More photos from my recent skating trip to Kringlevann. We had terrific weather this day, -6° C and very little clouds. A great change from the past month of dreary rainy crap.
Tag: Skating
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More photos from skating on Kringlevann
An Oslo native called Morten saw me skating and stopped to come skate with me. -
Kringlevann skating panorama
I took the following panorama on my phone whilst skating on Kringlevann, not far from outskirts of Oslo.
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Skating on Langvann
Morten and I headed to Langvann for some ice skating. Beautiful weather and a really long and smooth sheet of ice to skate on.
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Skating on Kringlevann at last
After multiple trips over the past few weeks to Kringlevann all resulted in failed attempts at skating, I was beginning to think my chances of skating in the great outdoors this season was fading fast. Fortunately we had a good freeze over the past few days and only a minor dusting of snow. After I trudged up the hill to the lake, I was greeted with a solid 50 – 70 mm of rock hard smooth ice 🙂 The snow on top was all fluffy stuff which didn’t affect skating at all.
Me skating on Kringlevann 
Clearly this went off with a big crack as I turned around immediately! 
Beautiful view onto the skating surface at Kringlevann 
I brought a drill along in case I needed to gingerly make my way onto the surface, but it turned out to be hard as a rock and not needed. -
Getting on thin ice
What do a bunch of skating crazed idiots do when there isn’t enough ice to safely skate on? … they attempt to skate on it anyway …
Dave Young attempting to stand on a stupidly thin sheet of ice on a small pond. 
Dave Young utilizing the "hold onto some other idiot" approach to safety. 
Edging out onto the ice on a plank of wood. 
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Dave Patchett enjoying a casual swim
During a skating trip to Poolburn dam in July 2011, Dave Patchett decided there wasn’t enough ice so took a casual dip underneath it instead!!!
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Frogner stadion
Skating trip to Frogner stadion in Oslo. The ice surface was super smooth, the temperatures were high and there was more ice than you could possibly imagine (for a rink). A complete lack of fitness and having not skated properly in around nine months left me pretty much dead at the end of my skating stint.
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Trip to Hoffmans dam
Whilst staying in Naseby for a hockey tournament, Dave Patchett, myself and Chris Laing walked up in the snow to Hoffman’s dam. The dam was frozen, but not enough to skate on.
Chris Laing chilling out beside the dam 
Dave Patchett admiring the ice on Hoffman's dam 
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Bandy
I went to check out a game of Bandy here in Oslo recently. For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, Bandy is a sport which is similar to field hockey, but played on ice. The rink is huge, as are the goals. There is much less contact than in ice hockey and a small ball is used instead of a puck. There are 11 players on the ice and only a few subs. I’d love to play, but my shoulder will need to be in much better condition before I can attempt anything like this.
Game of Bandy being played in Oslo, Norway. 
Giant ice groomer gizmo. Doesn't give as nice a surface as a Zamboni, but is a bazillion times faster! -
Photos from around Oslo
I went for a walk around Oslo. Here are some snaps from my trip.
A small cemetery in Oslo. 
Norwegian Parliament building in Oslo. 
An ice rink I skated on near the Royal Palace in Oslo. 
The palace where the King of Norway lives. 
River in Oslo, 
An Oslo T-blane station. 
The road enroute to Metronet (where I'm working)
