For New Years Eve, we got up and headed down to the Somerset House to do some Ice Skating. I bought tickets on-line, and since I could only get time at the 10am session, it pays to order them early.
The rink is setup in the courtyard of the estate, and has a coat check and a place to change your shoes to the skates.
It was very busy, and though there were a lot of kids, everyone kept moving, and it wasn't a huge obstacle course. They have a little section off to the side for the really little kids to skate using these assistive scooters that look like penguins.
Neither Tony nor I are really skilled skaters, so it was a challenge making our way around the rink. Eventually, we found our legs, and had a lot of fun for the hour we'd booked.I would definitely recommend this as something to do in London for the holidays.
For New Years Eve Dinner, we made a Pork Roast complete with Crackling using Gordon Ramsey's recipe. It cooked for almost 5 hours and came out perfectly delicious. We served it with Stuffing, Sweet Potatoes and Brussel Sprouts.
For Dessert, we served a Christmas Pudding that we'd saved from Christmas. Mark who joined us for dinner, had never had Christmas Pudding, so it was essential to have it even though Christmas was already a week behind us now. We served it with a small glass of Bombardino liqueur that we had picked up when we went skiing in Italy. Delicious!
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