Posted by Robert Thompson on January 09, 2010 at 20:08:29 user robert.
In Reply to: Re: Winter Holiday posted by Duncan on January 09, 2010 at 16:29:43:
For Fram read Ruskin - yesterday morning M.L. Ruskin was frozen solid at her Coniston Launch jetty. It took three hours of heaving heavy lumps of iron off the jetty (they were attached to ropes!) to break a clear path for her escape. Only the northern part of Coniston has frozen, but not all the way across. The ice is only an inch or so thick so there is not yet any chance of Dick showing off his skating skills. Tarn Hows is frozen, however, as is Yew Tree Tarn, a much safer location for skating as it's only a foot or two deep.
In this country too many people have died recently because of venturing onto ice of unknown thickness.