Being able to survive the extreme cold.
The people in the North of England do struggle to describe what the sun might actually look like, for it is almost always raining up there. Might get one week of sun in July, but that’s our lot and as time goes by it is easy to forget the sun.
Even when it is shining, it does not guarantee a warm day either.
What may be considered as subzero temperatures to someone in the South would be described as only being ‘a bit nippy’ up our end…Coz we’re used to it…How bad is that 
It will even go as far as us having to wear our summer clothes in crappy weather, because the crappy weather is our summer. It’s typical to go on a night out say around Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and see (Mostly woman, but also some men) going out dressed in (What is essentially) bits of string, because the weather doesn’t bother us really and…well we’re a bunch of sluts (Y)
Wearing coats up here is generally frowned upon and they are only used to identify either southerners, tourists or weaklings.
It is only acceptable to wear a coat I guess, when a severe weather warning has been issued. All the country is warned to stay in doors, but we stick on the big coat and go Asda or the pub anyway.
Sod it, it won’t stop us 🙂
< Just going Asda mate – :’) >
Tea & Biscuits 