 I saw a few people walking on the ice on Red Tarn a few weeks ago, some people are totally stupid, unfortunately.
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  Or just very inexperienced novices to walking, that only come out in the holidays like this perhaps!
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 But isn't walking on frozen ponds one of the things they teach not to do you in primary school? Im pretty sure I was told that you should never do it. I don't always listen though:
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And, very hard not to do that if you're going out ice hole fishing too, let's face it really! 
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 I once bivvied on the frozen surface of Derwent Water, offshore from Friars Crag, and I'm still here.
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 At such times one laments the passing of the Cumbrian polar bear
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 why, where's paddy living now?
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Cicerone Press HQ?
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Reminds me of a great true dowsing story that frozen lake stuff all does!
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I always remember that story of the frozen lake in North America or Canada, where the dowser map dowsed to the spot in the search for two missing people in a four wheel drive pickup truck. The local authorities had given up all hope of finding the persons missing though searching fruitlessly. The family re-hired the dowser though assisting the search there; and he went to the site with the family and they took a boat out onto the by then un-frozen lake. Half way out the dowser yelled a halt and the boat stopped, the anchor dropped went right down and hit the bonnet of the submerged truck! The two bodies of the missing persons were within when the truck was lifted out by recovery boat later on. The opinion was that the two had tried to drive a short cut across the frozen lake surface, and had gone through, and the surface re-frozen around the hole!
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 I have to admit, there is something satisfying (but silly) about walking on frozen lakes. The dog ran out on one today before I could call her back... I felt a bit jealous to be honest.
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 Couple of stories on the news tonight of people jumping into freezing lakes to rescue dogs... Went to Lapland a few years ago and the river Torne freezes so hard they drive cars across it without too many problems. Not quite sure how they decide when to start and stop during the freeze and thaw though  Also heard a story that one chap had been stopped by the police for speeding across the river in his car.. not sure how that works either... 
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 I have to admit, there is something satisfying (but silly) about walking on frozen lakes. The dog ran out on one today before I could call her back... I felt a bit jealous to be honest. I remember reading something on here (IIRC) where someone had posted about walking & meeting a couple of blokes, one of whose dog had run out onto the ice & fallen through. The point at which you give up & walk away, knowing your mutt is drowned & left in the lake must be a bloody awful one. On a happier note, Dartmoor's bogs were under a few inches of ice last week, which mean that the usual squelch was much reduced, and crampons wouldn't have been a bad idea. On an even happier note, FB discovered how slippery the ice really was, which was fun. Must have hurt the following morning though
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 It's pretty common practice for winter routes in Scandinavia, for both ski-tourers and skidoos, to use frozen lakes for their line - but then they do tend to get a more consistent and longer-lasting freeze than we do here. As the thaw comes there is often slush or even several inches of water standing on ice that is still actually thick enough, but it becomes quite a judgement to decide when enough is enough! Apparently the most notorious are the frozen reservoirs, since the water level may be several metres below the frozen surface - if you do go through into one of those you'll not get out again! 
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 I went out for a wander on this little reservoir in Snowdonia on Thursday
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 Crazy Public would be a great name for a reggae band.
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here is a self portrait of me standing on the ice, i wonder how deep the mud is? shock, horror - i'm wearing jeans as well!!
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I remember reading something on here (IIRC) where someone had posted about walking & meeting a couple of blokes, one of whose dog had run out onto the ice & fallen through. The point at which you give up & walk away, knowing your mutt is drowned & left in the lake must be a bloody awful one.
Jeez awful. That thought rushed through my mind when she ran onto the ice (as I crouched with my hands on my head, as you do) as I only went to the same spot yesterday and knew the ice wasn't very thick! On an even happier note, FB discovered how slippery the ice really was, which was fun. Must have hurt the following morning though
Ha ha. Did you see him doing it... details? 
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On an even happier note, FB discovered how slippery the ice really was, which was fun. Must have hurt the following morning though
Ha ha. Did you see him doing it... details?
Yep. Crossing a largish stretch of ice & his feet just went from under him, & bump, down he went. Camera was stowed. I know. Shame. Still, he didn't hurt himself that much. Could easily have broken something though.
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 The story about the dog going through the ice is on Gordys blog from Dec '07. That link doesn't seem to work. 'Theboyhope'.
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