Location: Hyde Park, London The lights have been up in Oxford Street for weeks now, so it’s been feeling like Christmas for a while coming. With careful planning we got tickets to the fresh ice in the rink at the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. Pfft, so much for careful preparation! It was raining buckets the whole day. Our session at 7pm, had the ushers sweeping away puddles and after stepping in the soggy carpet while putting out skates on, we carefully approached the watery rink. With all concentration, the aim in the hour of allocated skating was not to fall. For the unlucky folks that took tumbles early on, it wasn’t just a patch here or there on their knees, it was their entire leg, or side or outfit dampened for the rest of the night. Ah, such is the silly season.
The rest of the wonderland has expanded through much more of the park. The giant Ferris wheel is again the centre piece, but the German Christmas market, Saturday night DJ amongst the faux chalets in the Bavarian Village all make for a cosy night out, as long as you haven’t been skating on a melted pool and have rugged up for the long cold winter ahead.
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so soo much of the wet stuff!
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