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The reason I asked is that I certainly didn't feel stifled last night and temp does effect me very much, but I had a very good night sleep, which I didn't have when it was very warm last week, and I live in a ground floor flat which tend to be warmer than ones like yours on the first floor, and this morning it certainly doesn't feel that bad at all

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My outside temperature is 13 degrees C at the moment.
19 degrees inside. Need to put a fire on. Brrrr.

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Sorry, folks it's 28°C and sunny here again...don't want to rub it in too much. My comfort zone is 25°C and below being a delicate English rose...I stay out of the sun and prefer blustery Lankyshire weather. Anyone fancy a swap?

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Does that mean you'll be out fishing again Eric? My husband's a fan -have tried going along with him in the past but find it too boring -used to take a book to pass the time...

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Ya drowning worms was never my idea of a pass time either:D

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I might throw in a line ... one nice thing about reaching the age of 65 in Ontario is that one can fish for free, without a licence:D And the weather looks great for the long weekend: low 20s and lots of sun. Should be a great Thanksgiving (unless you're a turkey ... :eek:) ..... Am going to do the turkey, trimmings, pumpkin pie thing this year. Everything grown and raised in Ontario ... washed down with a fine Ontario wine from Prince Edward County just down the road from here ... However, I will have Lancaster Bomber in the fridge.:D

I suppose the book that you passed the time with must have been that English classic: Izaak Walton's "Compleat Angler" (1653);)

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Na Eric Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley:D

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I'd gladly swap, weathers beginning to turn nasty now.

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Is that like fishing in your fly for your worm:confused::D

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW08Pr5z7Gw

Na this is it Eric:D

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Ah ... now I see. Let your fingers do the walking:D

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Hailstones !!!!

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i got caught in the hailstones, little ones thought they were hilarious as they were tucked up in their cosytoes in the pram with a raincover on... me not so much!

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Enjoy them while they're young -you'll miss them once they've flown the nest...

So much for St Luke's Little Summer -looks like you're not getting it this year over in Accy. Looks like it may be turning here too... but overcast this aft.

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oh i do, Grace is 2 and half and mad as a box of frogs,makes me laugh everyday :D Jo's 13 months and just found his feet and wanders round like a telletubby and Tys 9 and too smart for his own good, should be fun in January/February when the new one arrives:D

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All i can say to that is..............GOOD LUCK!:D

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Thought it was going to break my flaming windows this aft, hell did it hailstone

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You should see the storms we get off the Alps--hailstones as big as golf-balls!

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I can remember my old man telling me about hailstones as big as golf balls when he was stationed in Italy during the war mobertol

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During one of my trips to Lake Garda there was storm which came fast, uprooted palm trees and sank a boat. It happened during the serving of dinner and the waiters had to leave the restaurant and move fast to bring in the outdoor furniture.

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We have had our first storm this morning -no hailstones luckily. Plenty of thunder and lightening and a decent downpour -like stair-rods! First rain since June so it's quite an event. It's very blustery out now,(no cycling today) but the views of the Alps are fab...

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The storms on Garda are famous for their spectacularity. They clear the air amazingly and you get fantastic views after them. It is my favourite area of Italy...

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Was that between the main course and desert Margaret:D

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Undoubtledly after the dessert if she invoked it herself...

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Baeutiful day here today -been out for over an hour on my bike -through the village and down the country lanes past the 14thC Castle (which gives my village of Castleverde it's name), down past the air-field where they were parachute jumping, round the corner where the old water mill is and then back along the canal through the Elm wood and along to the farm (15km round trip so I'm feeling very virtuous indeed!). Luckily it's flat as a pancake where we live as I can't do hill cycling.
The sun is shining, blue skies, 20°C (so a bit cooler) and fab views one way to the Alps , the other way to the Apenine hills beyond Piacenza. Glorious.

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It has wazzed it down here for the past two days.
Grey and gloomy, just the kind of weather to put me into hibernation mode.

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Comfort food weather Margaret -may i suggest a nice home-made Rice-pudding?

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I think the other Margaret and myself will be contemplating that very shortly:D

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23c .... clear ..... light breeze .... gorgeous day:D

And it's Thanksgiving ... :D

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Wazzed it down again all flippin' day.

