As the sunspots are still refusing to pop up, you’d better visit the local lake for a skate ride … Temperatures have been below 0 deg C for a fair number of days in a row. So there is plenty of natural ice on ponds, lakes, etc. Here is my wife, Marja, in action on the Hatertse Vennen close to Nijmegen.

Marja ice skating at the Hatertse Vennen (30-dec-2008)