Unlike the east of the country, here in the South West we’ve had no snow, but it’s been the first seriously cold day of the winter. Which means I have wrapped myself up in my home working winter wardrobe of fleece, down waistcoat, thick tights, jeans and sheepskin boots. And amazingly for me, I haven’t felt particularly cold at all, even though I’ve spent all day sitting at the keyboard.

We are lucky in that the room we work in is the warmest in the house. In previous houses I always seemed to end up with the coldest, but here the sun streams in during the morning and the heat seems to be retained. It’s also directly above the sitting room where the woodburner is and so gets the warmth from the chimney breast when the fire is lit in the evenings.

Lots of home workers complain about getting cold and I think lots of us feel uneasy about having the central heating on when we’re the only one in the house all day. For me, the sheepskin boots have been the key – warm feet keep the rest of me warm, it seems.