Dear LPG,

It is getting cold and anyone who reads these pages is likely to have seen and been through enough winters to know what we are in for during the next few months.  The arguably good news, even though only as far as our aging bodies are concerned, is that global warming is responsible for the relatively milder winters of recent years.  But on the downside, it is now generally accepted that older adults need to keep warmer than the youngsters, and we also have been warned about how much the cost of keeping warm is going to cost this year, and those two snippets of information send more shivers than usual down my spine for all the wrong reasons. 

We are always told that dressing for winter is one solution which can minimise the bills and keep us healthy when we face the winter elements, and while I have just accepted that dressing for winter means putting on an extra jumper or two, I thought it worth looking at what Google has to offer about exactly how many extra layers of clothing and what types of fabric should be involved. 

As ever, the information varies and lots of it is provided by companies wanting to sell their particular brand of the clothing in question, but having taken a look, I thought it worth passing on. 

I found a lot of information about the most appropriate layers of clothing and how many will really work, and also what will keep you warm if you are planning a trip to the Artic and there are surprisingly fewer layers involved there than I thought according to the cyber experts. I know that planning trips to snowy peaks is a bit extreme for the average readers of these pages but knowing a bit more about what will really help might be advantageous.  

SL, Grove Park

SL found a little information about why we oldies are more likely to feel the cold…

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… and just how many layers really keep us warm in winter…

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