The weather has taken a decidedly chilly turn to it the last few weeks and anyone with children will know that this can limit the options of keeping them entertained and happy outdoors as the fun is dampened by the cold weather. Whether it be cheering on children from the side of a rugby pitch, walking through the forest or playing in the park the vital thing at this time of year is to keep warm (or am I just showing my age!?)!
Last Saturday the boys went to their first real ie professional, football match. It was Nottingham forest v Burnley at the Forest City ground. We had great seats and they had a fabulous time watching the action. It is quite a long time for children to keep still for but they did pretty well (and the sweets bought at half time helped!)
I had been warned wrapping up warm was the most important factor in enjoying the game. So after our holiday to Lapland last year I know layers are of course the best way to trap the warm air and stop it from escaping, thus keeping you cosy. I had also been sent some Heat Holders thermal leggings from to try out so this was a fantastic opportunity to give them a go!
For the game I layered them with thick tights underneath and wore a jersey tunic over the top with a thermal top underneath that. I was so cosy and warm. So warm that at one point I even took my hat off!
What is so great about Heat Holders thermal leggings…
- Very cosy and warm with or without layers
- Variety of sizes. I was chuffed to be sent the Small (which covers sizes 8-14 – I am towards the larger end of this scale but there was plenty of room and they were a great fit).
- Good quality – more knitted than a fabric but didn’t snag or catch.
- Good elasticity meeting they don’t go baggy at the knees (pet peeve with leggings number 1).
- Dense colour ie don’t show skin through (pet peeve with leggings number 2)! They are 140 denier.
- Although they are warm they aren’t bulky and you could even wear under trousers or jeans.
- Bargain price of £8!
On a slightly more negative side they are only available in black and what would make them even better was if they were in a variety of colours to brighten up your winter wardrobe. They also have to be washed at 30 degrees which can be a bit of a nuisance but is kinder to the enviromment!
However, I can safely say these leggings will be getting plenty of use over the winter months!
So, do you have a Winter holiday to keep warm on or perhaps an outdoor event you need to layer up for? Well I have been given the wonderful opportunity to give away two pairs of these thermal leggings to two lucky winners!
All you have to do is fill in the Rafflecopter (which choses winners via random.org) and leave me a comment answering the following question.. “Where you will be wearing your Heat Holder leggings to keep warm?”
Good Luck!
Win competitions at ThePrizeFinder.com
Yay- am a winner 🙂
Thank-you x
Congratulations, would you email me your address and size louiseje@live.co.uk Thanks x
I would be wearing them to rugby
for our trip to Russia
I ll wear them when i’m taking my little boy to school and back 🙂
Everywhere
Taking my little girl to the park.x
I’ll be wearing them on Christmas Day (my Birthday), as I go for a walk on Bournemouth Beach with my Mum, and my two sons!!
I would wear them under my jeans when I do voluntary work at a local horse charity, Deen City Farm. I spend almost all day outdoors, grooming (which this time of year is tough work as the horses get very muddy), mucking out, taking wheelbarrows full of muck to the compost heap, and doing general yard work. Thermal leggings would really help me to stay warm.
Lovely winter walks. I love snow but brrr is it cold.
On a winter Cruise
Anywhere outdoors as I’m still not used to the British weather.
On my daily walk on cold days
I’d be giving them to my mum who i’m sure would wear them lots! x
The great outdoors.
to work, where is freezing!
On my trip to Iceland!
My wife would wear them on a wintery walks
If I won, these would be for my wife who loves to be warm in the cold
This would be great for my walks with our family dog.
They would certainly come in handy for the 2 mile walk to and from work every day!
Walks to feed the horses in our local country park 🙂
In the house to save having the heating on.
For winter walks
I’d wear the leggings when walking the dog everyday, and also whenever I were to be out in the cold for any amount of time. I have major issues with getting cold, I get cold ridiculously easily and just hate it as it puts me in pain, so keeping warm in the first place is important to me. These leggings would come in such use for me, I have some Heat Holders socks and they are great, really work, now I need to keep my legs warm!
Watching my daughter play football every weekend
Walking in the park
Definitely night matches! Gets a bit chilly on the kop
When taking kids to school x
The cold long walk to work!
to the football
Everywhere!
On the beach, walking the dog.
