Boatbuilder wrote: ↑30 Nov 2021, 01:19
Slightly belated Happy Birthday, Katharine.
I guess your Ice Skating is not quite in this class then, judging by your previous post.
The last time I went ice skating was in Altrincham, when I lived in Cheshire well over 30 years ago. I seem to remember having similar experiences as you.
Thank you. Sadly can't see the ice skating picture.
Ice skating is something I had the chance to try about 30 years ago, and didn't take the opportunity and slightly regretted ever since. So when visiting my son in Bath the other weekend and he said their annual rink had been installed, I decided not to let another chance slip through my fingers.
I'm not quite sure whether I was experiencing a mid-life crisis in making that decision, as I've never been any good on roller skates, so why I thought I'd be ok trying to balance on a thin piece of metal goodness only knows.
Standing in the changing area wasn't too bad, and I slowly made my way to the rink. I cautiously put one foot on the ice, then not quite sure what happened next as it was so quick. As the next thing I knew, I was landing rather heavily on my posterior and then tumbled backwards and bumped my head on the ice. Thankfully I was wearing a thick woolly hat which softened the blow. A couple of young blokes grabbed an arm each and hauled me to my feet and I shuffled off in embarrassment.
I then shuffled round the rink twice - took me an hour! Mostly clinging onto the hand rail, although I was attempting a few proper steps towards the end. An hour was quite long enough as my ankles were like jelly as I got (safely) off the ice and stumbled across the floor to a seat so I could remove the boots.
I'm really glad I went, but don't think I'll be pushing my luck by having another go, I count myself very fortunate to have escaped the experience with nothing worse than a slightly sore rear end, and possibly a dented pride. Thankfully, my husband who was taking photos of us on the ice had snapped me just as I was stepping onto the ice, but didn't capture my fall.
