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Gina Bates

12 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read

Hi all. You may have heard that the Highlands hit some extremely low temperatures. 2 nights ago it was minus 21.6 and i have to say the worst night of my life. I have never been so cold. Not good living in a caravan in these temperatures. Yesterday I could hardly move.🥶

I felt so wiped out and it was like my blood had frozen. I could not focus and felt like had been sedated. This got worse throughout the day. I now realise that I just experienced hypothermia. My body hurt and my mind felt fogged.

I want to say thank you for all those who have been worried. I feel very touched by this and reading some messages this morning. Today its just minus 4 so basically it feels warm. My body still feels a bit weird but nothing like yesterday.

This has made me think of all the homeless and refugees freezing under tarpaulin. We are so lucky most of the time and take everything for granted. Anyway I am back and I am safe. A friend is trekking here today on his quad with some fresh food. Much love twitter friends 💚

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