WINTER 2018/2019 - Chat thread!

Skillmister · 28 Oct 2018 at 18:53

easyrider said:
How long do you camp for ?

1 night. Pitched up about 4pm after a couple of hours hike, put a brew on and read for a bit, had some dinner then did another hour or so walking at sunset/in the dark. Bed at half 8ish - that's the problem with winter camps, not a lot to do once it gets dark! Need to get a decent camera for some night photography. Woke up at 1am to go for a slash and freeze my johnson off.. Back to bed, slept on and off till 6. Long ass night with the clock change

Brew, breakfast, pack up and hike out. Home by 10. Feel refreshed

Got some longer ones planned but I can't spend 2 days on my jollies at the weekend at the moment.

peterwalkley · 29 Oct 2018 at 07:40

First frost here this morning just as the oldest goes back to school after half term. She's not happy

DXP55 · 29 Oct 2018 at 08:32

-3c last night in sunny Shropshire - white over frost and mist at dawn. - I can see steam coming off my shed roof now the sun is on it.

TwsT · 29 Oct 2018 at 09:03

Frost was strong here too a solid -1 driving to work.

flea.rider · 29 Oct 2018 at 09:13

next week we will see snow to most parts of the country ..
https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfse_cartes.php?ech=12&code=0&mode=13&carte=1
click on 192hrs .. dam cold ...
long term forcast very cold till feb ..and it's only going to get worse for the next 5-10 yrs ..

silversurfer · 29 Oct 2018 at 13:27

Must have some good gear to camping out like that or it'd be pretty unpleasant from the cold and wind factor. Used to live in the black mountains nature reserve years ago and walk to work at 5am every day. Beautiful open landscape but catches the worst of the weather stuck on a mountain like, we had snow blanketing the ground past May bank holiday once

there is quite a lot of cold potential but still enough warmth being drawn up from the south/Atlantic to potentially keep it mild through much of the winter but if that lets go it could really let the cold in.

That sums up the uk in a sentence, we should be way colder then this (most of it we avoid) if it werent for the warm water coming up from east/south coast of usa and the air warmed by that water I guess. Glasgow is on the same latitude as Moscow, Glasgow being slightly more north

Gibbo · 29 Oct 2018 at 13:37

I actually used the remote start feature on the car the car this morning to pre-heat everything as it was -3c and car was iced over, having heated windscreen, heated wheel, heated seats and remote start really is a nice feature for Winter months and I got a feeling its gonna be a long cold Winter.

Blackjack Davy · 29 Oct 2018 at 13:58

No frost but its bloody freezing regardless. Saturday the previous week it was 22c this saturday it was 4c! Talk about a shock to the system I've got the heating on full blast and had to throw an extra blanket on the bed I can't stop shivering I think my body's gone into thermal shock or something.

Rroff · 29 Oct 2018 at 14:38

Didn't quite get down to 0 but when I came out of work at 5am the cars in the car park were severely frosted over - the wind was very very cold even though the thermometer was between 0 and 1C.

Yaayuh! · 29 Oct 2018 at 16:23

Remembered my necktube for my ride in the morning.
Forgot to switch out my gloves though. Bladdy cold!

moon man · 29 Oct 2018 at 20:35

frost here this morming ,but a tshirt day on polly joke beach just watching nature with my dog and messing with my camera for 5 hours or so

Evian · 29 Oct 2018 at 23:27

Anyone got any decent jackets I could look at? Ideally Waterproof and warm? I don't want to spend too much maybe £100-150?

- How does this jacket look? - Tog24 Aviation Mens Milatex/Down Jacket

Yadda · 29 Oct 2018 at 23:35

Gibbo said:
I actually used the remote start feature on the car the car this morning to pre-heat everything as it was -3c and car was iced over, having heated windscreen, heated wheel, heated seats and remote start really is a nice feature for Winter months and I got a feeling its gonna be a long cold Winter.

*snip*

Very nice motors. Couldn't help but notice the roll cage in the BMW, do you race it?

Gibbo · 29 Oct 2018 at 23:43

Yadda said:
Very nice motors. Couldn't help but notice the roll cage in the BMW, do you race it?

Not competitively, but I do track days in it so was done for safety, correct angle for harnesses etc. plus it looks awesome and as its welded in it certainly improved the cars handling.

Yadda · 29 Oct 2018 at 23:50

Gibbo said:
Not competitively, but I do track days in it so was done for safety, correct angle for harnesses etc. plus it looks awesome and as its welded in it certainly improved the cars handling.

Cool. Yes, I'm sure the extra rigidity helps a lot. I bet it's heaps of fun on the track, and it does look the business.

Anyway, before I derail this too much...

Gibbo · 30 Oct 2018 at 09:28

Yadda said:
Cool. Yes, I'm sure the extra rigidity helps a lot. I bet it's heaps of fun on the track, and it does look the business.

Anyway, before I derail this too much...

Cheers there is a build thread in motors section, where you can see my progress with car and plenty of pictures.

Yadda · 30 Oct 2018 at 14:42

Gibbo said:
Cheers there is a build thread in motors section, where you can see my progress with car and plenty of pictures.

Good stuff, I'll check it out. Cheers.

Arsonist · 30 Oct 2018 at 21:36

Leccy blanket is on tonight! Really don't look forward to getting up to my leaky mx5 with holes in the roof and a half working heater!

Rexxar · 1 Nov 2018 at 01:00

Need a new jacket this year, had a really thick faux-fur lined DC jacket that's on it's last legs and not made anymore. I've been looking at 3-in-1 Berghaus / North Face jackets to replace it, are they any good or should I get something like the Montane Icarus for cold weather and a Waterproof shell to go over it when it's raining?

Evian · 4 Nov 2018 at 18:44

Rexxar said:
Need a new jacket this year, had a really thick faux-fur lined DC jacket that's on it's last legs and not made anymore. I've been looking at 3-in-1 Berghaus / North Face jackets to replace it, are they any good or should I get something like the Montane Icarus for cold weather and a Waterproof shell to go over it when it's raining?

Tell me what you go for I'd like to have a look at it, I'm after a new jacket too.