Saturday 30 March 2019 – Skating at Altrincham

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We had the pleasure of the company of Jacob and Jessica for the day. Two grandmas, a polar bear and a penguin ventured onto Altrincham ice rink with them, whilst I took a few ‘phone snaps from a distant balcony, so apologies for the poor image quality.

Having said that, this posting will only be of interest to immediate family members, so don’t feel obliged to continue reading…

Jacob soon got the hang of hanging on to the polar bear, though the bear got away from him more than he would have liked, resulting in a fair number of ‘splats’.

Jessica was more cautious.

Jess eventually traded in her penguin for a faster polar bear, before joining grandad on the balcony. (Grandad was craftily avoiding doing anything that would risk further damage to his knees.)

Here, Grandma Whoosh is about to save Jess from crashing into Grandma Sue, whilst Jacob has made a bid for freedom.

Freedom comes before a fall. Splat! One of many.

After every ‘splat’ was a short period of recuperation, then he was up and running again, with Grandma Sue splatting from time to time as well, sadly missed by the camera.

Despite going round with her eyes shut, Grandma Whoosh managed to stay mainly upright!

Soon the other skaters learnt that there were certain people who warranted a wide berth.

The polar bear was finally discarded and Jacob whizzed around for a while, unaided apart from the effects of gravity.

“Poor mite” soothed the Grandmas, back at base, “wrap some frozen peas around those knees, or your mum will think you’re going to lay eggs through your kneecaps!”

Then Mike and Sarah came and everyone except Grandad, who was confined to the kitchen, went to play ‘tree frisbee’ (involving some tree climbing by Uncle Mike) in the park.

What a lovely day. Come again soon, everyone.

PS There's a Flickr slideshow here.