Global warming starts in Kent!

I woke up around 4.30 to a superheated bedroom! The themometer on the wall was reading 28! OH has poor circulation, so I have to concede to not switching the heating off overnight this weather, but the thermostat gets turned down to 18 .

The kids (16 and 18) had been pulling an all nighter watching videos. When I went down to investigate, they had put the thermostat down as asked, but had the doors and windows open! The thermostat is in the hall, but they had propped open the living room door, so we were trying to heat the whole world. They were tucked up in duvets on the settee, sound asleep.

I don't know what the temp is outside, but Metcheck forecaste -2. The heating system was working full time, and of course the rooms with the doors closed were unbearable. Goodness knows what our Japanese student was feeling like. She doesn't like the cold, but her room is the smallest, and she always keeps the door closed to keep the cats out. I hope she's not been cooked!

I hate to think what it's done to the bill, and I will be interested to hear the reasoning when I can get them awake enough to explain!