We had 15-20 cm of snow last night to add to the 30cms we received last week. Shovelling snow is good for the soul and not to bad to help get rid of some of the christmas excesses.

The streets are cleared by the snow ploughs very quickly so driving isnt a bad as it sounds. Julie drives a Ford Focus 5 door hatchback admittedly with winter tyres on and she has no problems.

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x-country skiing, snow showing, ice skating all great outdoor sports open to you even if the temperature is -32c with windchill. Stay out of the wind and it is wonderful.  Mind you I am built for the cold.:D

oh yes dont forget snowball fighting another great outdoor pursuit!	x-country skiing on the same trails as we walk in the summer. Beautiful.
Snow shoe hiking around the trails. Hard work
No grass to mow only snow to shovel!

 I love the Maritimes with its four seasons and plenty of snowfall. I must admit there is a couple of weeks in February where it is bloody cold.  One day last week I drove around to Halifax it was -30c with a wind chill -40c everything was fine until I stopped at a gas station to fill up. I put on my hat,gloves and coat and jumped out. I managed to open the petrol cap and then had to get back in, wrapped a scarf around my face, put some inner gloves on and got back out.... my trousers (chinos) froze while I was filling up and was I glad to get back in the car after paying.

Incidentally when I arrived at Halifax the sea was steaming because the air temperature was so much lower than the sea temperature.