Things you miss

There are a few things I used to do when I was younger that I don't do anymore, like horse riding, hiking, biking, mountain climbing etc.   There's one thing which I used to do while at University which lately I have had a craving for - if you can call it a craving.  I used to go Ice Skating.  Admittedly it wasn't that often but it was fun.  There's something about skating around gliding across the ice almost dancing, to cheesy music played by the cheesiest DJs in the world.

When I was in London I went to a few Ice rinks including one random trip mid-winter to the O2 Dome where there was a rink made up in the special events area.  I went with my mate who was in AIESEC and needless to say it being "their thang" they treated the crowd to a dance - on ice.  I miss random days like this but there are no rinks close to me here, I think the closest one is actually about 40 miles away.

I never learned to skate with any professionals, I just ventured out the first time and picked up what I could.  I would like to go back and take actual lessons and learn to skate properly.  It would help if I could actually learn to stop - I can skate quite well, I can even spin and turn and all the rest but I can't stop, how incredible is that?