Clothing for London winter trip?

On 06 Jan 2004 12:12:54 EST, milesh wrote:



B Vaughan wrote:

Maybe some waterproof walking gloves?


Do you walk on your hands?

LOL, do you ski on your hands when wearing ski gloves?

Well, if it comes to that, all gloves must be walking gloves, as I've
never seen any gloves for standing still.

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On 06 Jan 2004 12:12:54 EST, milesh wrote:



B Vaughan wrote:

Maybe some waterproof walking gloves?


Do you walk on your hands?

LOL, do you ski on your hands when wearing ski gloves?

Well, if it comes to that, all gloves must be walking gloves, as I've
never seen any gloves for standing still.

Actually, they make them specifically for folk who have to do
things like direct traffic and the like. REALLY big ones too.
Army has the "artic glove" which is actually 2 in one. There is
this boxing glove size mitten part which has a slit in the palm and
you pull it back to expose a more "normal" size fingered glove.
They use them for guys who have to stand around alot and then
do manual labor like unloading cargo and such. Wouldn't recommend
these for walking around London though. Nice pair of thin wool
or maybe a thin lined leather driving type glove.

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milesh wrote:

Any comments on the following will greatly be appreciated and help me
pack for a trip to London later this month.

Any tips for packing for a winter trip to London?
Are long trench coats common?
Should I expect scattered showers almost daily and thus pack a small
umbrella?
Maybe some waterproof walking gloves?

I have lots of winter clothing but its all for snow and thus much to
bulky and not exactly fashionable!

Thanks


I have traveled in London December - February several times -- it is a
fairly mild climate -- chilly and often rainy in winter

What I found best were layers with a trench coat/rain coat with zip
liner as my basic coat -- I wore wool slacks, warm socks/walking shoes,
and turtleneck and sweater or polar tek --- and gloves -- an umbrella is
useful to have

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B wrote:

On 05 Jan 2004 12:23:43 EST, milesh wrote:


Any comments on the following will greatly be appreciated and help me
pack for a trip to London later this month.

Any tips for packing for a winter trip to London?
Are long trench coats common?

Even if they were, I wouldn't bring one. They're a pain to pack. I've
never noticed a predominance of trench coats there.

Should I expect scattered showers almost daily and thus pack a small
umbrella?

I usually bring a small umbrella. Actually, the last time I was in
London I bought a really small lightweight folding umbrella that I can
stick in a coat pocket.

Maybe some waterproof walking gloves?

Do you walk on your hands?

I have lots of winter clothing but its all for snow and thus much to
bulky and not exactly fashionable!

I would suggest a few warm sweaters or sweatshirts, including one
really bulky woolen sweater. Then a waterproof (maybe Goretex)
wind-resistant lightweight jacket with a hood that you can layer over
the sweaters. It doesn't have to be a really heavy jacket. If you add
a wool hat and scarf and warm gloves or mittens, you'll be all set for
the worst that London could offer.

Don't worry about being fashionable unless you have some business
lunches or some in-laws you have to impress.

the advantage of a longer coat is of course it keeps the water off your
legs -- I hate soggy pants after a rainstorm -- and the umbrella doesn't
do much for the legs

"milesh" wrote
| Possibly this is why so many think it rains all the time in
| London. Todays weather forcast is about the same as it has
| been for the past month.
| http://www.weather.com/outlook/trave...om=search_city

Just because the weather forecast stays the same for a month at a time does
not mean there are actually three different sorts of weather in one hour.

Owain

In message , milesh
writes

I have lots of winter clothing but its all for snow and thus much to
bulky and not exactly fashionable!

Even if it does snow, and no matter how cold it gets, you'll probably
see someone walking about in shorts.

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