16th December 2010, 03:57 PM
No mention of being shot-blasted by horizontal hail coming straight in off the North Sea (todays's little bit of fun), but good, all common sense, can add my endorsement :face-approve:
Would suggest that LOTS and LOTS of gloves are essential though (possibly stored in sealed poly bags), keep changing to dry ones as soon as your hands start to feel cold, it's too late once they've gone numb! Ten pairs of ?1.99 supermarket-level thinsulate ones are far better than ?20 ski-gloves, once those are wet they're wet and you're stuffed....
Would suggest that LOTS and LOTS of gloves are essential though (possibly stored in sealed poly bags), keep changing to dry ones as soon as your hands start to feel cold, it's too late once they've gone numb! Ten pairs of ?1.99 supermarket-level thinsulate ones are far better than ?20 ski-gloves, once those are wet they're wet and you're stuffed....