Keeping cosy in the car

Getting into my car during the winter is tough. Yes, I’d much rather be in it than slipping and sliding down the pavement in the rain and slush, but when I first sit down it’s so cold!

At least when I walk I warm up pretty quickly, but when I’m sitting down, immobile, it takes me a good while longer to feel cosy.

One morning, recently, I sat in my car with the heater going for about ten minutes before my hands where warm enough to grip the steering wheel.

While I was sat there I wondered what I would feel like if my car broke down and couldn’t be reached by a breakdown service for a few hours. Without the heater on, how long would it be before I was suffering from hypothermia?

With that in mind, I have now got emergency supplies in my car, ready for such a situation. I have four of those heating pads that you click to begin a chemical reaction which produces heat, two blankets, a thermos flask which I fill with hot chocolate before any long journey, and Bun Bun (my toy rabbit don’t you dare laugh I love him).

All of these items, I feel, would help me through a long wait for rescue in relative comfort – although I’m hoping that I don’t ever have to find out.

I thoroughly recommend loading these sorts of emergency supplies in your car. Other useful things to have just in case are a torch, fully charged mobile phone, some ready-to-eat food, and water.

Good luck out there winter drivers.

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