So for the first time in about 12 years, I've been ice skating. The first of the list of bad ideas I had was to wear my Colorado Avalanche top, because that only made me look more of a prat when I inevitably fell flat on my arse during my first three laps.

Still, the number of falls was considerably less than I was predicting, with only a few bruises this morning causing minor niggles. By the end of the night, I was turning laps of about 45 seconds which, considering the number of times I've visited the ice rink (2), isn't bad at all.

Of course, my best mate had to show off by turning fast laps and making it look relatively easy. I was spending some time causing a nice pile up in turn one, as a guy and his girlfriend moved from the inside to the outside, just as I was trying to make the turn. I turned sharper and just about made the pass. Sadly, I didn't quite avoid blade-to blade contact, with the guy, so we both ended up on the ice, and his girlfriend fell on top of him. A shame, but I think he enjoyed it :P

To compound it all, when I took my right boot off, there was a massive blister on my biog toe, so I can't walk properly this morning. Oh deep joy.

Still, the Avs won last night, although it was only over the Oilers :P