The New Ice Age

The ice has come.. last weekend in fact. One day it's a little bit hemmed in behind the reedbeds, with flocks of tufted duck swimming out around the jetty and the next morning the waves are gone and the icy sheen stretches to the horizon.

Pretty to see - but skatable it is not. The following day it snowed, a pristine white blanket, and then thawed , and now it looks grey and uninviting and certainly not strong enough to take the weight.

Temperatures are up again. Will we get good ice?
Winter just isn't winter...