Match stick snow sliding

I put myself out there today and tried to slide across snow on two match sticks, along with keri, lena and muzza at a x country field nearby!  For a person who is accustomed to sliding on snow sideways this was a serious deviation from the force.  But the comedy that ensued had even the field dogs laughing at us, so I think it was well worth it (by 'us' I mean 'me').  I can now identify with how Obelix feels when Dogmatix laughs at him?!!  Much to my personal dismay I was keeping company with followers of the downhill match stick order, so they unfortunately appeared to take to this ridiculous excuse for a sport like ducks take to water.  I reckon I was within earshot of Keri for a total of 2 mins of the 4 hr expedition!  Under Lena's expert tutelage, my second circuit lap improved markedly, managing tofall over only twice, until the last 100m where I quadrupled my fall total!  Muzza reveled in the fact that at last he could slide over snow faster than I!  Not, however, without kissing snow too (he he heee!)!

Sooooo, in summay.  x country skiing:  mucho funny cos falling over doesn't hurt when you're only going 2km's/hr!!  And it's a great way to see the country side!  For all the less-than-graceful-descents into the snow, I still really enjoyed myself and you get a good work out, so I'll definitely blazing another x country trail in the time we have left in the land of fire!          

 
It's snowing outside!!


selai