Another winter in Scotland, will I manage to survive it? I think this could be my last one here. I do not intend dying only returning to Australia. Winter in South Australia can be chilly but no where near as cold...freezing as in Scotland. The other problem is the cost of heating in this damn country. No consideration for the not so well off. The utility companies are greedy bastards, you could freeze to death as far as they are concerned. Their shareholders want big dividends and so the prices are high. I can not afford to have the heating on all day so for awhile I am cold. I put the heating on about 4 or 5p.m. and have it on till about 10p.m. and off it goes. I put it on high just for the first hour to warm up the house and then turn it right down for the rest of the night. I am saving money up for when the freeze really hits in February. Sigh.