Im an Ex Royal Marine, im now a joiner. I also been in northern norway for many months living out of tents everything roger is saying is exactly right. Heat up from the inside out, if your feet and hands are cold a hat is your first port of call. Great video roger.
Layers, plenty of them. An old motorcycle courier trick is to wear wristbands, as that's one of the points where your blood is nearest the surface of your skin. Keep your wrists warm and your hands will be warmer. Same goes for your ankles so get your 80's ankle warmers out. Or wear longer boots. 😉
Don't smoke - when I was young I smoked and my hands and feet were always stone cold in the winter. Gave up smoking and since then have never suffered with the cold. Because your circulation will be so much better I believe.
I think it would take more than a day to make the video but I drove up to Finnmark (no longer?) and ended up in Berlevag. We bought an old pitch pine fishing boat Fiska Skip and sailed it around the North Cape and down the coast in the dead of winter in the dark. We had no navigation skills just a book and no seamanship. We were a news item. Nobody (including me) thought we would make it.
@@biglad4499 I love it when anyone tells me to stick to something. I have had a good enough life by not sticking to one thing but if it makes you happy...
Always makes me laugh how people spend £150 on a pair of trainers and £25 on work boots then complain... we spend majority of our time in our work boots, so look after your feet and invest a little more money.... always get composite safety boots instead of steel as they won’t sap the heat on a cold day... I use Dunlop Purofort thermo wellies and after a few days of getting use to them they really are amazing.. probably won’t suit everyone but worth a try in cold wet weather
Whirl your arms round like a maniac, forces the blood in, will hurt as the warm blood hits but that wears off. Nitrile gloves under thermal gloves work well.
You certainly know what you're talking about. Air circulation is the name of the game. Wool socks and it's better to get a pair of boots one size up and as wide as you can find. It's always been a mystery to me why footwear is designed as if we have pointed feet, we no longer travel on horseback and don't use stirrups. Crushed toes with tight socks is asking for trouble. Goretex boots don't dry quickly on the inside so they're no good. Keeping the liner or inside dry is essential so wax the outside with nikwax. I personally find the non laces slip on steelies type with the elastic up the sides are the best.
I agree & never wear "Steel Toecap" work boots as they attract the cold. I wear V12 Men's Puma Work Boots, they've got Composite SAfety Toecaps & Midsole Reinforcement & are comfortable & "toasty" without being sweaty or costing the earth. Also wear a Scruffs Fleece Snood & Thinsulate Beanie & together with some thin breathable base layers & thermal long johns stay warm all day in sub-zero temperatures. Mind you several years ago a guy turned up on site when it was snowing wearing Bermuda Shorts & a thin T-shirt !!! I told him he was stark raving bonkers !!!
I worked with a bloke like that back in the 80s lol id be togged up looking like the michelin man and he would be in a t shirt in the snow saying thre was something wrong with me lol
I learned long ago that it’s a crap day on site if you’re cold. Decent boots, socks and long johns well worth the investment. Definitely gotta keep that core warm too. Dress up warm and keep moving, don’t spend your day hopping in and out of vehicles and houses to keep warm 😒🤣.
Merino wool socks are great, also warm up the boots before putting on, and the best tip is keep the boots clean and fully waxed up, nothing worse than wet boots trying to freeze
As well as keeping your core warm it's important to keep your arms and legs warm as you can lose a lot of blood temperature as the blood travels to your hands and feet.
Rediscovered wearing a collar and tie recently. It makes a huge difference to overall warmth by working like a scarf. Now wearing a short scarf indoors, like an old cravatte. Warm as toast from toes to tip of normally cold hands and central heating turned down 3 degrees
In Finland, Lapland, -17 is a mild day. -25c and nature holds her breath! old finish proverbs; "theres no such thing as cold weather, only bad clothing" "If your feet are cold, wear a hat." Ushanka designs are one of the warmest. Windstopper Polartec are good too. The windstopper Polartec is excellent for fleeces and jackets. A proper base layer, long sleeved and polo neck with a decent fleecee and windstopper jacket will keep you warm all day at sub -10. If you want to go high tech, ARRIS heated vest or jacket is the only one I've found that can get hot enough to make you flinch. Whatever trousers you are wearing, (dont use jeans!) nick a pair of the wifes tights and put them on underneath. (The thick wooly ones are great, fishnets not so much).
