Barrie Hudson takes to the snowy slopes Swindon Advertiser
Sending a fat 42-year-old stringer is an even better bet, as there are extra laughs to be had in a photograph of a fat 42-year-old on a plastic mini sledge designed for people at least three decades younger and 75 per cent lighter.
That was how I came to trip Swindon on a quest the like of which has not been undertaken since that bloke was sent after the Golden Fleece in the old days. Indiana Jones, I contemplate it was. Or maybe Indiana Jones was after the Holy Grail. Or was that Tom Hanks?
Anyway, you get the picture.
My first port of call was Old Town Devices in Wood Street, which is famed for stocking everything from cooking utensils to DIY supplies, and from household fittings to bird feeders.
Sombrely, they were distinctly light in the sledge department, although more supplies have been lined up for the end of the week.
There was, however, a top quality baking tray at £14.99 that looked as if it would do admirably in a nip.
But no, my quest was for a sledge, and nothing else would do.
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