The path up to Ma's was a squelchy quagmire of slippery mud.......with dog crap hidden in the fallen leaves.....Niiiiiiiiice!

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Sorry Margaret -it was lovely here again today, apart from a horrible dental visit which has left me wondering why we pay them a fortune for what they do to us- Hopefully it will settle down in a few days! Love the expression "Wazzing it down" think you should copy-write it!:) Comfort food of the day:

Anything with custard! Yummy!:D

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Sounds like slutch to me:D Sorry to inform you that the weather here has been fantastic for the last few days. But, with snow in Alberta and Nova Scotia ... I don't think it will last. But, will def enjoy it while it's here

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Yes, Eric, it was slutch...and enjoy your balmy autumn days......I'm pretty sure they will fade fast.
It has been dark here for most of the day......not good is it? And then in just a couple of weeks we will be messing around with the clocks again.......Roll on March!

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Jam roly poly...or perhaps treacle tart, or syrup sponge....or better yet Cabinet pudding.

I have given up making puds now......there are only the two of us, and himself much prefers strawberries and ice cream....all year round........I'm not fond of strawberries........so I do without pud.:mad:

My lips want it, but my hips don't!

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Looks like we have two weather sadists now one in Canada and one in Italy:D:D

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That's a new one on me -Cabinet pudding -not political i hope...:rolleyes:

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Yes, I'm afraid so - just to add salt to the wound, it's gorgeous here today , blue skies, sunshine, butterflies everywhere, people still out in T-shirts and no central heating yet...;):hothothot:D

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Still a little cool ... 14c ... but it will warm up this afternoon to about 22c ... clear skies again with a light breeze out of the SW:D The trees are really starting to turn ... Oh, and the hockey season has started:alright: We do have some light rain in the forecast for the next couple of days; but it looks like above average temperatures for at least the next two weeks. However, things can change real quick.

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I thought Canada was supposed to be a rugged, frontier country and it's subjects (note: not citizens) of the same ilk. Why, then are you so excited about a girls game?

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No not a bit political at all.
Slices of Swiss roll, layered in an ovenproof dish.......each layer sprinkled with a selection of dried fruit(which must include glace cherries, angelica and dried pineapple...some golden sultana's and chopped apricots.......then pour over the layers a good egg custard and bake in a water bath in a medium oven until the top is crusty and brown and yields to the touch(just a little).
Serve hot or cold with cream, ice cream or custard........absolutely delicious!

A bit like a bread pudding, but made with cake!

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Sounds lovely - I do something similar with left-over Panettone (Italian Xmas cake)...just as well I'm getting out on my bike lately or I'll be piling on weight with the thought of all these lovely things to eat!

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Panettone makes an excellent bread and butter pudding. I wait until the shops are selling them off cheaply and then I buy them...other than that I used the fruit bread they sell in Lidl for my bread and butter pudding....with lost of extra fruit of course and a bit of marmalade too.
Really good grub to keep out the cold!

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Right now i'd give anything to eat some Rhubarb crumble (with a hint of ginger) and custard - all this talk of food and I'm getting cravings....:D

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Can't you get rhubarb in Italy?

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Ya know ya can really go off people, you two are getting as bad as vera over in Spain, taunting us about the weather:(:D

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horror check - YouTube

Way to go girls:eek::D

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i once planted it and it took over the plot -not easy to find here -love a Rhubarb fool too!

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Don't mean to taunt -only to share!!!! Sorry J -close your eyes and join me...!

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I can have sunny weather anytime I want......all I have to do is get out the pics of Oz...though not the ones taken in Sydney....it rained for five days on the trot......we were only there for five days.

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Oh Yes, and for those of y ou who are in foreign climes......it is still Wazzing it down and has been nearly all day........about 20 minutes of demi sec during this afternoon.

I can feel the S.A.D. creeping up on me right now! gimme bread, crisps, spuds.....NOW!

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Ok, hon, the "wazzing" I get ... but S.A.D:confused: And be careful with the chips ... oops, sorry, "crisps" .... the Danes now have a fat tax; so, it won't be long before you guys have one.:D

Oh, and the weather is still drop dead gorgeous here.:hidewall: Have a nice day, eh.;):D

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Just got back from Aruba, gorgeous 30 deg, back to a cool damp 14 deg of B.C. The daughter and grand daughter, who came with us, have gone back to the Yukon and snow, quite a switch.