Walk barefoot in snow when its really cold that boost your circulation! Not so long that you get frostbite of course but later when you wear socks and boots the feets are much warmer.
please help, has anyone used Celotex TB4000 ? We have freezing cold concrete floors, cold stone solid walls, single glazed windows in a single storey frozen house.....with restrictions due to sockets, low door heights, low ceilings how would 20mm of TB4000 help under thick underlay and wool carpets? Does TB4000 compress over time ? I have resin sealed the floors due to damp issues !!!!
Good advice as we have come to expect from the Skill Builder team, thank you. What I haven't seen mentioned is 'It is better to look like a dick head and be warm than look cool and be a dick head or cold'.
I do that every morning with an ice cold shower. At first I used to feel it and hyper ventilate but now I don't even know it is cold. It works a treat.
I recommend covering your hands and feet with Vaseline/petroleum jelly. Rub it into your hands and feet, put some wicking type gloves and socks (merino wool is the best) and you will stay warm for hours even when wet. Also use thermal underwear made from wicking materials. You can usually pick them up in camping shops or Aldi sell them now and again either as ski wear or hiking gear. Trust me, I've done it for years working offshore.
Been a builder since I was 18. 33 years now in the trade and I never wear a hat or gloves but a single good pair of decent socks which I buy from Engelbert Strauss and a good pair of there winter workbooks keeps your feet warm. If you can keep your feet warm and like Roger says eat well during the day and you’ll be fine and keep moving! Most Whipper snappers nowadays just want to stay in on the Xbox!
Layering is the best. Especially with good base, mid and outer layers. Try Merino wool base layer and then layer accordingly with breathable items. Merino wool socks, or if it's really wet, Sealskin waterproof socks or equivalent. You can get merino liner gloves to wear inside work ones, and Merino hats. I swear by Merino wool stuff, as you can probably tell haha.
Recently got a snood scarf and some sports wristbands. Really makes a difference keeping those 2 areas warm. And i always have talcum powder in my toolbox. Put a big load of that in your socks and boy do your feet feel comfy.
It amazes me. Us Brits are constantly blind-sided by the winter. It's not the bad weather that is the problem, its bad clothes, bad equipment and piss-poor preparation.That's why an inch of snow will make national headlines. It must cost the economy billions in lost productivity.
Easy to get cold, a lot harder to get warm again. Not much use though, having your core warm if your arms and legs have fallen off with frost-bite, so maybe the body ain't so clever.
As an ex Bootneck my top tips are a hat and a neck warmer then dump the sweatshirts and hoodies and swap for fleece or primaloft. That’ll see you right
Dress in layers, seal the gaps with an overlap ie. Tuck your shirt in and pull your under cuffs through If you're an adult and you're still cold you should probably work in an office...
'Tongue in cheek' does not mean it was a spoof. It means it was played for laughs. Putting the crisp packets on your feet and newspaper up your shirt is sound advice known to all cyclists caught out in changing weather but it is no substitute for warm clothing. I would not want anyone to think that putting crisp packets on your feet is the way to set out in the morning. I sorry I didn't spell that out sufficiently.
Ha, I wear clogs too in the winter if I don't need a firm stand; it almost never freezes at my location, though (we had a cold period lately with -4° at night and +2°C the day).
It is a long story, but basically we went up to buy a pitch pine boat to bring South and convert to a sailing boat in Denmark but it took months to get it sea worthy so we did casual work on the boats and in the processing plant to make ends meet. We had a free farm house to live in which was fine in the summer but once the snows came the single glazing and lack of insulation made it too cold to live in. Man it blows a chilly wind up there as I am sure your remember.
@@SkillBuilder sounds great. I used to be a fly fishing guide in northern russia and BC/Alaska, been sailing all my life got rid of our Nicholson 303 couple of years ago. Returned to UK to behave myself, have a family and get a real job as a spark.
A little tip from me; Going on a run in the morning, and focusing on being 'open' with big swinging arms during the run. Will really set up good circulation for the rest of day, making you less prone to cold. It also helps you work at a fast pace once you start work , with which you can actually stay warm. In addition to this, eating huge meals that contain a lot of protein with warm you up even if it's cold food.
Old school felt insoles help (got ours at the Army surplus store) as do inner socks that wick away perspiration. I am diabetic and my circulation is relatively bad. My extremities get colder than they used to, one other thing is the wear mittens rather than gloves, if you can. And a hat with a chin strap. It was below zero Fahrenheit this morning when I was out for chores. I know cold, well drillers son, in the US we say colder than a well drillers bum (though we don't say bum).
