Twenty one years I have been in Thailand now, twenty two years come next February. So I thought that I had acclimatised to the weather here quite well by now. I have lived in many places in Thailand, mainly in the Central area, the South and slightly North East and the heat and humidity here are no problems for me now and usually the cold is not a problem too.

Where I live at the moment is the furthest North that I have lived in Thailand, I am 236 km (150 miles) North of Bangkok, also with the very slow progress of my house construction (lack of sufficient funds available), this is the first Winter that I have been living virtually in the open here. Three days ago the weather started to turn quite cold again in the evenings and it is getting progressively colder each day now. Last night working at my computer as usual, I was wearing a shirt and two jumpers on my upper body, a thick pair of flannelette casual slacks on my legs and thick socks on my feet (foot), what I do not have available here is a pair of gloves and my fingers started locking up with the cold, so every ten or fifteen minutes, I had to stop working and sit on my hands to warm them. Later (about 3 am), I went to my bed fully clothed, Just minus my false leg and shoes and had already set up my sleeping area with one medium and one thick blanket, but these turned out to be not enough to combat the cold here now and I couldn't sleep all night, just tossing and turning trying the best I could to get warm, but I just had to wait for the sun to rise this morning to warm me up sufficiently, so I am writing this blog now having been awake for almost 24 hours.

I managed to find another thick blanket today, so hopefully, the three blankets will keep me warm this evening, I hate to think how cold it is going to get here by Christmas this year. I really must get some real walls built here soon. Cheers for now, Legless.