are boarders harder than day boys?

[dylanwinter]

I'm now coming up to 3 years living in a tent. Half way through my 3rd winter now. Looking forward to the clocks changing again. The winter before last was colder than this one, -15 C one night. Minimum so far this winter has been -8. It's not the cold that is the problem though, it is the damp.

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I have done a year under canvas.... but it was two summer six month stints

how do you heat the space?

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[AntarcticPilot]

Is this a southern thing? We didn't have boarding schools up North. Didn't really have schools to be honest, it was more like day care for aspiring criminals.

As such, I'm well hardened. Currently sat with a fan heater on, which is supplementing the Eberspacher, which is is combining with the croissants in the oven, to make it quite warm.

Yes, they do, and it was state provided. I spent my first two years in a relatively remote village in Yorkshire, and if Mum and Dad had stayed there, then grammar school would have been boarding - no option; there wasn't a grammar school within commuting distance! Lots of the grammar schools in big towns (I definitely recall Wakefield Grammar had boarders, but I'm sure others did as well - mine didn't) had boarders in those days. Admittedly that was back in the days of the 11+, but remote communities must still have the same problem.

 

[Yantlet]

I'm now coming up to 3 years living in a tent. Half way through my 3rd winter now. Looking forward to the clocks changing again. The winter before last was colder than this one, -15 C one night. Minimum so far this winter has been -8. It's not the cold that is the problem though, it is the damp.

I thought the Pict's were extinct?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I can. He's why I hate football!

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I thought the Pict's were extinct?

And why do you think that is?

 

[wotayottie]

I dunno why, but its nice to be in the cold.....as long as there is somewhere you can snuggle up warm and drink tea, soup, whisky, and defy the elements. A (non leaking) tent in the rain is a nice place to be.

I have found cars the worst place to try and get proper kip in the cold.

Tim

Yes thats the same sort of psychology that makes it so pleasant to be tied up to a nice pontoon with the radio on listening the ch16 whilst its blowing up outside.

 

[wotayottie]

I definitely recall Wakefield Grammar had boarders, but I'm sure others did as well - mine didn't)

Yes QUEGS Wakefield had weekly boarders - my son went there aged 8 - but not full time as far as I can remember.

 

[Yantlet]

And why do you think that is?

Because Wikipedia tells me so and they couldn't possible be mistaken- could they?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Because Wikipedia tells me so and they couldn't possible be mistaken- could they?

I wasn't clear. I meant "Why are the Picts extinct?", not "Why do you believe they are extinct?"