Talking if steel toe caps in safety boots. Rogers's old enough to remember steel and aluminium toe clips and leather straps for racing bicycles. That was a recipe for cold on a wet sub-zero ride in February north of Newcastle!
Ah Stephen you stir memories there. My classic black cycling shoes with the holes in. My wife threw them out. I loved those shoes with the nail on shoe plates and toe clips. What were those toe clips called? I am thinking it began Christo
Im an Ex Royal Marine, im now a joiner. I also been in northern norway for many months living out of tents everything roger is saying is exactly right. Heat up from the inside out, if your feet and hands are cold a hat is your first port of call. Great video roger.
Layers, plenty of them. An old motorcycle courier trick is to wear wristbands, as that's one of the points where your blood is nearest the surface of your skin. Keep your wrists warm and your hands will be warmer. Same goes for your ankles so get your 80's ankle warmers out. Or wear longer boots. 😉
Don't smoke - when I was young I smoked and my hands and feet were always stone cold in the winter. Gave up smoking and since then have never suffered with the cold. Because your circulation will be so much better I believe.
I keep my hands and feet warm by just staying in bed to be honest 🤣
😂
Lazy bugger!
by just ''staying'' in bed? yeaaa right
@@huisbaasbob9844 🤫
Pro tip!
used to work in factories standing at a bench for hours, one tip stand on cardboard, keeps feet warm
Set it on fire for maximum benefit 😉
A lot of market traders carry a Square of rubber to stand on, same idea!
As a Norwegian I'm more interested in your time up north. Please tell more of the story. Maybe you could make a video about your life one day? :)
I think it would take more than a day to make the video but I drove up to Finnmark (no longer?) and ended up in Berlevag. We bought an old pitch pine fishing boat Fiska Skip and sailed it around the North Cape and down the coast in the dead of winter in the dark.
We had no navigation skills just a book and no seamanship.
We were a news item. Nobody (including me) thought we would make it.
Clearly Old roger needs to stick to actual DIY and home improvement tips instead of taking the piss 🙄
@@SkillBuilder I was interested too! I'm a Brit living in Norway right now :-)
@@handycrowd Where are you?
@@biglad4499 I love it when anyone tells me to stick to something. I have had a good enough life by not sticking to one thing but if it makes you happy...
Cheese and bunnion flavour?
Always makes me laugh how people spend £150 on a pair of trainers and £25 on work boots then complain... we spend majority of our time in our work boots, so look after your feet and invest a little more money.... always get composite safety boots instead of steel as they won’t sap the heat on a cold day... I use Dunlop Purofort thermo wellies and after a few days of getting use to them they really are amazing.. probably won’t suit everyone but worth a try in cold wet weather
FFS put a coat on Roger !!!. Its making me cold just watching you. 🤧
Well I spent all afternoon keeping my core warm , my hands are still frickin freezing
Whirl your arms round like a maniac, forces the blood in, will hurt as the warm blood hits but that wears off. Nitrile gloves under thermal gloves work well.
My grandad used to wear biscuit tins and quality street boxes on his feet
Don't eat the toffees
Don't ignore constantly cold extremities, it can be a sign of a more serious medical condition.
Good point
You certainly know what you're talking about. Air circulation is the name of the game. Wool socks and it's better to get a pair of boots one size up and as wide as you can find. It's always been a mystery to me why footwear is designed as if we have pointed feet, we no longer travel on horseback and don't use stirrups. Crushed toes with tight socks is asking for trouble. Goretex boots don't dry quickly on the inside so they're no good. Keeping the liner or inside dry is essential so wax the outside with nikwax. I personally find the non laces slip on steelies type with the elastic up the sides are the best.
All you need is Ready brek. Gives you an everlasting glow.
Or an isotope
@@SkillBuilder ...or three delicious looking scandinavian girls. Must be attractive as they provide more warmth..........and fun!
I agree & never wear "Steel Toecap" work boots as they attract the cold. I wear V12 Men's Puma Work Boots, they've got Composite SAfety Toecaps & Midsole Reinforcement & are comfortable & "toasty" without being sweaty or costing the earth. Also wear a Scruffs Fleece Snood & Thinsulate Beanie & together with some thin breathable base layers & thermal long johns stay warm all day in sub-zero temperatures. Mind you several years ago a guy turned up on site when it was snowing wearing Bermuda Shorts & a thin T-shirt !!! I told him he was stark raving bonkers !!!