At the football
weekend walks in Derbyshire
I would wear them going out each day to feed and clean the chickens as it is perishing cold out there
Oooh when playing out in the snow (assuming we get some) and the school run as the playground is always freezing and windy x
I like to go for long walks so these would be perfect! 🙂
To work in the winter as our office is freezing!
to the christmas markets
to the christmas markets i will need to keep warm
When I’m out walking the neighbours dog this Winter
I’d wear them on the Hogmanay street parade
On my paper round..the early starts can be freezing!
For my daughter to wear at Bryntysilio in next year, for her school trip it will be cold !!
I’d wear them everywhere I go, and in the house to save on the heating bills!
cycling
when cycling
Long walks to town
For the school run, its so cold in the mornings now.
My house! The boilers broke and its freezing! Guess the kids could take turns, or use one leg each lol
at home
Walking in the park :}
great for walking the dog
Watching my boys at their football matches
I’d wear them to work, it’s freezing in the morning. We can wear what we want, so I’d be able to wear them under my jeans.
I will wear them to walk the dog and also on the cold mornings taking the kids to school
Out walking the dogs and on the school run 🙂
I spend a lot time on the computer chair and is cold really ,so will be handy 🙂
We still ride our Harley in the winter, so would give this a good test!
whil doing my gardening job.
On my legs
I’d wear them on the school run and walking the dog!
to work as I work in a school and do playground duty all lunch time and when I am standing around for an hour and a quarter my legs are freezing
For the school run – I have to pick up my son from Nursery at 3pm then wait around until 3.15 for my daughter (who is always late out). 15 minutes is not a long time but when the weather turns nasty it seems like an eternity
Out walking when I’m out pushing the pram!
I really need a pair of these for winter at work…. it’s FFFFRRRRREEEEEZZZZIIIINNNGGGG there!!
when I go skiing
Supermarket, nursery, baby a walk, kids swimming lessons, gymnastics, football training, swing park, walk to school….
everywhere! especially the school run in the snow brrrrr
outsude
Taking my children for a walk.
Im going to iceland soon so these would be perfect to keep me warm!
walking the dog ! brrrrr so cold !
outside, lol
Under my work uniform to keep warm
Out on some nice winter walks!
At the stables while mucking out on cold days
on the school run, they always kick out late and im shivering by the time we get back to the car
On the school run
Out dog walking (:
Everywhere, I live in leggings and long tops!
I will wear them when I pick up my godchildren from school.
When I go for walks with my baby in her pram 🙂
I’d wear the leggings on the way to work (under my dress) to keep me warm and, because the office is so cold, I’d probably keep them on all day.
For walks in the woods
Out for walks by the sea
Watching my son at the side of the rugby pitch
On the school run.
I would wear mine for when we go sledging
the school run
I’ll be wearing them as I manouvre my way around the Christmas sales 😀
I work outside so perfect for winter!
In bed
If I’m being mean to my tight husband I would joke that I’d wear them in house, as the heating is rationed that much, but he’s not that bad….. I’d wear them out in the garden while I tried to catch up with all the jobs we didn’t get to in the summer!
I would wear them when out dog walking!
I belong to a walking group, and now it’s winter they will help motivate me to keep attending.
If I win these are going to my Daughter for her to wear when she is marching with the band at Sea Cadets
On the bike
On the school run.
I’ve got a season ticket at Hull City- they would keep me warm in the stands!
“Where you will be wearing your Heat Holder leggings to keep warm in?”
Well, if you had to ask me last winter, I’d have said “in bed”! Our heating went for 6 weeks during the snow, and I’ve since become obsessed with all things thermal and layery!
In normal circumstances, I’d wear them underneath jeans for those freezing days at the side of the pitch, or with a skirt and boots, when dressing up needs to be warm!
12 hour night shifts in the snow and ice
I would wear them when I run errands to keep my legs warm.
on my winter holiday! xx
Walking out in the snow
Outdoor carol singing at the care home with the Scouts
I’d give to either my son or daughter who are in Michigan where it’s cold to wear to work or just outdoors
Perfect for ice skating – especially when I keep falling on my…
I bet the boys were very excited to be at a professional match! The thermals sound like a great idea and at the moment it’s still quite mild in Cornwall, so no need for them yet. Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.
I would be wearing them to school.
