It Ain't Half Cold, Mam!

I don’t think this cold will be getting warmer. It’s cold enough to kill a car battery off… and it’s been cold for longer than that. 

I don’t remember things being so cold back home. These days, I have to wear a t-shirt, a jumper, a hoody and a thick jacket (one of those bomber-style jackets with sheepskin and leather and stuff). Then I’m warm. Apart from my legs. I can’t exactly fit into 4 layers of trousers. I’d be walking around as if I have two peg-legs… which would not be too good. Especially if I slip on ice, I’d also have trouble getting up. I guess it may be amusing to the passing public. But then, who wouldn’t find it funny when someone dressed in a suitcase worth of clothing just fell on the pavement?

 

I may actually start wearing my scarf I bought in some outdoor shop in Abergavenny about three years ago. I never got round to using it, as it hasn’t been that cold enough. Now I’m having second thoughts. And my gloves may also come into good use. But a hat? I don’t wear hats in public, nor hoods. Hoods restrict my already bad view. 

And I don’t really have hats for cold weather. I don’t like to cover my ears. I know it’s nice when they’re warm, but I don’t like things blocking or covering them. Although, I did wear one of those old Soviet fluffy hats at Dan’s over the weekend. It even had a Soviet hammer and sickle badge on it. It was good. I may invest in one of those. But the only hat I have here is one of those German (maybe Bavarian/Alpine) style hats with the feathers. I got it from Austria last year, and I thought I’d bring it out with me. But I’m not sure if it would be effective… though if it’s a traditional bit of clothing in the Alpine regions, then it may well work!

Also, it’s so cold that I needed a lighter to melt away the ice covering the keyhole of my car door. And when I did that, I had to heat up the key so it could get in the keyhole itself. And when I eventually got in my car, I had to scrape ice from the inside of the windscreen. Inside? How does that happen? Never have I had to get the ice scraper out for the inside of my PKW. And this was at half past nine at night. So early, yet so freezingly bloody cold. I wonder whether my car will be an ice block in the morning…

But after a trip around town to keep the car warm and make sure the battery was alright, I’m now in my nice and warm room. Though I guess I’d have to get up a bit earlier than normal tomorrow to thaw my car into shape! Something everyone looks forward to!