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Photo Credit: "Rideau Canal" Wikipedia
I went skating on the frozen Rideau canal on Mar 2, 2009 and broke my own Personal Best (PB) record. With a temperature hovering around minus 13 deg C and a constant north-westerly wind gusting up to 20 km, I was able to do the 15.6 km Dow's Lake/downtown (at the canal locks near Parliament Hill) round trip in 56 minutes. The speed of approx 3.5 minutes per kilometre is no big deal for top athletes, but for an amateur like myself, I am happy as a clam.
References:
* The complete phrase is "Happy as a clam in mud at high tide", which means a clam that cannot be dug up and eaten is happy. Source: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/happy+as+a+clam. One could also say: "Happy as a lark", but I like the idea of a clam skating better.
References:
* The complete phrase is "Happy as a clam in mud at high tide", which means a clam that cannot be dug up and eaten is happy. Source: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/happy+as+a+clam. One could also say: "Happy as a lark", but I like the idea of a clam skating better.
Other articles with photos:
* 加拿大冬天景色: 渥太華的麗都運河(2009年1月) / Canadian Winter Scene: Ottawa's Rideau Canal (Jan 2009) http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2009/01/20091-canadian-winter-scene-ottawas.html
* 七大奇景之一: 麗都運河 (2008年2月冬天景色) / Seven Wonders of the World: The Rideau Canal (Winterlude February 2008)
http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2008/02/20082-seven-wonders-of-world-rideau.html
http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2008/02/20082-seven-wonders-of-world-rideau.html
* 七大奇景之一: 麗都運河 / New Seven Wonders of the World: The Rideau Canal
http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-seven-wonders-of-world-rideau-canal.html
http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-seven-wonders-of-world-rideau-canal.html
6 comments:
太陽很好零下13度C算是溫暖.....happy as a clam.....令我想起『鷸蚌雙爭』的故事，話說：
一隻蚌正張開兩殼曬太陽，鷸鳥飛過來，伸出長長的嘴巴來啄食它的肉。蚌一下子合住雙殼，把鷸鳥的嘴緊緊地夾住了。 鷸鳥對蚌說："今天不下雨，明天不下雨，就 ...
蚌是很喜歡曬太陽的！
Space兄: 喂,零下13度,漁人不会來罷!!
hari兄：
加拿大人唔喺好中意 ice fishing 咩？
釣冰魚是加拿大人冬天活動罷！
Space 兄:
很多住在大城市的人,看戲上歺館就好,但对釣魚興趣實在不大。住在埠仔的人(包括有夏屋cottage的城市人),夏天多会到湖上或河边垂釣,但在冬天肯挨冷出外鑽冰丶釣魚的就少了。勿忘用人手鑽約一公尺厚的硬冰是非常困難的一件事,而買一部机鑽(gasoline-powered auger)起碼上百元。
Hari 兄：
regarding：ice fishing
我最近看過一部電影有講釣冰魚，
是在一間冰上小屋幾個人圍坐著，
一齊釣魚有講有笑又唔會被凍親，
看來是一盤生意鑽洞兼租出小屋，
是一腳踢的服務只要去到冰湖面，
參加這十分存統的冬季團體活動。
I did some ice fishing with the aboriginals when I was up skiing near Moose Factory.
Every winter, there is a bunch of fishing huts sitting on the frozen ice of the Ottawa River near Orleans. But I believe they are all private. Nevertheless, the fiishermen are doing exactly what you've described - drinking and having a good time INSIDE the warm, cottage-like fishing huts.
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