Question for my British friends! - Page 2

Mrs Redboots · #26 10-04-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by londonicechamp

Hi Mrs Redboots

No, you do not get 20 minutes for skating in Somerset House. If you turn up early, then you will get the full hour; if not (coz you arrived late), you still get at least 45 minutes. I skated there for 4 to 5 times last year, really cool.

londonicechamp

Yes, but it's so crowded you can only actually skate for the first ten minutes, while the Great British Public is holding on to the barrier and getting its feet underneath it! That bit - where you can show off - is quite fun, but after that it's just another overcrowded public session, and not much point, really.

hanca · #27 10-04-2009, 12:33 PM

I wouldn't really bother going. Crowded and rubbish ice. Not great for skating. Yes, maybe a nice atmosphere, but I am not skating because of enjoying nice atmosphere, I am skating because of the feeling from the skating.

fsk8r · #28 10-04-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs Redboots

Yes, but it's so crowded you can only actually skate for the first ten minutes, while the Great British Public is holding on to the barrier and getting its feet underneath it! That bit - where you can show off - is quite fun, but after that it's just another overcrowded public session, and not much point, really.

You've forgotten the continual bumps as you go over the pipes because the ice is so thin or it's so warm that they've not managed to create any ice and they're trying to sweep the water off because they continually forget that it's generally about 10C in December.

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