How to keep warm

My daughter would agree with you, she can't stand cold either, but she does suffer from Reynaud's Disease. She cannot understand why I have chosen to live in a ski resort! We do have very pleasant weather for many months of the year, and of course I go off to NZ for six weeks of our winter, and also take a snorkeling holiday in the tropics at least once a year.
I just love mountain scenery - my first house in France was high in the Pyrenees. I once went with a man friend to his house in Almeria and I cried when I saw that desert-like landscape.
I liked the Dordogne and Lot, but they were just too far from mountains.

Two hours a day in the garden raking leaves and taking them to the tip for the last week is keeping me warm and fit.

We only have one large hazel tree in our garden but next door has a HUGE sycamore close to our joint boundary and prevailing winds mean that most of the leaves land in our garden. At the front there is an avenue of forest sized trees, lime, horse chestnut etc and what the sycamore doesnt smother with leaves the horse chestnut etc cover.

Yesterday as I was raking a found a hibernating hedgehog, all curled up, it lay in my hand gently breathing so I tucked him away in a corner and piled lots of leaves over him/her It was a plump well-nourished looking hedgehog so I hope he/she will survive the winter.

Good grief. I'd hate that much snow. In fact I'm not a snow fan at all. I can never understand why people spend a fortune to go skiing in winter when they go somewhere nice and warm instead.

My way of keeping warm and exercising is to dance 1940s strolls. 10 mins of the Charleston Stroll to Sing Sing Sing certainly gets your heart and lungs working.

No snow in London Greatnan but it is quite cold.

I kept warm by taking a brisk walk to the supermarket and buying as much wine as I could carry and walking back.

Granted, not as arduous as shifting snow, but horses for courses