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Faggot stuff.

I've seen more violence in one of these rhubard custards that some of the fools on here seem to be talking about.

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Eric....Seasonal Affective Disorder....lack of light. Causes some people to prepare for hibernation.....gorge on carbs, feel lethargic, want to sleep the day through, low mood in some people......generally feeling 'wazzed off'. It is reversible by exposing the individuals to periods of intense light.....or wintering in the southern hemisphere......which is what I did for 10 years. Bliss!

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Takes one to know one!

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Unfortueatley I can only look out my window, which this morning is telling me I should have stayed in bed:(

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Dire is the word for it.
I got drowned doing the school walk this morning. I looked like I'd p'd my pants they were that wet.

Yes....hibernation is looking more promising by the minute.

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Well Wednesday is usually the day I attack Accrington, but its of today, could get out tomorrow of an hour if the forecasts right, but hibernation looks just round the corner for me too Margaret

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Sorry to hear that it's still bad in Accy. It's lovely here - just been out watering my Geraniums which are still flowering this year...Will think of you all later as i go for burn on my daily bike ride!

To quote Billy Connolly "I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, so get yourself a sexy raincoat and live a little. ";):D

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I don't think a sexy raincoat would do it for me, I would have to be dancing stark naked in front of the town hall to even get a side long glance(!)......anyway the damp is playing havoc with my hips and knees.

The only way you can stay dry in this type of rain is to be on one of those Zorb plastic bubbles.

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horrible weather, we're staying in with the radiators on nice and toasty, until tomorrow when Grace wants to go to playgroup

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A little cooler and overcast here too ... but you should be used to rain out on the coast;) Love the Yukon and the NWT ... somewhere I have to go again before I shuffle off this mortal coil:D

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Just pity the poor lad ... it took him days to come up with that response ... one should have sympathy for those not dealing from a full deck;)

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"Dancing stark naked in front of the town hall" .... neat way of getting global coverage on You-Tube:D

Looks like Wiki suggests eating lots of fish .... I remember that fish goes well with chips; so that should take care of the carbs as well. And humans can't hibernate. Unlike bears et. al. they can't lower the body's core temperature and still breathe and maintain brain function. (Some people, Tealeaf is a good example, can't seem to maintain brain function even with a normal core temperature:D). Saw a show on tv about that just last nite: William Shatner's "Weird or What"?

However, I think what you guys have is "weather wimpism" ... a condition which can be avoided by getting out and enjoying winter. Here's what we do in K'town in February, the most depressing month of our long winter:

Welcome to Feb Fest, Kingston ON, Canada

By the way, Beaver Tails are loaded with carbs:D

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The YouTube coverage, well that would be a bit scary.

I know that humans can't hibernate in the true sense of the word...but we can go into 'lethargy mode'....probably as a resullt of the carbs.

I don't mind cold weather......the kind where you get that endless blue sky and wonderful light off the snow. In fact the last two winters when we have had a covering of snow that lasted for a few weeks meant that my S.A.D. was not as bad as usual.
I try to get out into the daylight (whatever the weather) every day....and usually that is easy.....school walk morning and afternoon sees to that. Get my vitamin D from the sunlight. A very underestimated vitamin.

It is the kind of day where it never really gets truly light that I am referring to........and if that is weather wimpism, then I have to stand up and say 'guilty, as charged'.

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Humans can hibernate.
...British Medical Journal link -
Human hibernation -- 320 (7244): 1245 -- bmj.com

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It states in the article that it is akin to hibernation. So there must be some differences to true hibernation.

Anyway, I was a bear in a previous existence!:)

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It does say that they eat a crust and have a drink of water once a day.

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For WWW, (Winter Weather Wimpism), take five of the following each day: BeaverTails - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A good Canadian remedy.;)

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How do the beavers go on without their tails?

I haven't seen many beavers over here(well, not the sort that you mean:))

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I know what you mean Margaret -very depressing -things are fine here at the moment but in November we often get weeks on end where you don't see the sky for fog...endless grey. That's what you get for living in the middle of the Padana Plain in Italy.

