We live on a hill. A not very big hill. But a nice one. This is the slope dropping down into the flat Vale of York. The Vale stretches for mile after mile. This gentle grassy slope is also our sledging run during winter. It’s not very steep but it’s long enough to generate enough speed. Enough to send this Dad flying through the air. That takes lots of momentum. Even those massive NASA Saturn 5 rockets would struggle to lift my butt into the air.
We don’t get much snow. But when we do it’s time to get to our hill slope.
What could possibly go wrong. The first time we tried sledging here Hawklad asked if I would safety test the run first. I reassured him that it was perfectly safe. I set off from the top and a few seconds later smashed into the tree at the bottom. I was like a precision guided missile. A missile with a large butt carrying much momentum. At least the padding helped protect me.
So when the snow comes again – what could possibly go wrong.
Lovely post. When we first moved to Lincolnshire in 2007, Maggie had never seen snow, then at Easter 2008 we woke up to three feet of the stuff. She was not impressed. The locals were out on trays and planks, and the DIY shop in town made a killing on plastic sleds having got a job lot the year before that nobody wanted. It was not unusual to be driving down the road and seeing adults having races down the banks whilst the kids sulked because they couldn’t have a go.
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Our dog goes crazy in the snow.
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Maggie took two steps then stopped, front foot poised as if to say What the hell is this???????
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Ours charges…..
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ha! fun. Does he try to eat the snowballs?
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Oh he does
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ha! thought so. We had a family dog like that.
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They are cheeky
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Hilarious. I really think you are the best person to safety test anything. If you survive we are all ok and good to go! Hope you get to sledge this winter x
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We didn’t last year I don’t think. Maybe this year x
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Maybe. I’m a bit scared of sledging tbh! X
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It’s just controlled crashing….. X
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Not when my dad used to take me. No control about it. X
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Dads are always in control…… x
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That’s what I heard x
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😀🙏
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Love the photos! 😀 Your post made me smile a lot! 😊
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I’m so pleased. Hope your smiling lots today. 🤗
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I am somewhere in the middle today. That doesn’t really tell you if I’m smiling lots. I’m smiling some, but I am a bit contemplative and I had a really noisy morning. It’s quieted down now. So maybe I can finally contemplate better. 😀
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A noisy morning is not needed with little sleep. Pleased the noise has dropped. Hope your contemplation goes well. 🙏
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Yes, a noisy morning with little sleep was making me quite anxious. My contemplation went half well. The moments following did not. 😀
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I’m sorry. You stay out of the rain. 😀☂️
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You’ll hit the other tree?
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Middle tree. Dead on.
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Mad dog would get in the way
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He would be on the sledge if he got his way.
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My kids used to love sledding and we have lots of hills and snow during the winter. This year it’s like they both decided the walk back up the hill dragging the sled wasn’t worth it. It didn’t help that the other town kids would get upset that they would walk back up in right in the path of where they wanted to come down totally oblivious. I’m going to search for a private hill this year. Giving up will just make these fat butts fatter, lol.
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Getting a hill to ourselves made such a difference. We went to other hills but he ended up just watching the other kids sledge.
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I’m so glad for him that you have your little bit of paradise.
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It’s lovely
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Lots……
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🙏
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May you get some snow this year!
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The ex and I used to take the girls into the mountains after a snow so they could slide down the hills. Fun memories.
Ben has never been to the snow. He only knows it from movies. Maybe this year, if it snows. Our mountains don’t always get a lot.
You dont have to crash just to hug the trees. No shame, just hug them. Skip the crashing part😉😂😂😂💌💌
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You get a deeper hug at 100mph. xxx
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We live on a hill as well. Perfect sledding hill. Your story reminds me of National Lampoon’s Christmas. I have a perfect image of your descent and landing. I’m sorry that it made me chuckle! 🙂
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I remember that scene. Thats made me laugh.
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It is the coolest thing for kids to have a hill next to the house for sledding in winter. My kids were outside every and all afternoon in winter… in case we had snow…
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You must get a fair amount of snow.
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That’s right, and even over here you cannot count on it anymore. We had no snow at all last season.
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That must have been a shock. I watch a daily webcam of the place we always stayed at in Switzerland. They had no snow as well.
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It was crazy last year. Therefore we have had a lot more spiders during summer 😝
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We have a few in the garden and they have been bust today with webs.😀
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It is crazy how many there are this year 😝
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So so many. x
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Too many! I just had such a big one appearing behind my laptop…. 😭
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Bet that went down well x
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Yuck!!!! It was so big 😨
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I wouldn’t be much help to you. I’d be hiding behind you.
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Haha! I can vividly imagine that scenery 😂
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Good x
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Ouch!!! But what a perfect hill to slide down.
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Thank you
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😊
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Why are we always drawn to what hurts us? I think you both need to try it next time. Tell him you showed him what NOT to do. 😉
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Yes he picked a safer line for his first go. xx
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Oh wow!! That looks beautiful ❤️ how peaceful that looks!
Lol on the tree 😄😄 … you son is so funny – he has you do a safety run 😄 smart kid… that’s hilarious
You are really funny
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Yes he’s got his priorities right
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