We had driven across the lake on snowmobiles and had seriously insulated mittens on, kept the crash helmets on to keep my head wear dry as it was snowing. We had stools to sit on to stop one's arse from freezing...did feel it though!
Not really, only felt it when Husky driving as I was stood on the back of the sled with my feet in ice and snow as the dogs sped along, I am so lucky I have been up to Lapland on several occasions and know what to expect, it's the old adage of layers upon layers, always put on clothes a couple...
Biggest problem was stopping your hole freezing up! ...and the one made in the ice...apparently there are Pike, Perch, Burbot, Char and Catfish in the lake, could have been a mission actually landing anything of any size...they would never get through the ice hole, the ice on the lake was around...
Would be nice to get some of this this Winter, a view from our hotel on our Christmas in Lapland....fingers crossed..although could do without the -30⁰C.!!
"Blockbusters" - with the classic line "I'll have a P please Bob" although I did have an irrational urge to want to punch some of the smarmy smart-arse 6th. form college type contestants...
I wish ALL of you a very happy new year, let's hope and pray for a 2024 full of love, light and happiness and an end to all the conflict,death and destruction blighting all of our lives, Love and peace to you all!....and yes, I have been drinking...but I still love you...🥰🥰🥰
The propaganda value of the raid was immense and a huge boost to public morale, never nice when "innocent" people die but Hitler had absolutely no qualms whatsoever on inflicting death and misery on civilians "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to...