There are perks to spending all weekend gently shivering in a friend’s garden Credit: william87 /iStockphoto This Christmas, I was given the best present I have ever received. A plain-looking black and red gilet with a subtle button on the breast, which controls electric heating rods that run up the front and back. It’s magical. In the months since, I have spent cold evenings on park benches and in pub gardens smugly watching my friends shiver, while I feel as though I’m sitting in a warm bath. But little did I know, my freezing friends might have had something up on me: sitting outside in the cold can have health benefits – great news for a Bank Holiday weekend that comes with a mild-to-chilly weather forecast. Read on to learn about the wins you can get from spending all weekend gently shivering in a friend’s garden. It might make you feel warmer – at least, on the inside.