Although I live on the South coast of England we are not that far from Scotland, and here it is quite rare for the temperature to go down so low as to require a heavy jersey.

It is years since we had any snow.

I find that I can just about live in kilt, sandals and tee shirt all year round with a jersey and short wrap for outside in the Autumn and Spring, (like a poncho but with a centre front split) and ankle length capes for the worst of the cold and wet.

I wear suede and leather sandals most of the time, but try to remember to change to man made for wet weather.

I do have quite a few pairs of hosen, shoen and boots but they are mostly put away as not necessary.

I do get 'Aren't your feet cold?' quite often, but even in rain or with frost on the ground I don't feel nipped. I suspect that having the feet compressed is what makes them feel cold as it cuts down the blood supply.

Of course that only works down to a few degrees below freezing in dry conditions, but I'm often surprised to see people huddled up against the weather when I'm striding along thinking what a nice fresh blow there is t'day.