WINTER IN THE UK and Tips for cold British Winter 

Anyone else finds the mornings the toughest? xxx

It is genuinely hard to get up in the morning when it’s this dark. I definitely wish we had more daylight.

The UK is on the same latitude as Churchill in Canada (which has the biggest concentration of polar bears in the world) but is actually far warmer due to the Gulf Stream, a current of warm water which starts in the Mexican Gulf. This stops the British Isles freezing up in winter. If the Gulf stream should fail (and there are indications it's getting weaker) then the UK would be ice bound in winter. - Food: In cold weather we use up more energy which is why our instinct is to eat more and in the winter warm food uses less energy to digest than cold. This is why traditionally we eat a lot of stodgy food in winter like stew with dumplings, steak & kidney pies, suet puddings for desert, etc. - I used to know a Norwegian girl who always complained how much colder she felt in England. I found this really odd as Norway has colder winters but she explained that in Norway it's a dry cold whereas in Britain it's a damp cold that seeps into your bones. - Fun fact: The further North you go the less people wear. Have a night out in Newcastle in winter and you'll see bare-chested blokes and girls in miniskirts and crop tops as if it was mid-summer instead of brass monkey* weather. * Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. - In parts of England that don't get much snow the councils are badly prepared for snow which is why everything stops. Basically the councils don't have the money to spend on something that only happens occasionally. When I lived in Sheffield snow was fairly common so the council always had plenty of road salt and snow ploughs ready to keep the roads clear, so it wasn't a big deal and life continued much as normal. - Global waming has made a big difference to the amount of snow we get. I grew up in Somerset and I can remember a couple of winters in the late 70s/early 80s where we had 2-3 ft of snow and drifts of 6-8ft. My family still live there and these days they hardly get any snow at all. - Top tips: 1) Layer up. Rather than wear one thick jumper wear several thinner layers. A layer of warm air is trapped between each item of clothing which helps keep you warm. Thermal underwear and micro fleeces are really good. Make sure your winter coat is wind proof. Wind chill is more important than actual temperature. 2) For bed use a high tog winter Duvet (or even two if you really feel the cold) but sleep naked or just wear something brief. The reason for this is the bed will warmer up quicker from your reflected body heat the less you wear than if you're wearing thick pyjamas. If your feet get cold wear bedsocks. 3) The more active you are the quicker you'll warm up. And the good news is it means you can eat more to compensate! I live alone so only put the heating on in December and only at the lowest setting, mainly to make sure my water pipes don't freeze and to stop damp and condensation. The reason I can do this is because when I'm at home I wear thermal underwear under my clothes and also a sleeping bag suit over the top. It's very sexy and stylish! *cough* www.planetcamping.co.uk/sleeping-bag-suits/ I don't care if it looks a bit silly. It's incredibly warm and toasty. I bought it 2 years ago for £100 and I've saved about £600 in heating bills since getting it. It wouldn't be as practical if I was living with other people, but for me it's great.

Poppy, I lived in Australia for some years and when I came back to the UK it took a couple of years for my body to readjust to the winters, now I find the summers a bit much at times! I find fleece clothing in all its forms extremely effective at keeping me warm, far better than woollen jumpers and the like and much more long lasting. As regards snow ploughs and the like, it only snows heavily enough to require heavy duty equipment, as used in parts of the US, once every five or ten years, so it doesn't make economic sense for councils or airports to have machinery lying around that is rarely used.

I LOOOVE when it starts to get cold. We live in the North and it gets so cold up here, I remember going to college and my hands went so red! It does get boring after a while, but I love wearing my winter jumpers and wooly leggings.

Thanks Poppy, as always a well presented video. I am usually in Thailand for January and February but not practical this winter. Let's hope things get back to normal for next winter.

The density of infrastructure, such as electric cables, sewage pipes and train tunnels, in London means it's like underground heating. In the centre of town the ground can be as much as 3°C warmer than in the surrounding countryside. So even when snow falls, it often doesn't settle in the city.

The higher calorie intake in the winter is also because you burn a lot more calories to keep warm.

Compared to many other countries our winters are relatively mild except up in Scotland. Yes, we have many long wet, drab, drizzly days but not much snow and after the shortest day, December the 21st, the daylight gets gradually longer.

I like this girl♥️her gestures is so respectful and graceful..

