Thank you, Diego - glad it reaches out a bit.
Peter: I tend to stay out as much as I can; the motivation in winter is to let somebody else pay for the heating! But actually, yeah, as long as one can keep going, that's the way to do it. Little comes knockin' - you gotta get after it. However, I believe it would be different in a city: memory tells me that it stays just as busy, but with a far different flavour. Purposeful rather than lazy.
Rob C