brings if it will be another cold one like the last 5 ones or not.
Checked the car out and readied it for the winter period, shops are 400 yards away so no problem there.
Let it rip ;)