Finally! It’s skating time again! The north has been covered in so much snow the last weeks that the ice is not growing rapidly enough, however in the middle of The Netherlands there is much less snow, especially some 40 km south of where I live. Here the ice thickened fairly quick, which means iceskating, the national fever has started again, at least in this part of the country. I took the afternoon off work on Thursday and Friday to see if I was still capable of moving forward without falling face forward on the ice. On thursday I went on my own. On the Vuntus lake near Loosdrecht they had cleaned a 4 km lap around the lake, 3 stands there with soup, sausages and hot coco. Excellent Athmosphere, everyone was smiling! I was more then happy to pay a meager 2 euro’s to the guys of the local ice skating organisation who had been busy cleaning the track from all the snow. They did this with 2 Quads, and old Citoen 2CV (yes a car) that flew across the ice, probably because the driver was scared of going through it! Also they used an old Harley Liberator, which I thought was quite a waste of such a classic. I guess we all have different standards. A few clips and pics: