Aaron
Friday 19th February 2010 7:12pm [Edited]
Royal Berkshire
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Quote: deckard @ February 19 2010, 6:48 PM GMT
I live in Minnesota (the 'State of Hockey' as we like to call it), and I find it interesting that England is actually further north than Minnesota and yet there doesn't seem to be any hockey being played (from what I can see from 5000 miles away, if there is I apologize).
Do the lakes freeze over in the winter in England? Scotland must have some kind of winter sports, and yet the only Hockey I could find being played in the UK is field hockey.
We may be more northerly, but the Gulf Stream ensures that we have a very warm - albeit also very wet - climate. Some bodies of water do freeze over, but you'd have to go pretty damn far north in pretty harsh weather to find anything safe enough for one person to skate on, let alone two whole teams.
We do have indoor ice rinks of course, and there is at least one league operating, but it's a pretty niche, minority sport. (In fact, it's the only sport which I have ever attended an event of. Unless you count Robot Wars.)
Quote: deckard @ February 19 2010, 6:48 PM GMT
There must be some attraction to gliding around on ice with all the Nordic blood running through your veins.
Myth. Recent genetic surveys revealed that the various invasions from the likes of the Vikings had next to no effect on the populus or makeup of the country; most are still descended from people who were here long before they invaded.