Ice-Sledding

We had two trips out today of varying degrees of success. This morning we headed off to a new park, Cleary Lake Park Reserve, which was a pain to get to because they had closed a major road we usually take to get there (think of the A3 being closed for a weekend in both directions and you get the picture). So we got there and a) we had been to the park before - last time we went it was so cold we only stayed out for about 15 minutes; b) this time it was so cold that we stayed out for about 3 minutes. So not a very successful trip.

Trip B was much better, back to Neil Park (a hot tip from the folks in the second hand skate shop) for some sledging with our friends the Terrels and the Kellys.

We took our family sledge but as you can see, the hill was just a sheet of ice and you didn't really need one at all as Dan found out
But we did get a few family rides in too



Dan with Anneka and AbbyMe and Becky
Doug and Tina
The girls run, Andy, Becky, Kim and Tina
All the kids back in the warming house
And here are some random pictures from New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
Bug trifle

Teh kids enjoying the bug trifle
The adults put in a pretty good effort on New Year's Eve, we stayed up until gone 3am playing games (Did you know that Puff Daddy is more legendary than the Rolling Stones) and watching region 2 discs such as Spaced and The Mighty Boosch as well as some Flight of the Conchords. Of course the kids woke up at 7am as usual but we all took it in our stride the next day, especially Doug.
Earlier on New Year's Eve we made it out to our local free rink for a spot of outdoor skating.
The ice hee was a little rough though, should eb thick enough by now and we saw our first car parked on a lake today.