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Old 31-01-09, 01:52
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Hanno, where are the hockey sticks?
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Old 31-01-09, 05:59
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42c in the shade on the back verandah today
took the thermometer into the shed and it hit 47c
Did a strategic retreat to the house to the air conditioner
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Old 31-01-09, 12:51
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Don,t worry A J it wont be long and we,ll be back to this.
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Old 31-01-09, 13:27
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Don,t worry A J it wont be long and we,ll be back to this.
we are forecast to get some of the white stuff tomorrow, Bob, blowing in from Russia direction, it has been the coldest winter for 13 years in the UK. So much for the "experts" and their global warming theories about Europe becoming a parched desert.
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Old 31-01-09, 20:27
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Hanno, where are the hockey sticks?
Barry..
When I saw that picture,yours were the first words that popped into my head..but you beat me to it...
Do they actually skate in Urrup with no hockey sticks..??

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Old 31-01-09, 21:16
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Hanno, where are the hockey sticks?
Barry, no we don't use hockey sticks. Skating in Holland is all about long distances. As you know we have a lot of waterways. When they freeze over, many tours are organised where you skate anywhere from a few km's to a few hundred km.

When it has been really cold for a while and the ice is at least 15 centimetres thick, the Elfstedentocht (which means ‘eleven towns skating tour’) is held in Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. The Elfstedentocht is a very hard 200-kilometre skating marathon that passes through eleven Frisian towns. Because it isn’t often cold enough for the marathon, it is a very special event, almost like a national holiday. People come to Friesland from all over the Netherlands and beyond to cheer on the 2,000 skaters who take part. Every person who reaches the finishing line receives a hero’s welcome.


The last Elfstedentocht was in 1997, this year many people are hoping it will happen again this year!

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35 and sunny in Port au Prince Haiti where I have started a nine month tour
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Old 01-02-09, 06:16
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We have plenty of ice over west aussie at the moment. We are using it to keep the beer from evaporating in the esky! It is a lovely comfortable +42C in Moonyoonooka at the moment. and we might have a bit of lightning in an hour or so.
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nine months to see the countryside in hati? hope they dont run out of the amber stuff
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Old 01-02-09, 18:11
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Good Luck in Haiti Clive. Must be nice going from -30 to + 35. Don't get too used to the wearher there.
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Old 04-02-09, 22:48
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the forcast for the next few days is HOT and HOTTER
so far we haven't hit 40 here yet only 39.8
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Old 04-02-09, 23:51
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It's a few degrees above the freezing mark today and I'll take that any day over that 40+ C stuff.
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Old 05-02-09, 00:06
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the forcast for the next few days is HOT and HOTTER
so far we haven't hit 40 here yet only 39.8
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Milder here today and tomorrow (although humid) but another 43C stinker Saturday hopefully followed by a couple of days with rain.
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