Several families from Boultbee Road and McCarthy Road took advantage of the fantastic skating rink created by our good neighbours living near Access #7. Despite poor conditions on the big lake during the holidays, the ice at the protected west end of the big lake was excellent. The generous residents spent hours ploughing and shovelling the new snow and frost from the ice surface to provide hours of skating and hockey fun for their family and the entire neighbourhood. Heavy snowfall, rain and mild temperatures in very early January converted the ice rink into a slush puddle almost a foot deep – much like the rest of the west end of the lake. By that time, most of the holiday visitors – and grandchildren – had left with their fill of pond skating thanks to our kind neighbours! Thank you again!