Bit crispy forsty

Gears, not brakes in icy conditions

Was always interesting counting the cars in the fields on the way home from work when I lived on the fens

 

Same stretch a few weeks ago one morning when it was a bit wet there were two lads in suits standing next to a Golf looking sheepish. They'd lost it on a corner, hit the river bank and catapulted across the road backwards into a hedge. It's 50ft from a 30 limit, a 40mph corner when it's dry. I steered around them.

 

Serious question. How do you stay warm inside your van? Propex heater? I've spent ONE night out in the winter in my van and was so cold I thought I was going to die - be found thousands of years later mummified like Pete Bog. There was nothing I cd do to warm up,... put loads of clothes on, hot water bottle.... except put the cooker on. Then I worried about carbon monoxide. Jeez that was a bad night.

 

Use a better sleeping bag, old Norwegian army one's got us through a -31,4 C night last winter

 

@Kkkaty all I have is a thin summer duvet underneath me and a thick heavy duvet over me and dressed no heating. Don't like to put the gas on as it adds more moister to the air which freezes .

I use to work outside all year and its shorts all year so I guess I'm hard.

 

A duvet under you will reflect your heat back not soak it up .

 

Hmm.. Ok. If I do it again I'll do that, but first take @Merlin Cat's advice and abduct someone off the street into the van to act as a hot water bottle. I'll tell the police T!B made me do it.

 

How very dare you suggest such a thing, I'm a proud southern chap from the finest county in England.

 

Yes in deed, Faversham.

 

I is well posh me.

 

-6 here last night the local roads were interesting this morning

 

minus 5 in France this morning ,but still in shorts cycling with the mutt...

Not a day for doing the living room windows ,but I still did them ,log burner full blast with a room with no windows....

 

Crispy on't tops yesterday, did Pen Y Ghent, lovely girl

 

I've camped a few cold nights in mine... I did a late Nov holiday in my van on the west coast of Scotland... Sleeping bag and a 13.5 tog feather duvet on the top... was toasty!! Although waking up with damp on your face isn't pleasant

 

i used to run up that in half a hour...

our school used to own the red lion ...

 

love Ramsgate