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Old 14th Jun 2015, 19:37
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Barbecues in the snow, the one I always remember was a Belize Schedule and getting stuck in Gander for 24 hours as they were having an election, and ATFOC missed the fact that everything stopped for elections. Thankfully one Fred Moffat occupied the territory at the time, and duly took us to his home to enjoy a barbecue. Giving us some shovels we were required to dig out his back yard, which was around 12 feet deep in snow, to give us a "feasting area", having done that, the festivities began. I know we left the next day, thankfully, my hammock only required minimal control inputs. ISTR that the temperature never rose above -16 degrees, but we all wore our shorts and T shirts destined for further use in Belize, it was a barbie after all.

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