The weather here mirrors that of Ditchling Beacon/Devil’s Dyke, we’re a 100m up and miles from the mild Channel and urban heat island effect.
Met Office for Ditchling Beacon now showing light snow from 4am to 4pm Monday.
I wonder if local authority bureaucrats and heads are hoping to close schools?
Never mind I’m sure you can find something else for Mrs WZ to doBloody typical. I had my patio taken up Friday ready to be relaid this week
…unless his plan was to bury Mrs WZ under itNever mind I’m sure you can find something else for Mrs WZ to do
We did a spot of fishing too...bloody freezing and caught f**k all!Been fishing all day, bloody wind was freezing
Always fancied a go at that……we didn’t catch that much more but had a fewWe did a spot of fishing too...bloody freezing and caught f**k all!
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Biggest problem was stopping your hole freezing up! ...and the one made in the ice...apparently there are Pike, Perch, Burbot, Char and Catfish in the lake, could have been a mission actually landing anything of any size...they would never get through the ice hole, the ice on the lake was around 4 feet thick!Always fancied a go at that……we didn’t catch that much more but had a few
We did a spot of fishing too...bloody freezing and caught f**k all!
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Just hands and feet for me…….difficult to wear gloves as too much activity so hands/fingers usually exposed and I’ve got poor circulation in my hands and feet so sitting more or less still for 6 hours isn’t great. I’ve got some electrically heated socks which help a lot with the numb feet. Otherwise lots of thin layers works for me.Did you find despite the layers and special clothing you still got cold? We stayed by a frozen lake near Rovaniemi in Dec 2021 and did Santa world, husky and reindeer rides. Around the -20c mark. Still got cold, especially when standing around.
Just hands and feet for me…….difficult to wear gloves as too much activity so hands/fingers usually exposed and I’ve got poor circulation in my hands and feet so sitting more or less still for 6 hours isn’t great. I’ve got some electrically heated socks which help a lot with the numb feet. Otherwise lots of thin layers works for me.
No, I take my heated gloves if it’s going to coldAre Albion games in Jan/Feb too short for your hands to get cold?
I’m fine skiing, it’s watching football that lowers my core temp by HT.
Not really, only felt it when Husky driving as I was stood on the back of the sled with my feet in ice and snow as the dogs sped along, I am so lucky I have been up to Lapland on several occasions and know what to expect, it's the old adage of layers upon layers, always put on clothes a couple of sizes too big to leave air gaps between them. I went outside without my outer layers to look at the Northern lights and felt the cold instantly, absolutely chilled to the bone.Did you find despite the layers and special clothing you still got cold? We stayed by a frozen lake near Rovaniemi in Dec 2021 and did Santa world, husky and reindeer rides. Around the -20c mark. Still got cold, especially when standing around.
Not really, only felt it when Husky driving as I was stood on the back of the sled with my feet in ice and snow as the dogs sped along, I am so lucky I have been up to Lapland on several occasions and know what to expect, it's the old adage of layers upon layers, always put on clothes a couple of sizes too big to leave air gaps between them. I went outside without my outer layers to look at the Northern lights and felt the cold instantly, absolutely chilled to the bone.
We had driven across the lake on snowmobiles and had seriously insulated mittens on, kept the crash helmets on to keep my head wear dry as it was snowing. We had stools to sit on to stop one's arse from freezing...did feel it though!Did you find despite the layers and special clothing you still got cold? We stayed by a frozen lake near Rovaniemi in Dec 2021 and did Santa world, husky and reindeer rides. Around the -20c mark. Still got cold, especially when standing around.