Out for a skate on the rink at the old Nepean city hall, under a nearly-full moon with Mars hanging out for good measure as well. (Tall narrow aspect ratio)

#skating #ottawa #BenFranklinPlace

I don't often post video, so I don't know how well Mastodon handles it, but here's a little skate-about.

#skating

A little shaky at the start there. Cold hands. lol

A bonus of that BenFranklin-place skating rink in Centrepointe is that there is a pub right next door. We had a pint and (for me) a steak-and-mushroom pie. They carry Guinness, both regular and zero variety.

A nice wrap to the afternoon!

@ottaross ??? I didn't know there was a pub there.
And you probably would have been in the minority that would like my Christmas treat for my father in law. Steak and kidney pie. He has been wanting it for years. Hard to find fresh kidneys.

@chrisbegley yes, a Royal Oak pub. They do a pretty okay steak-and-mushroom pie, but I'm a big fan of a good steak and kidney.

I've only made it once, and found kidneys a bit smelly to work with, but it didn't curb my enthusiasm for eating it!

@ottaross I wasn't ready for that sharp tang as I cooked the kidneys, even after soaking them in milk