What are you wearing - to stay warm?

Forgot to say, after massive storm and downpour yesterday pm- it is now lovely, sunny and warm up here in t'mountains- hurrah.

LOL, no bus for me Soutra. We lived in the servants quarters with very steep steps- and I could neither go up or down them on my own due to severe car accident- never mind getting on a bus. OH was working 140 hrs a week, night and day- and I was stuck there, freezing, no tv or of course internet- it was a dreadful time.

We definitely had heavy frost on the inside of the crittal windows in winter.
Actually, it is the damp that makes you feel cold, not the low temperature. We have very low temps here in winter, but dry, and I never feel as cold as I did in Midlands damp winters. Give me piles of lovely snow and blue skies anytime to damp grey wet horrible sludgy snow ;)

Well Soutra and Granjura I feel very downmarket. Our first home in 1970 was a 14th floor tower block flat in Luton. The local authority had a severe teacher shortage and offered council flats to let as a recruitment inducement. Great views though and a balcony you could sun bathe naked on. Not that I ever did of course

The house we live in now had crittal windows when we bought it 29yrs ago, it's an ex police house. The first thing we did was instal UPVC double glazing. Having been brought up with crittal windows I knew how cold they were. We had ice patterns on the inside some mornings.

We might well have been on the 37 bus at the same time!

Soutra, we lived in the upper flat of a Victorian house on Putney Hill in early 70s, opposite the Hospital for Incurables (what a dreadful name)- so we were almost neighbours, lol. No proper heating and a hot water boiler that nearly exploded everytime it came on- a dreadful place

Crittall lol, of course... The problem with them in our 1920s house, is that they had become distorted, so there were gaps in the metal work! But we could just not bring ourselves to put in UPVC windows- as they looked so nice and not at all greehouse like!!! We did put in secondary windows in the lounge though- and that worked great and was done to best fit in.

Sil and bil had their replaced with custom made double glazed oak windows with leadwork- blimey... the cost was astronomical but anything else would have looked so wrong in their 1920s mock Tudor house.

The house I grew up in had Crittal windows. My dad maintained them well and painted them green - well, he painted everything green. They weren't unduly draughty, though, as the house was cold at night after the fire went out, we got frost patterns on the outside of the windows.

We had them in a 30's flat in Richmond in the early years of our marriage in the early 70's. Being in a sheltered position we didn't suffer too much from the elements and our rent at the time, 8 guineas a week, included (wait for it) porterage, constant hot water and central heating!!! Fuel consumption wasn't a big deal then.

Crittall windows Soutra! I have seen a property programme where people were lovingly restoring them, even interior ones. We had them replaced as soon as we had the money because they were so prone to condensation and had hideous heavy secondary double glazing to make an attempt to keep out the cold. Now I feel like those people who went around ripping out Victorian fireplaces and junking William Morris tiles . But they were hideous windows and much better suited to greenhouses which Crittall also made.

No, it sounds idyllic! DBH gets home around then tonight and I shall have to look awake and interested!

It has been a lovely sunny warm day here, but the nights are getting cooler now.... naturally.
I'm just in jeans and t-shirt right now, but a cardigan will be needed by 7 o'clock probably. Then I get into my jim-jams and dressing gown about 9 ish and snuggle with my teddy bears on the sofa. Sad, ain't it!

If Scotland was independent would the average temperature in England, Wales and Northern Ireland rise?
Now there's a thought- colder together?

13? I have been out all day wandering around a garden with friends, we were all in short-sleeved t-shirts and tunics and it's currently 21C at 17.40pm!

The in-laws are oop narth in their holiday home at the moment, near Alnwick, no wonder they just posted a photo of themselves in padded gilets!,

13!

See. It already is another country.

Did you mean Crittall steel or aluminum windows * granjura? Thry were popular in the first half of last century weren't they and as well aas being single-glazed were notoriously draughty. They have a certain cult following in houses of that period but most people have double or triple glazing these days even in traditionak houses. Energy ratings are very important zo the value of a property if you are selling or buying.

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sorry

It is 13 degrees here, drizzle and fog. Central heating is on but there is that cold damp feeling that just turns to clammy when/if it warms up.

Silk long sleeve vests and silk long johns are the best base layer (see www.patra.com)

I have just come indoors as was getting so warm in the garden. Poor Scotlanders.

I`m still in my t-shirts or tunic tops, determined not to wear a coat to town on Saturdays, not until it really does turn much cooler, it gets so warm trudging around in a coat in the sunshine. And I wear sandals all year round, except when it`s snowy, or REALLY cold, then the boots come out, but only when absolutely necessary.

Most people are still walking around in T-shirts or even vest tops. There are still plenty of people wearing shorts in my little bit of S.E.
DH did say he passed a guy wearing a sheepskin coat earlier

Where I live it gets mighty cold- the recors is minus 41.8C! Yep- no wonder it is called Little Siberia. The key to keeping warm is LAYERS- much better than 1 very thick top. And keep moving. The good thing is that our cold here is DRY- so it feels much less cold than in the UK. And at least houses are properly insulated and with good central heating + wood burning stove often. In our last house in the UK we had Kritter leaded windows- I had to put sausages of Blue (well white actually) tack to fill the gaps, and we often had damp dripping on the inside and often actual icycles- and it was single brick too. (Mind you, I just lvoed that house- now a childrens' nursery).

Thanks Soutra, Not sure about the hot toddy, but away to get some tomato soup & toast for lunch.

Oh you poor thing - pamper away!! Hot toddy is my "go to" in such cases! So sorry to hear about your OH too. A bit of is what you need.