He could have done with a boat.

(..)

Girls and I went cycling this morning, A on her bike and R on the tag-along attached to my bike. We headed out on the canal to just past the city bypass.
On the way back we were crossing the viaduct and a teenage boy decided to try and cycle past us, he touched one of our handle bars and in he went. It took a couple of bounces before he broke the ice. He must have been frozen.

The weather has been stunning today, but cold. There is lots of snowdrops out and it so lovely that the light is lasting longer in the day.