I worked with a bloke like that back in the 80s lol id be togged up looking like the michelin man and he would be in a t shirt in the snow saying thre was something wrong with me lol
I had 5 layers on today and my hands and feet were still freezing
Hi Roger, will you stop doing videos stood outside with the snow on the ground in a tee shirt, I felt cold just watching you out there
I thought it needed visual context
You made my DAY! Roger ..... Calling ME a 'Young Whippersanapper' ?? - Great! Advice for them though :-)
If you're hands get too cold try grabbing your old fella. Top tip from Garry glitter lol
I learned long ago that it’s a crap day on site if you’re cold. Decent boots, socks and long johns well worth the investment. Definitely gotta keep that core warm too. Dress up warm and keep moving, don’t spend your day hopping in and out of vehicles and houses to keep warm 😒🤣.
Merino wool socks are great, also warm up the boots before putting on, and the best tip is keep the boots clean and fully waxed up, nothing worse than wet boots trying to freeze
Haix chainsaw boots.amazinhly warm. Reinforced with steel toe caps. Brilliant. You get hot feet.
Cofra are Italian and make some amazing safety footwear that dont use steel . Very warm and comfortable 😁😁❄️☃️👍🏼🧱
I know that stuff. I might even have some in the lockup
@@SkillBuilder just noticed I put bloody cobra when I meant COFRA 🙄🧱👍🏼
Ah bugger. What am I going to do with all these walkers crisps now
Get some work done .problem solved
😂😂😂😂😂
What's next I wonder.
Good David Bellamy impression there Dodger.
We'll there it is....
As well as keeping your core warm it's important to keep your arms and legs warm as you can lose a lot of blood temperature as
the blood travels to your hands and feet.
Rediscovered wearing a collar and tie recently. It makes a huge difference to overall warmth by working like a scarf. Now wearing a short scarf indoors, like an old cravatte. Warm as toast from toes to tip of normally cold hands and central heating turned down 3 degrees
Just make sure it compliments the smoking jacket.
In Finland, Lapland, -17 is a mild day. -25c and nature holds her breath! old finish proverbs; "theres no such thing as cold weather, only bad clothing" "If your feet are cold, wear a hat." Ushanka designs are one of the warmest. Windstopper Polartec are good too. The windstopper Polartec is excellent for fleeces and jackets. A proper base layer, long sleeved and polo neck with a decent fleecee and windstopper jacket will keep you warm all day at sub -10. If you want to go high tech, ARRIS heated vest or jacket is the only one I've found that can get hot enough to make you flinch. Whatever trousers you are wearing, (dont use jeans!) nick a pair of the wifes tights and put them on underneath. (The thick wooly ones are great, fishnets not so much).
I prefer the fishnets. It raises my blood pressure
@@SkillBuilder what you do in your private life is no concern of mine.. :-)
I use the afterglow of warm feelings I get after watching your channel to get me through these cold winters.
Wow! how nice of you to say so.
Hello Roger you just explained to me why I'm always toasty because I get a lot of trapped air some times it escapes though😊
Walk barefoot in snow when its really cold that boost your circulation! Not so long that you get frostbite of course but later when you wear socks and boots the feets are much warmer.
And most important, don't forget to provide a "descalier" to your furnace.
At least once a week, ideally in weekend.
Great tips, thank you.
Great tip!
I’ve never been that cold at all since I started in the trade. Wrap up and keep moving.
Yep manual work does the trick
If it's a bit nippy I dig out my long sleeve Tino Aspillla Toon Top.
then you start doing cartwheels around the site!
please help, has anyone used Celotex TB4000 ? We have freezing cold concrete floors, cold stone solid walls, single glazed windows in a single storey frozen house.....with restrictions due to sockets, low door heights, low ceilings how would 20mm of TB4000 help under thick underlay and wool carpets? Does TB4000 compress over time ? I have resin sealed the floors due to damp issues !!!!
Dr Rodger's medical journal.
Know anywhere that sells steel toe capped clogs Rog?
Good advice as we have come to expect from the Skill Builder team, thank you. What I haven't seen mentioned is 'It is better to look like a dick head and be warm than look cool and be a dick head or cold'.
Its all well and good using ducks as an example but they go out barefoot😂😂😂
Comfortable clothing, body wormer and hat must have. Never do you shoe laces too tide my top tip for you
I bloomin tried the tin foil thus morning! Didn't work feel like a right idiot now 😂
yeah me too.its not worth the grief you get from the missus when it goes everywhere when you take them off 🤣
I'm surprised you didn't mention heat insulators socks. They sell them in most builders merchants.
