Sledging (by sarah)
Yesturday the snow was strangly crunchy were the surface had frozen solid. Barbara also decided that it had been around long enough that we should clear paths - the only trouble with this is that we find where it has been cleared is more icy-slippery that the compacted ice!
The 'shovel' she's using was made by Ron Al's step grandfather and is a pice of board with a handle - its quiet intreging.
Dad spent ages clearing the first bit of the drive and the parking area inorder to be able to get out and get Al so that he wouldn't have to walk down from the Royal William with all his bags etc...
The main activity of the day however was sledging! First off Barbara and Jean were doing Barbaras washing up when Jean decided she wanted to go out and play in the snow. Barbara got ready and then tried to do up the buttons on Jeans coat - Jean got upset and run away - All we knew was a sad Jean turned up for a cuddle followed by a miffed Barbara.
Barbara had decided that she was going sledging anyway and headed off. I was in the middle of writing something up but realised that I should probably get us all ready to go and join Barbara. So I get us dressed and hurried out along the drive to the farmers field only to find that Barbara had already given up and was bringing the sledge back to use in the paddock.
With a few stumbles she climbed back into the garden behind the garage and I took the sledge to the paddock.
Fun then ensued:
Though I was the only one who managed to stay on the sledge! Though when Barbara decided to give me a 'push-off' I did struggle keeping control I have to say.
Poor dad didn't manage it at all:
He tried:
He convinced Jean he had lost his leg after one crash and she had to 'find it'.
He came off the sledge.
He went back for another go
and another
And another
It started to become a challenge to him
But no
He did get a fair way a couple of times
But others he didn't get very far
Determination is sometimes not a good thing
The result
He even ended up in a snow drift
But here's one where he can pretend it was all ok
Of course I have a video of him sledging with Jean and 'squashing her cheek in the snow' and how annoyed she was over this. She refuses to get on the sled with him now! I'm thinking I might have to turn this into a nice web-comic strip!
Snow, The Family | sarah | 
Sun 8th Feb 2009 3:11 pm
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