Ways to keep warm - your ideas are needed

[Highlander]

(24 May 2013, 19:47)MaryN Wrote: This old place was built before cavity wall insulation was available. We have open fires, so burn wood and coal. We tend to stay in one room in winter - it's cheaper than heating the whole house via central heating. Warm rugs over knees; cosy thick fleeces and ski socks. Heat-seeking missiles (cats!) keep our knees and laps warm.

Always busy even in winter and exercise keeps the blood flowing. Wear hats and gloves to keep extremities warm. It's just common sense.

That reminds me of the house I sold to move here, the house I was brought up in,.. we did the same, but still ended up warm at the front, but cold at the back,... front room living was ok, but bedtime was a bit nippy, rubbing the ice off the inside of the window to see what the weather was doing,...