And Shell garages at twice the price
B&M got them for a pound a pair!!!
What do you think we are, a shill channel?
@@SkillBuilder More of a chill channel maybe.
@@SkillBuilder haha
I think someone has missed his Valium !.....but you got to love his charisma.
Hope your well roger.
Valium! I thought it was acid!!!
Merino wool
I ain’t a young whippersnapper but I’m taking that on board!
A veritable National Treasure Trove of Useful Information.
There's more to this man than we'll ever know. He should write his memoirs.
Potatoes keep you warm. Eat them don’t wear them.
Who put up the spinning ginny? Definitely now Robin.
I was literally freezing my toes off today. I have proper wolly socks, but the steel toes were just a killer.
Yeah hard work in the UK today, feet struggled but I'm glad I wasn't up in - 17 Scotland.
Warm core = Warm paws
What about shrinking in the cold?
Try to do Wim Hoff method. This guy beat every cold record.
Or like my grandparents did wrap newspaper around feet
I do that every morning with an ice cold shower. At first I used to feel it and hyper ventilate but now I don't even know it is cold. It works a treat.
100% Agree - Wim Hoff inspired Cold showers ever day has helped me so much
I've heard furlough can keep you warm...
But being an essential construction worker I can't confirm this...
Please, not when I'm gerkin' the gherkin.
A good merino wool sock to start with. 👌
I discovered merino wool socks about 5yr ago and I've never looked back. A proper treat for yer feet!
@@paulcumiskey8647 without a doubt mate.
Decent tips as always Roger :) Decent pair of socks and layers defo help out in this cold weather!
DO HOW TO TORCH ON FELT & DRIPS AS THE AMOUNT OF BAD JOBS I SEE IS SHOKCING.
I don't know many people doing it now. GRP rules.
@@SkillBuilder it’s to expensive for Belfast people will not pay
@@Admin-uv2hnmatter for them
That's one way to keep Your hands warm! Nothing like molten bitumen on your hand to make you appreciate the cold!
There’s someone eating your dinner somewhere!
I recommend covering your hands and feet with Vaseline/petroleum jelly. Rub it into your hands and feet, put some wicking type gloves and socks (merino wool is the best) and you will stay warm for hours even when wet.
Also use thermal underwear made from wicking materials. You can usually pick them up in camping shops or Aldi sell them now and again either as ski wear or hiking gear.
Trust me, I've done it for years working offshore.
Been a builder since I was 18. 33 years now in the trade and I never wear a hat or gloves but a single good pair of decent socks which I buy from Engelbert Strauss and a good pair of there winter workbooks keeps your feet warm. If you can keep your feet warm and like Roger says eat well during the day and you’ll be fine and keep moving! Most Whipper snappers nowadays just want to stay in on the Xbox!
Layering is the best. Especially with good base, mid and outer layers. Try Merino wool base layer and then layer accordingly with breathable items. Merino wool socks, or if it's really wet, Sealskin waterproof socks or equivalent. You can get merino liner gloves to wear inside work ones, and Merino hats. I swear by Merino wool stuff, as you can probably tell haha.
Recently got a snood scarf and some sports wristbands. Really makes a difference keeping those 2 areas warm. And i always have talcum powder in my toolbox. Put a big load of that in your socks and boy do your feet feel comfy.
I spend hours outside in mud and muck working with horses. Best insulating insole for boots I've found is carpet underlay.. Pure wool socks too
It amazes me. Us Brits are constantly blind-sided by the winter. It's not the bad weather that is the problem, its bad clothes, bad equipment and piss-poor preparation.That's why an inch of snow will make national headlines. It must cost the economy billions in lost productivity.
Lost productivity? We have a whole new scale for days lost now.
Easy to get cold, a lot harder to get warm again. Not much use though, having your core warm if your arms and legs have fallen off with frost-bite, so maybe the body ain't so clever.
we need to hear your northen norway story
One of many stories.
Everytime my feet gets cold
As an ex Bootneck my top tips are a hat and a neck warmer then dump the sweatshirts and hoodies and swap for fleece or primaloft. That’ll see you right
you can also add small ladies Sanitary Towels - Pads. pads will absorb moister from your feet and cold will not penetrate.
Grab a pair of sealskinz, wear a thin pair of socks under them. Thank me later
@skill builder I really needed these considering it was -12 at the job site today.
Ive found as soon as you get to foreman level, your body suddenly becomes much warmer... cant figure out why.
