Minus 4 Celsius (24.8 F.) this morning.
Yesterday I happened to be at Winners with Susan. I wandered over to a wall of gloves and poked around until I found a pair of ski mitts. For $20 it was worth a shot.
This morning I did a 8.55 km frosty outdoor loop.
I assumed that at one point or another I was going to need the little rechargeable hand-warmer in my pocket.
Not so! What a pleasant surprise.
To be honest I don't know why the mitts surprised me. There was a time when I used to ski. Mostly my hands were fine in mitts, I think.
Oh well.
On a side note, the Brompton stock bell that comes with every Brompton was not happy in the cold. I also had a little difficulty with my super bell (mitt clumsiness, it seems). On the other hand, I had no trouble using my WWII cricket clicker. Worked like a charm.
WWII cricket clicker????
Yes indeed. Picked it up a few weeks ago at the Canadian Juno Beach D-Day landing museum. 3 euros. Worth every centime! If you're interested, go to a museum boutique where you'll pay 3 euros, not Amazon, or Etsy, where they'll charge $25.
I'll be back.
I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed posting to the blog.
2 comments:
Gotta admit, I swap my riding gloves for snowmobile mitts when scooting in the snow.
Ed, do you find, as I do, that if your hands, neck, and feet are warm, everything else is just fine?
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