DON'T GO OUTSIDE ! screams Daily Mail 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594730/Health-warning-smog-soars-dangerous-high-country-People-heart-lung-problems-told-avoid-exercise.html

Good enough for me, don't like exercise on a nice day ! 

Meanwhile, here's my Saharan sand settled on top of our trampoline, tweeted yesterday @TWOweather

Had quite a lot on my car up here near Manchester and everyone in my office has been talking about it too. I washed my car on Saturday for the first time this year and it looked filthy by Monday!

Used the wipers to clean the windscreen a couple of times yesterday. Noticeable just how bright yellow this particular sand is

And again just after a shower this morning

Some very bad air pollution around the UK right now - it's as bad as places like India and China! 

http://aqicn.org/map/world/

Certainly noticed the poor skies and visability. The fog in particular lingered across the north today, not sure if this was related. Not noticed when breathing any ill effects and I used to have asthma. Yesterday the cloud broke and it was useable weather in the garden but today it was poor again.

Interesting to see how low the US pollution is considering all the vehicles.

The 03.00hrs reading for Bexley(Kent) a couple of miles from me, measured 164 which is categorized as unhealthy. I wondered why my throat was a bit raspy.

http://aqicn.org/map/world/

Have noticed Saharan sand/dust around here for the past couple of days.

Car windows had to be washed off  at least 3 times  on a short  journey to the shops today....

Must have been a light shower overnight because car covered in brown splodges this morning - second time this week. Very hazy over Bristol. Hills some 3 miles away are barely visible. Weather dry.

Now I've experienced more sand than snow falling from the sky this year 

My car looked a real mess this morning...

Also, yesterday I thought I must have got soap in my eyes while showering, but they are still itchy and watering today, especially outdoors, so I guess it must be the pollution 

Have you been to India and witnessed the Asian Brown Cloud first hand? This is nowhere near as bad.

Very little Saharan sand  here

Pollution seems worse today than yesterday - once again it's very hazy and cannot see the Pennines. Been here for about 40 years and never seen pollution as bad as the last week, you can even taste it as you go outdoors. Kind of smells like something burning.

Yeh, whiff of a foundry-like smell was my first impression.

Yes, went to Delhi last June and as we were coming in to land you could see the dirty yellow haze over the city.  Son had been out there for 2 months before I got there and told me not to look at my hanky after I haad blown my nose!! Lol.  I agree though, it is a lot worse there.  

And over here, the air quality and visibility seem to be vastly improved. Just a shame that it's now gone all cool, dull and overcast.   Probably where the Atlantic air is trying to push through.

For UK standards as a whole it is bad and the scale last night for parts of London was as high as Delhi and a number of cities in China at the same time. The reason we have no "brown cloud" here is we are not close to deserts and soils that are extremely dry like in India or China that will make it even more dusty. I notice there have been more admissions to hospitals due to breathing problems than usual in the UK. For most of us this won't effect us too much but for people with health problems then it no doubt already has.

Well with the smell of the past few days I would of known there was something a bit odd and a metalic taste in my mouth without looking at the news, I probably would of thought there was a chemical factory on fire in the distance. But I guess we all respond differently to these situations with sense of smell etc

It's not just Southern Britain.  We've got it here too, though it's only really been noticable today.  The local car wash will be busy this weekend!

Here in the south west the dust was noticed. Had to wipe all the white PVC windows and  doorframes down today...What it will be like in the morning with fog I do not know...