They never leave the site hut and therein lies a huge part of what is wrong with our buildings.
You’re core is everything
Dress in layers, seal the gaps with an overlap ie. Tuck your shirt in and pull your under cuffs through
If you're an adult and you're still cold you should probably work in an office...
Excellent advice as always, I am putting the crisp order in straight away
T shirt in this weather. That's brave
Round here it's called a Barnsley overcoat, warm in winter, cool in summer and dry when it's raining!
Dance. Eat. Yell. Breathe.
is this more tongue in cheek crisp packets -once gone down that road it negates any serious things you want to say
'Tongue in cheek' does not mean it was a spoof. It means it was played for laughs. Putting the crisp packets on your feet and newspaper up your shirt is sound advice known to all cyclists caught out in changing weather but it is no substitute for warm clothing. I would not want anyone to think that putting crisp packets on your feet is the way to set out in the morning. I sorry I didn't spell that out sufficiently.
Top man Roger.
The cycling channel also suggested crisp packets and the tinfoil too. 👍💖🙏💕
Ha, I wear clogs too in the winter if I don't need a firm stand; it almost never freezes at my location, though (we had a cold period lately with -4° at night and +2°C the day).
First science / biology lesson I ever paid attention to.
The man who always makes sense can’t say the same about his dress sense in this weather 😂😂😂😂
You catch on fast
He must a hot core
Stay south of Carlisle. You'll be ok.
I remember a lad put fiberglass in his boots.. he ended up in hospital what ever it did to him.. you can get a heated jacket.. Milwaukee do a good one
I have one. Too hot to work in
Maybe just work harder with a normal jacket 😂😂😂
Nice one Roger
Roger what were you doing in the fishing industry? Hear you ref it a couple of times. I spent time in the Kola and white sea.
It is a long story, but basically we went up to buy a pitch pine boat to bring South and convert to a sailing boat in Denmark but it took months to get it sea worthy so we did casual work on the boats and in the processing plant to make ends meet. We had a free farm house to live in which was fine in the summer but once the snows came the single glazing and lack of insulation made it too cold to live in. Man it blows a chilly wind up there as I am sure your remember.
@@SkillBuilder sounds great. I used to be a fly fishing guide in northern russia and BC/Alaska, been sailing all my life got rid of our Nicholson 303 couple of years ago. Returned to UK to behave myself, have a family and get a real job as a spark.
wear a gilet
I cycle to work all year round and it is very true. You must keep the core WARM. Gloves are a must though due to the wind chill.
Great point!
What do you think of heated vests ?
Hard to work in, you end up cooking but I have one for sitting in my cold basement
A little tip from me;
Going on a run in the morning, and focusing on being 'open' with big swinging arms during the run. Will really set up good circulation for the rest of day, making you less prone to cold.
It also helps you work at a fast pace once you start work , with which you can actually stay warm.
In addition to this, eating huge meals that contain a lot of protein with warm you up even if it's cold food.
Thanks for sharing!
Old school felt insoles help (got ours at the Army surplus store) as do inner socks that wick away perspiration. I am diabetic and my circulation is relatively bad. My extremities get colder than they used to, one other thing is the wear mittens rather than gloves, if you can. And a hat with a chin strap. It was below zero Fahrenheit this morning when I was out for chores. I know cold, well drillers son, in the US we say colder than a well drillers bum (though we don't say bum).
That is proper cold. We are just playing at it over here
Did your dad really call it his "core" or did he say something else?
Hi he said dick to be honest
oh. okay!
Out there looks pretty cold and you are dressed like it's Summer...I guess your core must be pretty warm!
Juliet
I was illustrating the point
I use crisp packets in my shoes when road cycling, it works by reflecting heat and reducing wind chill.
I am a cyclist, that is where I got the tip from
👍
Nice one Roger! I might make some wooden clogs with the foil underlay inner soles! :)
you will make a fortune.
Talking if steel toe caps in safety boots. Rogers's old enough to remember steel and aluminium toe clips and leather straps for racing bicycles. That was a recipe for cold on a wet sub-zero ride in February north of Newcastle!
Ah Stephen you stir memories there.
My classic black cycling shoes with the holes in. My wife threw them out. I loved those shoes with the nail on shoe plates and toe clips. What were those toe clips called? I am thinking it began Christo
I bet you where freezing there Roger. I will buy you a pint to cool you down in summer.
You have to suffer for your art. I would love that trip to a nice pub. I am not a big drinker but it is a part of British life that I miss.