Yesterday I got the mountain bike out of the garage, rubbed the mould off the saddle, pumped the tyres up and went or a 5 mile ride. I think it might be prudent to lube the chain, but otherwise it's fine. What wasn't fine was the fact that my expensive sealskinz gloves were that useless at 5°C that when I returned my hands were painfully cold.
I was aware that somewhere amongst my possessions is a pair of thickly knitted motor cycle mitten inners. I reckon I've had them since I was about 18. I haven't ridden a motor bike since the winter of 1975-76. Yesterday evening I had a sort-of look for them to see if they still existed. They do, and they haven't been eaten by moths. I reckon they will help if I put them over the top of some thinsulates or something.