I've found the cure to ALL coldness in winter when with horses..

[HorsesHavingFun]

Wear a onesie UNDER your horsey clothes! All the warmth, none of the embarrasment!

I just wore a onesie, jods, and a hoody and I was so warm

Sorry for the random, slightly pointless to some, post, I just enjoyed not being cold at the horses for once in my life Though I've yet to try riding with a onesie underneath....that comes next..

 

[el_Snowflakes]

Until you need to pee........!

 

[blitznbobs]

All very good until you need the loo.....

 

[HorsesHavingFun]

Mmm...yeah that's very true

 

[Bennions Field]

i've found age has a good inbuilt central heating system, sadly hot flushes dont time themselves very well ! if only they happened when its below freezing and outside and not inside when the heating is on !

 

[FubsyMog]

Suppose one cut cut a strategic 'exit'...!

 

[DragonSlayer]

A good bowl or porridge in the morning keeps the inner fire burning!

I hate being cold! Brrrrr.......

 

[MadBlackLab]

i've found age has a good inbuilt central heating system, sadly hot flushes dont time themselves very well ! if only they happened when its below freezing and outside and not inside when the heating is on !

agree with this ^^^^^^^^^^

 

[HorsesHavingFun]

Suppose one cut cut a strategic 'exit'...!

Ha ha ha! You're not the first one to think of that!

 

[Ealana]

I've a similar thing: leggings/pyjamas + trackies underneath oil skin overalls. Looks fine but super cosy and toasty warm

Anyone know a good way for heating up shoulders/ too of back? Despite wearing layer upon layer (base layers + polo shirts + jumpers + gilets + jackets) my shoulders always end up cold

 

[khalswitz]

I personally wear a pair of fleece pj bums and fleecy socks, then a pair of tights to flatten it all down, and pj fleece top tucked in to tights to stop awful cold midriff syndrome. Then gilet, then hoody, then jacket, and pair of leggings then jodhs, and in really cold salopettes on top. Plus a buff and woolly hat. And I can ride, slightly Michelin-esque, but since when it's that cold the school is normally snowed over it's hacking anyway

However I really feel the cold, and it gets to -18 up here...

ETA You do look majorly obese, but at least you can blame the layers and not the Christmas food...

 

[Woody2013]

Suppose one cut cut a strategic 'exit'...!

Perfect!

 

[dogatemysalad]

Massage a few drops of baby oil (or whatever oil you like) to wet skin after a shower. Keeps me warm all day.

If you're really crazy, turn the shower to cold for the last couple of minutes. It increases circulation and immunity against viruses and regulates body temperature. Its a bit masochistic but it does warm you up a bit.

 

[Penny Less]

Yes you can bank on the fact that having got into several layers you immediately need the loo!

 

[Marydoll]

i've found age has a good inbuilt central heating system, sadly hot flushes dont time themselves very well ! if only they happened when its below freezing and outside and not inside when the heating is on !

Aaah the menapausal furnace, been there, starred in that, dead of winter in snow and ice, sitting in a t shirt and jeans for coffee during mucking out

 

[Enfys]

I personally wear a pair of fleece pj bums and fleecy socks, then a pair of tights to flatten it all crikedown, and pj fleece top tucked in to tights to stopwful cold midriff syndrome. Then gilet, then hoody, then jacket, and pair of leggings then jodhs, and in really cold salopettes on top. Plus a buff and woolly hat. And I can ride, slightly Michelin-esque, but since when it's that cold the school is normally snowed over it's hacking anyway

However I really feel the cold, and it gets to -18 up here...

ETA You do look majorly obese, but at least you can blame the layers and not the Christmas food...

Crikey! -18, where do you live?!

 

[Enfys]

Aaah the menapausal furnace, been there, starred in that, dead of winter in snow land ice, sitting in a t shirt and jeans for coffee during mucking out

Well my menopausal furnace is bloody useless, only comes on at night, I have to go outside to cool down. Not impressed

 

[FinnishLapphund]

I've a similar thing: leggings/pyjamas + trackies underneath oil skin overalls. Looks fine but super cosy and toasty warm

Anyone know a good way for heating up shoulders/ too of back? Despite wearing layer upon layer (base layers + polo shirts + jumpers + gilets + jackets) my shoulders always end up cold

Have you tried adding a separate neck warmer to your layer of clothes? Maybe they're easiest to find in stores specializing in sport, motorcycle or hunting equipment, here is just a few examples that I found through a Google image search:

If you knit, you could perhaps search for a knitting pattern, and make one to yourself

 

[Mike007]

Yes I have to confess that the cold does tend to slow me down, but generaly not before at least minus 35 C . The worst temperatures are betwean +4 and minus 7 when it is still damp and cold instead of just cold. Dry cold when all the moisture has frozen out is great.

 

[ClobellsandBaubles]

storing all the good ideas nothad a proper horsey winter up here yet does anyone have overall recommendations? Ealena I have a buff with fleece at the top although it's not on my shoulders its fab for stopping all the drafts ... I hate a cold neck and drafty shoulders. Its yet to get properly cold here though I was out in just a tshirt and microfleece last night.

 

[cremedemonthe]

One of my female friends bought me some thermal long johns, very warm and are great when Caterham on the Hill gets to minus 15-16 as in some Winters now and 18 inches of snow

 

[khalswitz]

Crikey! -18, where do you live?!

Between Aberdeen and Braemar - in the hills . That was at about 4.30am last winter one morning in January, according to our outdoor thermometer. It regularly hits -8 to -10 between snowfalls, and most years in the last five has hit -15, but -18 was definitely the coldest I can remember...

 

[Marydoll]

Well my menopausal furnace is bloody useless, only comes on at night, I have to go outside to cool down. Not impressed

Mine used to be on every night as well, absolutely hellish, i noticed if i laid of the sweet stuff that it wasnt half as bad as it had been, chocolate and sweets definitely made it worse for me. Its not the first time ive had to get up, shower and then drip dry as the heat was so intense. Made the big mistake of getting a memory foam mattress, omg it was like being in a cooker !

 

[Echo24]

Such a good idea! My onesie is so warm and toasty!

 

[blitznbobs]

How the hell do people get all those layers UNDER thier jodhs? How many sizes too big do you buy them?

Blitz XX

 

[khalswitz]

How the hell do people get all those layers UNDER thier jodhs? How many sizes too big do you buy them?

Blitz XX

STRETCHY jodhs . Plus do you not have summer and winter jodhs? I buy my winter jodhs purposefully a size bigger and with stretch...

 

[Lynsey&Smartie]

I really feel the cold but am OK as long as I have a long knee length down coat on and my Ariat Glaciers, in fact I was roasting this morning in that and had to strip off to just my hoody after mucking out. I think keeping your bum and legs warm in a long coat really makes a difference to how cold you get.

 

[Janee]

Until you need to pee........!

That would be so cooolllldddd brrrrr, made me shiver just thinking about it, but sound great so long as you have a strong bladder.