Speed skating Cambridgeshire The Fens of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk are criss-crossed with drainage channels and pools, which sometimes freeze in winter and make for perfect speed-skating tracks. Good skating conditions have occurred in 2003, at the start and end of 2009, and again in early 2010. This is no new phenomenon - the first Fen Skating Championship of England was held in 1870 when 6,000 spectators turned up and sporadic competitions have been held ever since....
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