Whenever I go outside this winter – I have a circulation? problem – my legs and feet from knees down are always icy cold.
at home
Walking my dogs 🙂 they still need exercise no matter what the weather
these are perfect for a late night walk with the dog
I think they’d be great on the days I work from home so I can save a little on my own fuel bills!
Indoors, I’m afraid – except in the cosy kitchen!
in bed, my legs get so cold they ache and interupt my sleep, these would be perfect!
winter walks
I will wear them to class, it can be quite cold walking to classes in the Winter months even though I live in the South!!
……………at work brrrrrrrrrrr
Walking to work & nursery each day.
When we go out for lovely winter walks with the kids
It’s snowing here in Italy Lou and we need our thermals!
park
Walking in the New Forest, crunching all the crispy leaves!
BRILLIANT!
for my daily walk at lunchtime
Walking to local shops and parks
Everywhere!
I’d wear them when I take my baby son out in the buggy for long walks.
At home and on the cold school runs 🙂
On my walks to work every morning. Definitely need them now!
Heading out to work and anywhere, really! I’ve often thought that thermal tights/leggings would be ideal! I’d love to try these!
everywhere! its getting so cold now!
For winter walks on the beach 🙂
For winter walks on the beach
would be used by mother for walking the dog in the woods
Definitely on the school run!
I’ll be wearing them at work this winter 🙂
I will wear them under my jeans when I take the dogs for walks every day
on our great long winter woods walks with the kids
On the school run!
indoors and out I get so chilly
In my workplace. It’s a old building, hard to heat and very cold.
At the allotment
at the side of a rugby pitch each weekend
I’d wear them at work where they keep it so darn cold!!!
on the school runs, its alway freezing!
I’d wear them everywhere! I don’t have great circulation as i use a wheelchair all the time so these would be great!
Everywhere!!
Winter walks
for a walk in the welsh hills
Everywhere!
I would wear them at home to save on the heating bills x
I’ll be wearing them everywhere!
On playground duty
At homw to save on the heating!
i would wear them when im going to and from the school 4 times a day!!
Absolutely everywhere if the long range forecast is right about this winter 🙂
At home!!! My living room gets sooooo cold! xx
standing in the playground then skiing in Sweden in Feb
when taking my daughter to the park
Anywhere I can!
I’ll give these to my mother who will wear them for her journey to work this winter.
Funnily enough we were just talking about taking the kids to Swadlincote ski centre to to the tobogganing and sno-tubing!! We just need to book the tickets through groupon! So these leggings would be ideal!
On the playground, when I work as a midday assistant
At work – I work at a tube station and its freezing.
During winter i wear the heavyweight uniform, 3 lots of thermals and the thick, heavy jacket and i’m still freezing 🙁
I need all the help i can help to keep warm
on my way to my volunteer job
Walking the dog
I’d wear them all the time! At the moment I wear leggings under jeans when I’m out walking in the hills, perfect for the winter! I’d love some heatholders ones!
On the school run
I’d be wearing them to work, standing around outdoors is a killer in the freezing weather 🙂
Oh my, you went to Lapland! I’m very envious of that 🙂
out walking with my son
Everywhere. All the time- I am always cold.
bike riding 😀
walking the dog
On the farm where I live!
At home- it’s rather nippy indoors at the moment! Although hopefully they’d keep me snug when walking around the christmas markets too 🙂
School run is getting cold
Don’t think I would take them off if they are anything like the socks! They would be perfect for the school run and walking the dog
When I’m walking the dog.
For long country walks
on the school run!
When I’m at work at Gatwick out on dispatch
To walk the dog in the rural aspect I live in
Walking the dog.
out building snowmen soon i hope 🙂
doing the school run, frozen.x
during the school run
On winter walks!
To give to my girlfriend so that she could watch her kids playing football.
I’d be wearing them in my house! It’s big and old and cold and costs a bloomin’ fortune to heat.
On a walk
On the school run! Teachers seem to keep us waiting for longer the colder and wetter it is !
to do my christmas shopping
While watching my children play football at the weekends, it sure gets cold on the touchline!!
Everywhere. 🙂
I am a cold creature so would be living in them every day & ecerywhere from now til the heat & sun comes back!
All the time it might save me from such a expensive gas bill
on the school run 🙂
On the school run! That was cold this morning!!!
When it snows!
I cycle to work, so these would definitely come in handy on my daily winter commute 🙂