>A couple of the sources suggest that people mostly huddle inside in
>winter in Heortland. I suspect this is wrong. In places where
>winter is short and people don't put many resources into being ready
>for it, it is a good response. When winter is longer, so you have to
>deal with it, and it is a big part of the year gone if you don't deal
>with it, I think people will be out and about far more. Felling
>wood, going visiting, hunting, maybe ice fishing...8-12 weeks is just
>too long to stay indoors feeling sorry for yourself, I think. Of
>course, ice demons and wind daimones may make things nastier than
>what I think of as winter.
I'm sure Heortlings don't spend the whole time indoors, there'll be plenty to do round the stead but I don't think most will venture far. By the time you've shifted enough snow to get to the barn, fed the livestock, milked the cows, chopped some firewood and done the repairs which can't wait till spring you'll be glad to get back inside and get warm again. Hunters and fishers are probably the exception but the farmers will be happy enough making and ornamenting things indoors.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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