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21-12-06, 02:06 PM
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Sledging
How many people have gone out and bought a sledge at some time either for their selves or the kids
and never really got any use from it? Seems like a million years since we had any decent snow |
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21-12-06, 02:11 PM
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Last march was good enough for me to go "sledging" in the car.
Literally, took me a good 45mins to go 5 miles, although there were some worse than me, a good part of that was spent sideways 
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21-12-06, 02:13 PM
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My mum had a proper big sledge imported from norway...
Lights, Steering system, brakes, can fit three grown adults on it... used it twice  once was also the snow in feb/march earlier this year |
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21-12-06, 02:13 PM
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Living in Essex, it isn't that surprising really is it?
I remember being a kid in Stretton, Derbyshire and having the most wonderful snow. Even for a couple of years when we moved down into Essex there was decent snow, but we haven't had any snow that's lasted more than a couple of day for at least 15 years.... .... Global warming? why not, I can believe it |
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21-12-06, 02:13 PM
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My dad built a sledge when I was 5; an old roof rack with and old cuboard door bolted on. Fast as feck it was!
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21-12-06, 02:14 PM
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Cotswold had some really cool folding wooden sledges last year.... £60!
We go Canoggoning, using kayaks as sledges! 
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21-12-06, 02:20 PM
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last experience of sledging was approx 10 years ago, new years eve, using bin bags on the cliffs near westerham, where the CB'ers used to go. Malcolm went over a rock face and broke his back, had to be rescued by helicopter. BBC later researched it for their 999 program, but didn't use it. |
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21-12-06, 02:21 PM
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Ah, we were guaranteed great sledding days in Canada... snowball fights, 4ft high snow drifts...
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21-12-06, 02:26 PM
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sledges ha ... they are for wimps... we used to get a big sheet of plastic and fit as many of us as possible on it to go sledging on.. although it does start to hurt after a while!
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21-12-06, 02:29 PM
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Ah, I thought you were referring to the cricket sledging.
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