Q. We have old friends in the North Riding of
Yorkshire. We love going to stay with them in their charming and rambling old house, but we are soft southerners and Yorkshire seems to be freezing all year round. There is a reasonably warm conservatory we huddle in during the day but even in high summer last year it was so cold that birthday cards would not stand up because of the damp in the house and we could see our breath in our bedroom where my husband resorted to sleeping with a tea-cosy on his head. What do you recommend? Our friends don’t mind us complaining about the cold but, for financial reasons, they would take a dim view if we brought our own blow fires and plugged them in. V.S., London W11 A. Bring sleeping bags as part of your luggage. Use these as internal envelopes to supplement your bedding. It sounds as though your friends would not even mind your using them when lolling about downstairs. Meanwhile deep heat patches as used by rheumatics and available from all chemists can be adhered to your clothing to give a good seven hours back-up heat.
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