Last Saturday morning, Mr. P., Doc Bain and I went for a skate on the Rideau Canal. Wow, was it cold!
The conditions of the ice were not too bad - a few pressure cracks that were mostly ruts and snow on the ice. It was like skating on the ice after a full period of hockey. There were lots of skaters on the canal even though it was -23C with a wind chill plus the extra wind chill created when skating.
Another "bucket list" item crossed off for Mr. P.
Here we are at the end of the canal near the NAC and the Parliament buildings. I think the photo reflects how cold it was.
We put our skates on at Landsdown Park and skated to the NAC and back for a round trip of 7.2km - a wee bit farther than we skate on a hockey game playing for the Killer Strawberries.
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From the last few posts, Mr. P is getting his money's worth out of the Canadiens jersey.
Hope you had the car windows open on the way home.....
Actually, he has a closet full of them.
Too cold for me Brrr
So glad you got to do that - ironic that the last few years they haven't had ice - now they have it and it's so cold you have to be very brave and/or hungover to go out there!
We have ice on the canal every year. Sometimes it's only for a week or two, in a good year 8 to 10.
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