{"id":7485,"date":"2021-02-06T19:25:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T00:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2021-02-06T19:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T00:30:16","slug":"episode-247-credit-river-sudden-freeze-breaks-covid-19-isolation-feb-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=7485","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 247 CREDIT RIVER SUDDEN FREEZE BREAKS COVID 19 ISOLATION FEB. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 247   CREDIT RIVER SUDDEN FREEZE BREAKS COVID 19 ISOLATION  FEB. 6, 2021<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Feb. 6, 2021<\/div>\n

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The creation of perfect ice on the Credit River is a rare event.  Today  is that kind  of day<\/div>\n
and it seems a lot of people were anxious to take a chance.  Solid  Ice in close proximity<\/div>\n
to open water.   Human  beings on blades in close proximity to mallards  and swans  sleeping<\/div>\n
in the water.<\/div>\n

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Memories that no one will believe next summer are made of such  as this.   Maybe memories<\/div>\n
for generations if global warming gets any worse. \u201cRemember when we had lunch on a boulder<\/div>\n
while skating on the Credit River from the QEW to Port Credit?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRemember when those two boys playing hockey came to talk to us and we married them?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRemember when  we skated while the swans  watched.\u201d<\/div>\n

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This is such an ephemeral event.  Tomorrow there may be a  snow storm.  And the opportunity<\/div>\n
will be  gone.  And there is an element of danger.  Danger if the ice breaks while chasing<\/div>\n
a  puck close to open water.  Danger just trying to get down to the river on the icy, boulder strewn,<\/div>\n
river banks.  Danger you will find  a wind blown patch  of sand  while watching the horizon then<\/div>\n
nose diving onto the ice.<\/div>\n

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alan  skeoch<\/div>\n
Feb.  6, 2021<\/div>\n

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FLASHBACK A FEW  DECADES: ON THE CREDIT RIVER<\/div>\n

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We were able to skate  on the Credit several times.  And we knew there was  some  danger.  The ice could give way suddenly<\/div>\n
if we made the wrong choice.  But to miss the chance was to miss something to cherish.<\/div>\n

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I have never been a super duper skater.  My first skates were hand me down  skates two sizes too large. I ankled  my way<\/div>\n
across the ice.  My worse time was the \u2018sand  on the ice\u2019 mistake that enlarged my nose as I grooved my way down a  patch.<\/div>\n
I remember that moment so well.  My skates stopped  but my body kept moving parallel to the ice and BOOM\u2026my nose hit<\/div>\n
before my hands. Blood \u2026 lots of it.<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 247   CREDIT RIVER SUDDEN FREEZE BREAKS COVID 19 ISOLATION  FEB. 6, 2021 alan skeoch Feb. 6, 2021 The creation of perfect ice on the Credit River is a rare event.  Today  is that kind  of day and it seems a lot of people were anxious to take a chance.  Solid  Ice in close […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}