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On the French Way now, I can put up with the snores, the plastic bag rustlers, the megawatt headlights and the 0530am starters, but why oh why do certain people insist on closing the windows?
Woke up several times now in what felt like a sauna!!
Regards
George
I like fresh air even in winter but I guess it's a cultural difference. On the VDLP a couple of years ago I was confronted by three men who swore we would all get sick if we breathed the cool night air. It was sweltering! I waited until they were asleep then opened them. I can't remember where they were from.
Getting sick from breathing night air? Really? Ha ha.
Or boogie men!
Franco instilled in the people that those were communists, didn't he. Scary. *wink*Or boogie men!
Boogie men? No way. Everybody knows they are under the bed, not outside. Ha ha.....
Well I won't have my teddy bear, but if you are walking in June, if you happen to see a grown woman with this...say hi! It's meI was told that carrying a teddy bear and sleeping with it is proof against anything under the bed
Well I won't have my teddy bear, but if you are walking in June, if you happen to see a grown woman with this...say hi! It's meView attachment 10000
Got it as a gift and it is small enough to take. Can't take my real ones!Funny!! I've had that same kitty on my Amazon wish list for ages.
Got it as a gift and it is small enough to take. Can't take my real ones!...
I'd rather die of cold...It's the European way. I was educated at a boarding school in England where all windows were supposed to be open all the time, summer and winter. I well remember our German language teacher, who was German, would march into the classroom, tell us to close all windows and announce, 'Better to die of stink than cold'. Since we were all teenage boys with baths once a week, we really did stink!
People forget how much heat other people give off, about 50 watts per person. Eight people in a room is going to kick out around 400 watts, the equivalent of having an electric heater on all night.
It's the European way. I was educated at a boarding school in England where all windows were supposed to be open all the time, summer and winter. I well remember our German language teacher, who was German, would march into the classroom, tell us to close all windows and announce, 'Better to die of stink than cold'. Since we were all teenage boys with baths once a week, we really did stink!
I read somewhere that 93 rabbits gives off the same amount of heat in a sitting room as gas central heating - lettuce fired heating? Result - and the great thing is you only have to buy two.
Thinks: wonder if they would be a good addition to a winter Camino rucksack ......
I read somewhere that 93 rabbits gives off the same amount of heat in a sitting room as gas central heating - lettuce fired heating? Result - and the great thing is you only have to buy two.
Thinks: wonder if they would be a good addition to a winter Camino rucksack ......
It's the European way. I was educated at a boarding school in England where all windows were supposed to be open all the time, summer and winter. I well remember our German language teacher, who was German, would march into the classroom, tell us to close all windows and announce, 'Better to die of stink than cold'. Since we were all teenage boys with baths once a week, we really did stink!
I did find the Via Podensis from Le Puy much worse for this - seemed like the French still believe there's "miasma" that we need to be protected from (Or is it just that the heating systems are "dumb" and heat the whole building to the same temperature?). I get that some people might find the draft from the windows to be an issue - surely that would be the place for those that advocate a sleeping bag liner instead of a sleeping bag? If you think that sleeping next to an open window with fresh/cold air will make you sick, stick to polluted cities or bring a proper sleeping bag.
Yup - had a slight cantankerous momentmainly as I remembered sneaking up during the night to open windows
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