When working on building sites during a winter I always grew a beard it helped keep the chill out when working on a roof but I found many drawbacks. I would find the beard housed bits of food and I always had a froth across the lips even from tea and especially from beer. But the worst was the sn*t from my nose when I had a cold and my sleeve was in permenent use as a hankie wasn't always handy up on scaffolding and even when they were they were wet with use. So come spring the beard was off but I still sported wooly sideboards long before the cyclist bloke, Wiggins?.