LOL Ray, I had best send you some photos Ray, as Hunterville does experience snow and has also on occasion been bloked off. Although I must admit 'whilst Diving in the Clyde off Greenock in my Navy days', it was a bit colder than the waters off NZ to say the least. Brrrr. Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray7033@googlemail.com> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Auchmunziel On 9 February 2010 01:55, Wayne Abel <honk-abel@westnet.com.au> wrote: > ... it is what my Abel/Wilson family called their first home in > Hunterville New Zealand, a wee slab sided wooden cottage with a tin roof > and a local climate to match Aberdeenshire in winter. ______________________________________ Hi Wayne Apart from the rain, I doubt if Hunterville's climate is a patch on Aberdeenshire in winter where this year the snow has lain deep and frozen for several weeks. Our relatives in Huntly told us that the whole of Scotland was cut off for over a week [from their point of view , of course]. I doubt if Hunterville, suffers from that sort of weather. The local saying is that Aberdeenshire has three months of appalling cold and drear weather, then they have winter! Ray - a Sassenach but in thrall to the north east! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 9 February 2010 12:13, Wayne Abel <honk-abel@westnet.com.au> wrote: > LOL Ray, I had best send you some photos Ray, as Hunterville does experience snow and has also on occasion been bloked off. Although I must admit 'whilst Diving in the Clyde off Greenock in my Navy days', it was a bit colder than the waters off NZ to say the least. Brrrr. ___________________________ ?"bloked off"? That sounds a bit Aussie to me. The sort of thing that happens to our great cricketers when the Oz thugs get their sledges out. What you have to realise about Aberdeenshire is that the Arctic winds blow most of the year and keep the locals hardy. When the gulf stream can summon up the strength to cross the country, there will usually be several feet of snow dumped over the whole county. This happens just about every year and roads are bloked off [hoho] with monotonous regularity. How do you think Gavin has developed the strength and determination to keep giving us the benefit of his knowledge & wisdom? They breed them tough up there. Ray