this is a different world to mine - yesterday I had ice in my glass of water at an outdoor Christmas lunch. Pleasant warm (not yet hot & humid) day in early summer Sydney. My winter in inner-city Sydney entails the occasional use of a small heater, an 80% down quilt at night, with medium fleece waistcoat & jacket in the day. I only discovered thermal underwear 2 years ago, & normally only wear them when I leave Sydney for cooler climates where it's close to freezing overnight!

As my brother said when he was in UK 25 years ago, with 2" snow on the top of his car when he woke, "sandra, you wouldn't like it here."

best wishes to all for resumption of normal services

sandra