Do you not have a special lamp for the SAD? My friend Lisa suffers from it too and uses one every day. It reproduces the same range of light as sunlight.:hothothot

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Hibernation aint n option when yer got Paris as yer other half,:eek: bin treacling around Blackburn today lugging bags. but never mind am off to the match tonight.a real bargain at £2.:D

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I have a SAD lamp.
I haven't used it for the last few winters.
I don't think it made any difference to my mood.
I rarely feel sad nowadays, so don't use it.

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I don't feel sad.........when I am affected I just feel tired, and hungry for carbs.(I test my own sugar levels)

I know that bright light does make me feel better because the winters(their summer) we spent in Oz (coming back late March) I was not affected. And the last couple of years when we had snow on the ground for longish periods, I was better too(reflected white light even on grey days does help).
It is the lack of energy that bugs me........I want to get up and go, but I feel like I'm wading through treacle.

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[QUOTE=MargaretR;939507]I have a SAD lamp.
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Try a bigger wattage bulb see if that helps :D:D

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[quote=walkinman221;939520]I grant my lamp the free will to be sad if that is it's life purpose :D

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I suppose if it knows its own mind its better being full on sad, than mildly fed up:D:D at least you know where you stand.:D

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Nothing about a tot of whiskey Margaret:rolleyes:

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Lovely autumny day here today -sunshine, blue skies and clouds like mares tails. Been out on the bike again along the canal - got up into 6th gear today for the 1st time so it must be doing some good -have lost nearly 3kg this month too -hope the weather stays good so i can keep up the good work. Hope it's OK wherever you are!

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Just had to close the blinds because the suns shining on my computer screen:cool:

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Yes it has been a glorious day today.......had a great day out at Bury Market....it was packed.

Bought myself a winter weatherproof jacket, hooded, lined, windproof.......it seemed a bit strange buying such an item on such a lovely day....but I had heard on the TV that next week we might get some snow :(....just want to be prepared.

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Just to cheer you up, the weather here today is wild and wet, kinda like my girlfriend:eek:: heavy rain, winds gusting up to 90km/h:mosher: We got floods down near the lake ... it's fall and the leaves are blocking the storm sewers; however, the city crews are out in force unplugging the drains. Trees and power lines are down. This happens every year in the Great Lakes area. This is not a good day to be out on the lake fishing.:rolleyes:

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Sun shining, but fresh, crisp & cold today & we had our first ground frost last night, think I should be pulling the winter tyres out of the shed in the very near future.

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Just trying to picture a girlfriend heavy rain and winds up to 90mph:Banane45::D

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Ya saw that Margaret, was only asking my carer, George, the other day, if they did chains for wheelchairs:rolleyes::D

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Looks a bit like my waterproof jacket might get 'christened' this week.

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Same here - very cold this morning but lovely this afternoon for our village festival. Won some rubbishy things at the church "Lucky dip" -no wooden spoon which was what i really needed though.

We had some very early snow last year and had to get snow tyres because of a new law they brought out here for those living in our Region which is near the Alps -did it snow again once we'd spent a small fortune and changed them.....Will be booking in to get ours changed over when the Temp. stays below 10°C during the day -anytime soon i think.

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Well despite a rather grey and dismal start I have managed to get two lines of washing dry today.
It has been quite a sunny afternoon.

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Arriving in the UK next Monday night -any suggestions as to what I should pack? What's the long range forecast?

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would suggest n umberella n a few gansies.:D

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In need of clarification -What are "Gansies", not sure if i have any!

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What it means depends on where ti fray
Urban Dictionary: ganzie

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Jumpers cardigans, a damart vest might be a good idea too.
Something to keep out the wet.

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You should be able to check the local forecast a couple of days before you set off.
I will be off to Wales with Ma next Monday and that is what I do.......it isn't foolproof, but it does give you some idea of what to pack.

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Haven't owned a Damart vest since i was about 11!

Silk is surprisingly warm next to the skin!;):D

Should i bring my wellies?

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Check the forecast before you pack.

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Brake out the mink coat mobertol, fur lined boots, brolly, gloves and thermals too:D

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Will do -feeling pretty cold here too now, though sunny in the afternoon -about to get out on my bike for some excercise to take in a few rays...:hothothot

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Hailstones and sleety rain here this morning.

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The outlook is crap for the foreseeable future