This post is dedicated to all those who think, at least sometimes, that the world could have done with one winter season every 3-4 years…

I took a few minutes to pinpoint what it was about winter that I didn’t like. After all, this is my second proper winter (if you can call a minimum temperature of about 10 degrees Celsius winter), having lived most of my life in a place that well deserves its name of God’s Own Country. So here are some things that I find unbearable about the winter season. Do you agree?

Do you like:

1. The way your nice hot plateful of food gets too cold even before you reach half-way through it?

2. The one hour of discomfort if you happen to wet the tip of your sleeve while washing your hands?

3. The shorter but more painful discomfort if you roll up your sleeves to the biting cold to avoid the previous problem?

4. The silent cold that hits you as you step out of the door of your cosily warm room?

5. Waking up in the middle of the night because your blanket has slipped off your big toe?

6. Covering yourself up in 3 layers of clothing only to have trouble getting some of it off because you are in a crowded room?

7. Hearing people from colder places comment on how “pleasant” the winter here is?

8. The fact that you cannot drink water without first heating it?

9. The last thing you think about – and curse – before going to bed is the cold, which is also the first thing you think about when you wake up?

This list is certainly not exhaustive!