Cold snap

The sweatshirt on along with heating, heating off, window open, sweatshirt off kaftan on fan on, heating back on window still open, sumer quilt with blanket on, quilt and blanket off, both back on oh, the joys of the menopause, winter or not!

I like the heating on at 20 most of the day,it goes off around 10pm though,and back on at 6 am.Time for a few log fires now though, lovely!

I agree Petra and add to that a hot toddy down the throat.[Grin]

Can't sleep, a few drops of Lavender oil on the pillow, works wonders.

Actually that should be mid-Warwickshire.

Just the same here in South Warwickshire.

Surely you've heard of the weed controlling propensities of pianos Wilma?

Try bitter cherry juice that helps me to sleep.

It snowed in London I think early morning. The children were out mid morning throwing snowballs at each other. A good job they did it then because the snow has almost vanished but it is still very cold.

I woke up expecting snow - and there wasn't any. I feel deeply disappointed.

Snow has finally arrived here in North Warwickshire - not a lot but everything is covered.

Never heard of a piano helping with weed control! ⊙﹏⊙

Wish I could get to sleep ?

petra same here!

I was going to buy stones/gravel today for garden but seeing as it was covered in frost and now snow, it looks like it's been done anyway .

Weed control needs finishing and my DS won't do it in this weather so I bought a piano instead!

Everything in the garden is covered in hoar frost and the temp at the back door is -2 and is probably lower out in the garden. There's no great temptation to go out.

Same here Petra. Would rather do without other things than without heating

I don't do cold. The central heating is on 24hrs. If I wake up at 3 in the morning and want a cup of tea, I don't want to be cold.

Had our first proper frost of the winter in North Somerset we rarely get snow here & I'm so jealous of those of you who have snow - apprently on average we have 2 days on which it snows here per year, & that doesn't mean enough to settle .

Groan, I awoke at 4am remembering I had not put the cover on the outside tap, It will be frozen, it connects to my bathroom so I hope it will be ok, I dont fancy a burst pipe.
Still waiting for snow.

At 6.00 this morning the temperature was -5. Just about to light the stove to keep us cosy and warm when the CH turns off.

We're 177m above sea level and frequently have snow when nearby towns escape it.
I used to wear lag warmers over my jods and boots when riding and it really made a world of difference to my frozen toes NFK. I think the answer is being able to wriggle your toes in your boots too.
I also had a pair of thermal jodhpurs which were wonderfully warm.

And I do hope your homeless gent gets through the weekend ok ga.

Sounds absolutely wonderful jenn! I never got cold mucking out etc - but how do you keep your feet warm riding? Despite thick socks I always had frozen toes and now my DGD has the same affliction.

It's clear and dry here in Norfolk this morning. And no sign of frost yet - I think we're close enough to the coast for the sea to keep the chill back for a while.

One of the (elderly) homeless men I work with refuses to go to the 'sleep safe' accommodation offered for cold weather periods (it's simply a space on a hostel floor surrounded by other homeless men - and possibly a dog or two), so I'm praying he'll be able to stay warm enough whilst sleeping rough for the next couple of days. On Monday I think he can move into proper (albeit temporary) accommodation and will be on his way to having a flat of his own, but I shall be on tenterhooks until then.

First time you've actually called me nobody, Alea.

Frost in the morning but no snow thank goodness I have to get to work and hate driving in it hope it stays off in my part of South Wales but the one thing you can't control is the weather. Really cold today ( sorry just noticed the time so technically into Saturday) but we had lovely bright sun as well for the first time in ages

DD phoned from Edinburgh Thursday evening to say she'd left home in the city and it was clear, arrived at the South of city and there was 1" or so of snow on the ground.