[News] How COLD are you??

[dazzer6666]

‘Lost’ one of my running gloves so tried to get out Monday and do my usual but with extra base layer and pulled over my hands a la Mo Salah. The pain in my fingers was excruciating. I think if I’d been out longer than half an hour frostbite due to windchill might have been a genuine risk.

Also at home on Wednesday it got down to minus 7 without windchill and the waste pipe from our washing machine froze solid. Took 3 boiling kettles to defrost and when it did the pipe did an ice crap about 8 inches long.

I’ve actually been running double-gloved this week......have trouble with my hands at the best of times but the pain is awful in this weather if it gets to me. Wearing a thin thermal pair and then a thicker insulated pair over the top. I’ve bought some heated gloves for when we’re out walking - they are bloody fantastic. Rechargeable battery units in each one. Too bulky to run in though.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I can see you now Dave, looking goooooooood.

Firstly, I’m not that shape.
Secondly, what I’m wearing at the moment is boring grey and a bit more practical.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Tad chilly working outdoors this week.....tree loping last couple of days has been the worst as I was mainly static ....going shopping tonight after work just rubbed salt in the wound having to queue to get in ...still milder next week and wet

 

[BN9 BHA]

Tad chilly working outdoors this week.....tree loping last couple of days has been the worst as I was mainly static ....going shopping tonight after work just rubbed salt in the wound having to queue to get in ...still milder next week and wet

I had a couple of outside jobs this week, it’s times like this when the diy outside tap installations fail.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I had a couple of outside jobs this week, it’s times like this when the diy outside tap installations fail.

That’s why I always get the pro’s in for plumbing and electrical work

 

[Mr Bridger]

I had a couple of outside jobs this week, it’s times like this when the diy outside tap installations fail.

We had one this morning and the standard condense boiler not working...

 

[BN9 BHA]

We had one this morning and the standard condense boiler not working...

Overflow pipe used, outside and not lagged?

 

[jakarta]

Minus 3 and dropping here in RH20, wind chill as well so probably down a few more degrees.

I did a walk with Mrs Jakarta this afternoon and was happy to have my Seagulls Scarf and Wooly Hat on...

 

[BN41Albion]

Tad chilly working outdoors this week.....tree loping last couple of days has been the worst as I was mainly static ....going shopping tonight after work just rubbed salt in the wound having to queue to get in ...still milder next week and wet

Looks pretty dry and mild to me next week bar a bit mixed but still low chance of rain Monday/Tuesday

 

[LamieRobertson]

Looks pretty dry mild to me next week bar a bit mixed Monday/Tuesday

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcpc1wp8v#?nearestTo=&date=2021-02-17

 

[Cheshire Cat]

It's a bit chilly here now and tomorrow, but comparatively tropical next week.

 

[Juan Albion]

Wimps.

Warmed up nicely to -12, windchill -17, so went out in a t-shirt.

 

[Live by the sea]

Freezing in Brighton- had the central heating on at 25 degrees 24/7 for the last month. Hate being cold ,

 

[Wrong-Direction]

You have my sympathy, I’m glad I no longer work on building sites.

The 31 sink troughs and hundreds of taps I fitted around blatchington mill school in the summer have had a few technical difficulties in this weather..

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[BN9 BHA]

The 31 sink troughs and hundreds of taps I fitted around blatchington mill school in the summer have had a few technical difficulties in this weather.. View attachment 133786

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Has the tap actually split near the base?

 

[Peteinblack]

I'm sick of this cold weather now; just can't get warm, even with central heating on. Bathroom is absolutely freezing in the morning, in spite of a radiator and underfloor heating, so getting out of the shower is really unpleasant.

Next week, though, daytime temperatures (Celsius) in double figures.

And in another fortnight, it'll virtually be March, the start of the meteorological spring. Bring it on!

 

[Notters]

Went out for a run yesterday. It was cold despite and extra layer and my usual winter gear on.
The wind chill was the killer.
I have decided -3 is the coldest for running for me, that's factoring the wind chill in. It was -7 yesterday.

If I was 10 years younger I would do this bare CHEST running.

Any youngster doing some bare chest stuff?

I'm still far too ****ing hot when I got running and I'm in the same shorts and t-shirt that I was wearing in the summer when it was 35oC

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Has the tap actually split near the base?

Yep! Only one though (so far) a few fittings blew too, still I did warn them it might happen if though it's all lagged

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[Bodian]

The waterfall where I've been working this week hasn't frozen over - just the spray to the side. So, not too cold.

 

[Mr Bridger]

Overflow pipe used, outside and not lagged?