Every once in a while they have to pull someone out of that river, sometimes it's just a body. This year I watched the swans everyday at lunch because I would drive along the river near Brighton to go to the GYM for my lunchtime run. One day the river was frozen and the swans were gone. After a while the ice was gone. That river is very changeable. I know there are some Scandinavian? rivers or is it Holland? where folks ice skate on rivers and it sure looks like fun. Biking on the Charles? Save that for the crazies ...