Accy cyclist
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I had a wool fedora hat on yesterday, granted it wasn't lined which is more suitable for autumn and winter, and a merino wool scarf. I just wished I'd worn some gloves as well!
At what age does someone become old and start wearing flat caps and a scarf
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raleighnut
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I don't like anything on my head not even a hood unless it is really 'persisting' it down.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
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- Leafy Surrey
I had a wool fedora hat on yesterday, granted it wasn't lined which is more suitable for autumn and winter, and a merino wool scarf. I just wished I'd worn some gloves as well!
Hat? Merino? Gloves?
The Met Office says Surrey was only a couple of degrees warmer than Lancs, but I still cooked out on the BBQ, and we ate outside. I was in shorts & t-shirt!
Are you still using your heating?
raleighnut
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Nah not keen on them either.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Do we have a definitive answer yet?
Dogtrousers
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I'm old. Wooly hat and scarf if it's cold.
Do flat caps cover your ears? I don't think they do so I don't think I'll bother with one.
Do flat caps cover your ears? I don't think they do so I don't think I'll bother with one.
Dogtrousers
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I absolutely hate hoods. Dunno why. I'd make a terrible yoof.
T4tomo
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Indeed they don't, but I don't find that my ears get cold when I have a flat cap on, but I am a northern lad so it might be genetic. I do have a woolly hat of two for if its "proper cold".
I hate hoods too.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Many moons ago one frosty night I was sent to check out a chap reported to be doing nothing more than walking along the road while wearing a balaclava.
I asked control it they were sure, advised it was brass monkeys and, as he was doing nothing else untoward, was probably just trying to keep warm. Control pooh pooh'd this, so away I went.
A short while later I located him, and apologised for troubling him but why was he walking up the road wearing a balaclava? "Because its brass monkeys out here and I'm just trying to stay warm."
Thats what happens when civilian controllers who've never walked a beat in their life are put in charge of police deployments.
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Accy cyclist
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This type does. Unclip the press stud to let the ear flaps down then refasten them under the chin.
https://www.rhegedhats.co.uk/product/harris-tweed-cap-bugatti-ca
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
Hat? Merino? Gloves?
The Met Office says Surrey was only a couple of degrees warmer than Lancs, but I still cooked out on the BBQ, and we ate outside. I was in shorts & t-shirt!
Are you still using your heating?
Er, what BMI are you may I ask? Just asking that's all.
I'm a svelte 6 foot, 10.9 stones. I feel the cold! Yesterday I wore a three piece 16 oz ( quite heavy(ish) for this time of the year) tweed suit (with a fedora of course) and again wished I'd worn a scarf and gloves. The wind was horrible! As for the heating, yes it's on every night for 3 or 4 hours. 🧐
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raleighnut
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Well, just get soaked then
It's only water, as an avid 'hillwalker' I know the secret is not staying dry but keeping warm plus I've got a pretty good 'weather eye' so can tell what the next half hour or so will bring and whether to head off or have another pint.
T4tomo
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The "open face " balaclavas were / are a very practical, if unstylish, way of keeping your neck warm. I had one or three as a kid.
However those just with holes for eyes and mouth definitely marked you out as a wrong 'un, terrorist or general undesirable.
