Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Bubble time.....


Woke this morning to the sound of rain (after frost last night) but decided to head out to the Lower Manorburn any way for a pre-work skate.  Light sleet was falling.  The ice was fall of air bubbles but seemed safe enough for a skate - although very noisy!  Skated from just below the neck down into the gorge next to Rush Cutters.  Good to have a big area to skate on but the ice seemed a bit fragile from all the air bubbles.  Fresh snow on the hills will hopefully keep temps down.


Fresh snow on the hills


3 comments:

Ryan said...

Any idea of the thickness of the ice?

Dave said...

Around 40-50 mm. THe air bubbles gave it a weird feel - sounded hollow and not as strong

Ryan said...

Damn. That's not a lot of ice. I hope they get some good frosts soon.

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