It still rankles that I couldn't go as a child - there was no ice rink anywhere near and I knew I'd love it. I had to make do with roller skates, which several of us kids practically lived on
I only went ice skating for the first time when I was about 18 or 19, and of course because of the roller skating could do it straight away, but never did get to go many times.
That weekend, Bb and I were walking and found the rink, and both said immediately, Oh yes!