Cracking toast, Grommit!

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Now if I was a raggie, I'd know all about this stuff, but I'm only a poor confused stinkie. Went out last weekend, and my legs and feet were bloody freezing! So we went into a swindlers in Cowes, to be confronted by racks of 'technical' trousers and socks.

My only experience of 'technical trousers' was Wallace and Grommit. OK, the chicken disguise cracked me up, but I don't really want to go boating in chest high yellow waders, nor something green and radio controlled. And £15 for a pair of 'technical' socks is bang out of order, IMO.

So what can the panel recommend to supplement my perfectly warm Musto Snugs jacket?

<hr width=100% size=1>Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
 
you need the following...

pair of green wellies 2 sizes too large
pair of hand-knitted socks
barbour jacket
sowester

several of these items will be available secondhand in large quantities from next feb. ;-)

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Try a kilt, then stand with your back to a roaring log fire

Heats the whole of your body !

HTH

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<<several of these items will be available secondhand in large quantities from next feb. >>

Tell us more. We need to know!

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25knots- man will never travel that fast, it's impossible.

A slightly different idea- how about a pair of golfing trousers- you can get some nice lightweight ones which are waterproof and windproof and also won't make you look like a raggie. I have a pair from the time when I was so landlocked I played golf- I use them for walking on the moors and they're great.

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Down the market - "thermal" socks £1, thermal long johns £2. Don't forget your trousers 'r you'll look like Max Wall!

Or, World of Sport whatever they're called now. Cheap Ski undies n stuff.

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a shame you are not getting useful answers, altho this should win a prize for the most unguessable subject matter.

imho, any attempt to keep warm by wearing one specific clever garment is doomed. I tried this on motorbikes doing driving around london in depths of winter all day. You need several layers, and the first layer has to be somehing simply to turn the weather away, inner layers allow all that wicking stuff. So, anyway, boatwise, i have some thermals which keep me warm as er...toast.




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Asda....thermal leggings(I'm sure they used to be called Long John's) thermal socks,under £20 for two pairs of each,not tested at sea yet but they worked on my bike this morning when the brass monkeys were cheering me on my way.


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I aim to please, Matt. Besides, two cryptic references in the same title? You don't get any better than that.

Agree re motorbikes. You're doomed to become cold no matter what, although <A target="_blank" HREF=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/graham.wignall/santa.jpg>this </A>works reasonably well...

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Doh ! !

I thought it was silly red jackets and tight trousers this lot wore.


Just shows how much I know about these pursuits!

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Easy ! Just put it in a bucket on top of a couple of bricks. The air rushing in at 25 knots should give you enough forced draught to keep everything roaring, I think.



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motorbikewise i solved the prob with handlebar muffs - hence your hands aren't aircooled. Bit difficult motorboatywise, as i spose you like the wind in air cept the wind is cold. I hear it is important to keep inner body temperature up, and to address this you could try eating something warm perhaps, like toast.

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Should we start a 'seasonal toast recipes' thread, perhaps? Where, though? Can we get sponsorship from the <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.thursdaynext.com/toast.html>Toast Marketing Board</A>?

<hr width=100% size=1>Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
 
Silk vest and longjohns, maybe a thinsulate undersuit from a dive shop, damart if it's still sold. All sorts of choices!

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I did find a very good site in New Zealand where I got a set of silk thermals, price about the same here as for one piece! Very good,so light you forget you have them on, anyway must be good since SWMBO has nicked them.

Have replaced them with thermal set from Matalan, at £6 a piece, more bulky, but the wife does not like them, so I will not freeze for a while

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