urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:mtassarion Tass his Trash Welcome to my Journal. Please! Feel free to leave a comment. mtassarion 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:mtassarion:66699 I went ice skating! 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z I went ice skating <a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=52.349445,4.664147&amp;spn=0.011115,0.019999&amp;z=16">here</a>. And it was very nice, as i hadn't done any ice skating for some years.<br /><br />I went onto the ice and some people saw me and asked me if I was going to try the ice. And they started saying things like &quot;good luck!&quot; , &quot;if you fall through the ice just yell because we are going to walk here!&quot; and &quot;very brave of you!&quot;. But I didn't really think it was that dangerous so i just smiled at them xD.<br /><br />When I got there by bike there was only 1 person on the ice who I only found after I had already gone onto the ice and skated along the edge where I saw that person very close to the edge somewhere further down towards the north-western side of the pond.<br /><br />After a while a few more people came on the ice, but it was never more than 10 I think. Anyway.. I did some skating, made a few laps, crossed the middle of the pond in various directions. I noticed I was the only one doing that, but there was no cracking noise or whatever so I'm sure it was safe. There also was this guy on a moped who went onto the ice and a bunch of kids fooled around somewhere on the middle of the pond. They set off some fireworks, the noisy kind, while i was standing somewhere near the edge, and because sound travels faster through ice i heard this chirp increasing in volume followed by a bang. It was one of the strangest noises i had ever heard. It reminded me of some of the epic explosions you hear in SF movies.<br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mtassarion/pic/000d9905/g29"><img height="240" border="0" width="180" alt="on the ice" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mtassarion/pic/000d9905/s320x240" /></a></td> <td><strong>on the ice</strong> This was the western part of the pond looking in south-south-western direction somewhere around noon. Btw, if you look closely. You can see a sort of red mickey mouse with a very bright nose in that red glow.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mtassarion/pic/000dayh1/g29"><img height="240" border="0" width="320" alt="Looking towards Vijfhuizen" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mtassarion/pic/000dayh1/s320x240" /></a></td> <td><strong>Looking towards Vijfhuizen</strong> This is about the furthest distance on the pond. It's about a kilometer long and about 200 metres wide.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/mtassarion/pic/000db377/g29"><img height="240" border="0" width="180" alt="My skates." src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mtassarion/pic/000db377/s320x240" /></a></td> <td><strong>My skates.</strong> Dunno exactly what they are.. they are either &quot;lange noren&quot; or &quot;korte noren&quot; dunno what those are called in english. They're basically the same ones they use in distance competitions.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br />All in all, I had a great time but I went home after my feet began hurting a lot. Last time i skated my calves started hurting, but this time they didn't hurt at all.