Hey guys, just wondering where the UK guys are located around the place and how far people generally travel to a rink

I'm in Rugeley in Staffordshire, I travel to:
silver blades in cannock (15 minutes)
tamworth snowdome (30 minutes)
telford rink (45-50 minutes)

I'm in shropshire and skate at Telford too!
it usually takes me about 25 minutes

sometimes I skate a Deeside but that takes an hour so I dont go very often.

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• Level One Elements.....................PASSED 10.07.09
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What times are nice and quiet at telford as I have two young children 6 and 4 who are a bit perturbed by how busy it was when we accidentally went during a disco session.

to be honest there are no quiet times at the moment due to DOI fever. If you are ever on your own we have great 'adult morning' (Gosh that sounds so dodgy!! )session on tuesdays and thursdays 10-12.30 including a group lesson but no kids are allowed. It usually drops off a bit as the weather gets warmer though and the tea-time sessions tend to be a bit quieter.

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Level one Field Moves......PASSED 05.06.08
Level one Free dance.....PASSED 02.10.08

GOALS FOR 2009

• Level One Compulsary dances.......PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Elements.....................PASSED 10.07.09
• Level Two Free dance.................PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Free...........................
• Level Two compulsory dances.......

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Yeah I'm really beginning to get sick of the rinks being rammed because every one and their mother sees the celebs doing it and think they could be the next big thing on skates

Well that would be no good for me unless I booked the morning off work when our son starts full time school in september me and rach could try and get along to it.

To be honest I'd quite like to meet some more people with AOSS as I feel a bit of a loner right now haha

oh I hear ya! School hols are keeping me off the ice right now but I've had a bad case of AOSS since I started skating just over 2 years ago. I'm Totally hooked and always looking forward to my next fix, er, I mean skate!

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Level one Field Moves......PASSED 05.06.08
Level one Free dance.....PASSED 02.10.08

GOALS FOR 2009

• Level One Compulsary dances.......PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Elements.....................PASSED 10.07.09
• Level Two Free dance.................PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Free...........................
• Level Two compulsory dances.......

Loving it, Loving it, Loving it!!!!!

Oh I hear you... my last e-mail to someone on this forum contained me saying how every day is a countdown until I'm next on the ice, tuesday nights and saturday mornings for me at the moment.

I'm from Bracknell in Berkshire and obviously skate at Bracknell. The rink is just 3 minutes away from home so I've no plans to move house!

Nicki

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I have moved around alot so have skated scotland, the south Basingstoke and gosport but currently at Blackburn

I skate at Alexandra Palace [Ally Pally] (London), about 10mins from the house at the minute - but, if they get the planning permission to turn it into flats ( ) I'll have to either travel to Lea Valley (no idea how to get there), or Guildford Spectrum, which is an hour away a four in the morning. But hey - if I have to get up at 2:30 - I will!!

I skate at Queensway (London). 30 minutes on the bus from home and very convenient for work. I occasionally venture to Slough if I want to practice on a bigger rink.

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I am from London but currently at Warwick university and living in Leamington. I skate at Coventry during term time and at Queens the rest of the time. Although at the moment I haven't been doing any skating at all.

What's wrong with Streatham, where I skate? Direct on the Thameslink, what could be easier? Lea Valley, incidentally, is accessible by train from Liverpool Street, and there are buses, but I'm not sure which. The TfL journey planner is your friend here!

It's about four miles from where we live, and takes anything from ten minutes to half an hour to get there, depending on the time of day.

Actually, I don't think they'll turn Alexandra Palace into flats - I think it has to be kept as a "venue" - and they are talking about a temporary rink there while a new one is built, but whether or not that will happen.... your lot will have to do what our lot did and make a pressure group to ensure continuity of skating.

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You must live very close to me Helen!!

I skate at Alexandra Palace as well, but I also occasionally skate at Lee Valley (when my friend who rides at the stables next door can give me a lift), and at the Sobell leisure centre (but its very small and poor ice).

And as Mrs Redboots said, the plan was not to develope it into flats, but to lease it longterm to develop into a more rounded venue, including a hotel, bowling alleys, cinemas, and an ice rink. They promised to build a temporary rink in the grounds whilst they moved the ice rink up to the third floor ( ), but we shall see. I believe however, there has since been a hitch, so hopefully the ice rink won't be going anywhere for a few years yet!

http://www.alexandrapalace.com/press..._as_usual.html

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I skate at Coventry, since I live 20 mins walk away.

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I skate at Streatham like Mrs Redboots but we go at different times.

It takes an hour for me, with part of the journey by tram and part by bus. That's my closest rink.

I skate at Bracknell. I only live 10 -15 minutes drive from the rink - in fact we moved here as I was at the rink more days than I was at work!

One of these days I'll come to dance club so we will meet! I only don't go because there are few men, and one ends up standing about propping up the barrier getting cold while one's husband dances all the dances we're supposed to be practising with Other People!

From these boards, Clare also skates at Streatham, but she's in Australia just now, and 2loop2loop sometimes does.

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Well, I get around a bit... My home rink is Milton Keynes, but in a typical week I also skate at Streatham, Scally Pally and Queen's, and I'm sometimes seen at Lee Valley and Slough too.

I only really skate at cardiff, its about a 30 minute drive from where I live, I sometimes skate at bristol that is about 45 mins, but its not a nice rink at all, i keep expecting to catch something whenever i go in there It really is disgusting.

Very nice people there, though! But I know what you mean.... I was doing a competition there the year our free dance finished with a lift, and I was to throw my head back.... and I did and looked up at the ceiling! Big mistake!

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Come on I want details, what's it like there

can't say I've skated anywhere that was disgusting, apart from the toilets at tamworth snowdome....

Just a bit sadly and needs a coat of paint. As do many rinks.... and most have horrible toilets, especially after a public session.

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I live in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, skate at Coventry (20 min) and teach at Cannock (45 min) secretly praying that one day I will convince all my private students to move to Coventry so I don't have to spend 8 hours a week driving up and down A5.

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I'm another of the Bracknell crowd. I live in west Reading and it can take anything from 25 minutes to over an hour depending on the time of day.