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| Why it's dangerous to walk on the footpaths here in winter |
I'm guessing the doctors probably wouldn't classify it as frostbite, but after my experience of riding a bike today (the weather app on my phone said the windchill was -17'C!), frostbite is something I wouldn't wish on anyone! Last night when riding out to my Irish Pub Christmas dinner, I wore my ski gloves, thinking that's the way to keep warm. I was sorely mistaken. So thinking that my ski gloves simply do not stop wind like my other ones, I wore my other gloves today. Boy, big mistake. They were even worse. After a 15 minute ride I could not feel any of my fingers. It was a struggle trying to get my hand into my pocket in order to pull out my phone (with a map on it), not to mention a struggle trying to work the lock on my bike and then trying to grip the zipper on my jacket to take it off when I reached my destination. It took a good 15 minutes of indoor heat before I could feel my fingers again, and 2 hours later I still had pains in the extermities. Wow! Talk about an incentive to find better gloves!
On the bright side, here are some more pretty photos of this icy weather...
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| The Lakes - 16+cm of ice plus some snow on top! |
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| People who can't wait for the city council to create an ice rink on The Lake make their own |
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| Standing in the middle of The Lakes |
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| The one corner of The Lakes that remains unfrozen - home for the birds |
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| Bicycle parking in my apartment complex |
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