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Great video Poppy what makes your videos great is your beautiful smile. Jxxx

London is the only place that comes to a halt when there is snow

You are lucky down south up here in the north of Scotland its about 8:30 when we get that amount of light and its pitch black by 16:30

How do you keep your room warm, do you use electric blower or some thermal device

Hi Poppy just to let you know it dropped to 8c today in Chiang Rai that is very chilly for Thai's as you will know.

Oh, there's nothing wrong with the all-encompassing winter night

The short days and the dark mornings are a chore but London is one of the driest capital cities in Europe and it seldom gets that cold. However, my Filipina ex almost turned into an ice cube in her first winter but a combination of merino wool and silk vests, cashmere jumpers and a long down jacket saved her!

I am very much impressed off yours british accent speaking .i hav never seen any thai people talking like this manner as i hav work with thai people here in Nepal ktm station😊😊

Good advice Poppy

London is a beatyfull city, when i enjoy in the summer, but in the whinter i prefere avoid,, is little depressing and very cold for 7 or 8 months, i also live in thailand, and i enjoy everyday of the year,

The Winter we get nowadays in UK are nothing like they used to be, like 5x as cold.

2:02 No, I would say it is between light and dark (surprisingly!)

Trust me, Poppy, winter mornings are hard for most of us! PS. I haven’t seen any alerts from your channel for some time?

It is my first day in BFK British winter

I wished it was always Winter in UK. Despise Summer.

Hi everyone am briton from Kenya.I wish to visit uk one day.I won't be sad if it is on the way

No I don't do Dry January either!

You did not mention London snow its called slush ;-) I visited Newcastle with my thai wife , I got her all the special winter clothes thinking poor dear she will freeze her ..... off she is Thai. What happened she refused to wear them she enjoyed freezing for the first time in her life 😬 crazy ...... OK autumn she went totaly crazy when the leaves turned brown and dropped off , I took the piss she asked me when the leaves fell of a Douglas fur , I told her oh that's special they all prepair to drop and it takes like in the mountains only sound to trigger every pine to drop then they release every pine in one very spectacular event .I intensified the story a bit saying you have to trigger it by clapping or shouting and if the tree is ready it happens, the following story deepened the plot, I said sometimes hunters in a forrest fire a shot and all the pines in the whole forest drop in one go that's impressive, it was funny to watch her clapping and shouting for months on end . As people put their Christmas trees out after Christmas wich were obviously pineless i pointed and said see I told you so. 555555

London has too much pollution for much snow and is just grey gloomy, wet and a few flakes grind our capital city to a halt in panic lol We had had a good 6 inches this year and made 3 snowmen When i was teaching in Issarn one of the most common requests from the old folk was for me to bring them some snow

You are so honest . A lady from London came to visit Australia and claimed our winters were colder than London . What a joke ?At least you are honest about weather in the UK .

the seasonal food because of the heat and cold we need more food to keep warm, in summer we dont need as much.. its regulating our system, like a bear hibernating it eats and eat and packs on the weight to survive

January February March are the worst months Also April could be very cold in the UK.

i like cold Winter

I'm from the UK & I Leave Scrubbing/Cleaning Jobs for the Mornings to Help Me Warm up Quick!.

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More than once you have mentioned the northern cities and the examples you give are Manchester and Liverpool. Neither of these is particularly far north, nor are they the biggest cities - you ought to get out more.

2010 was the last bad snow. Before that was in the 70,s and that was far worse, The community's where blocked in for a week or two. Yet in the 1960,s it was even more so and incredibly deep .It was weeks for it to clear. But coming into the modern times we are now in we are not prepared for it anymore. You can look it up and find video evidence on youtube. I liked the isolation as a child. No one could travel in or out. The sky was grey and the ground deep with snow. The silence was deafening, No really. The snow muffles the sound and it cannot travel far. So very eerie, But so pretty. Maybe not from our parents point of view. No fridges back then and food was fresh.

I came in 2021

I hate the cold 🥶

Obviously you would feel cold in London.

Mam i like your eys and smile

You are describing London!!! Which peeves me off because they get the best weather because of the gulf stream. Their weather is a fluke because of the gulf stream. Just say winter in LONDON not the UK, You can NEVER compare London to the whole UK as they have the gulf stream on their side, you need to learn when to say UK and when to say London. Europe would be all like Scotland if it wasn't for the gulf stream. Look up the Gulf stream effect. We don't freak out about snow in the North as we get Snow most years.

London practically has a subtropical climate

Go home then.