think anglers are far more aware of what can be walked on an what cant be walked but still i would never go on an would never expect anyone too although i see it all the time. on sat i went tunnel and there was a guy on his hands an knees on the ice an couldnt break it yet my mate could break it easily enough an that was on the same lake. my mate could easily of thought oh thats thick enough jumped on an gone striaght through you gotta be very careful or just stay off it full stop.

In one of Wentworth-Day’s marvellous books about the Broads he mentions a chap skating on the R Yare. He went downriver to a pub and then skated back after dark. What he didn’t know was that a ferryman had taken his ferry across the river and broken the ice to do it. Even though the skater was doing a fair old lick up the river in the dark there was enough moonlight for him to see the dark line of clear water across the river. He could not stop in time so with an enormous leap he cleared the open water and came down on the ice the other side. Had he gone in the strong current would have forced him under the ice and he would have drowned.

The moral of this story is do not get pissed then skate home back up the frozen river!

As far as I am aware the river hasn’t frozen yet so it just goes to show that this years cold is way off a record. The Thames in the City hasn’t frozen or the sea at Southend which it did in ’63 so although the minimum overnight temperatures are at record lows, especially pre Christmas, unless we get a really sustained spell of these temperatures then we can count ourselves lucky. It is just a seasonal fluctuation that occurs every now and then.

i was also at tunnel on sat and cant believe that people go on the ice it wont catch you many more fish and also think that fisheries should ban it

In one of Wentworth-Day’s marvellous books about the Broads he mentions a chap skating on the R Yare. He went downriver to a pub and then skated back after dark. What he didn’t know was that a ferryman had taken his ferry across the river and broken the ice to do it. Even though the skater was doing a fair old lick up the river in the dark there was enough moonlight for him to see the dark line of clear water across the river. He could not stop in time so with an enormous leap he cleared the open water and came down on the ice the other side. Had he gone in the strong current would have forced him under the ice and he would have drowned.

The moral of this story is do not get pissed then skate home back up the frozen river!

As far as I am aware the river hasn’t frozen yet so it just goes to show that this years cold is way off a record. The Thames in the City hasn’t frozen or the sea at Southend which it did in ’63 so although the minimum overnight temperatures are at record lows, especially pre Christmas, unless we get a really sustained spell of these temperatures then we can count ourselves lucky. It is just a seasonal fluctuation that occurs every now and then.

SOD EM If there stupid enough to get on ice the let em
I know somethin i wont go get em off

I saw that in the local paper today about doggets, didnt say why he went on the ice. although he managed to walk 50m out into the lake before it gave way.

round our way one in four people have mental problems.
and in the country as a whole more than fifty percent of people are below average intelligence.

am i suprised by this kind of thing?

sadly not.

This happens every year and I suspect there may be more of these incidents before winter is out. Same in hot weather, some think they can swim in lakes and drown due to the cold.
Repeated warnings are given but some just do not heed them.
Just like smoking really, many think cancer wont affect them. They should all be made to walk through a cancer hospital before they are allowed to buy fags.
Some people sadly, just will not listen and will never learn.

Saw that story on the news and the point was made that ice thickness can vary tremendously on different parts of the same lake.
Dirkdiggler, re you point on intelligence levels, by definition I would assume that in every country about 50% of people would be “below average intelligence” and the remainder would be above !!

Noticed two kids as i was driving by in the van today,a 2acre lake next to nottingham buisness park(nr nuthall),they were only riding on bikes in the middle of it,my next drop 2mins away was next to a police station,i popped in told em,they drove out with blues n two’s.