WE HAVEN’T HAD quite the dumping of snow that the UK is enduring at the moment, but still the weather is cold and miserable, and the snow still threatens.
We’ve put together a few tips for helping to feel warm and dry during this trying time.
Of course, the best tip to staying warm and dry is to stay indoors, but sometimes that’s just not possible, so here you go…
1. Look at these pictures of people taking an icy winter dip
You’ll soon feel warmer by comparison…
Kathy Willens/AP/Press Association Images
AP Photo/Kathy Willens
2. Remember that we will probably have at least a few days of summer in Ireland in the next six months
(Probably to coincide with the Leaving Cert. Sorry guys)
Dublin model Sheila McDonough takes advantage of the hot weather to fry eggs on the roof of her car at Seapoint, Dublin in 1959 (PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
3. Be glad we’re not going through this
Snow in the village of Norton near Worcester (David Davies/PA Wire)
And before you get nostalgic about snow… remember this man’s pain
YouTube/Tom Walsh
4. Stay in and watch your stories
Put on your tracksuit bottoms
And stick on the telly
YouTube/That’sFailedUK
5. Stick on the fake fire
If you’re not lucky enough to have an open fire, try the next best thing. Stick on the super ser or blow heater, and get your eyes around this:
YouTube/MoneySavingVideos
5. If you have a dog, keep it dry too
Image: Amazon
6. This is the warmest way to wear a scarf
YouTube/TheoryOfCaseyJ
Or you could just wrap a cat around your neck
Eric Allix Rogers/Flickr/Creative Commons
7. Embrace it
If you can’t beat ‘em…
Jeff Chiu/AP/Press Association Images
Is there really snow on the way? How can we prepare?
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