In reply to Hatty:
Apart from a few years behind a shop counter I have spent most of my working life outside in all weathers Cumbrian .
My go to kit on site in worst winter weather.
Rigger boots with bread bags over good socks . Buckboots are my next purchase , highly rated insulated neoprene wellie things.
Flexothane over trousers.
T shirt, 2 thin fleeces, fleece scarf, fleece hat, old gore tex jacket with hood up under helmet, site coat on top ( un zipped )so I am high viz .
So toasty I don't need gloves to keep hands working