THIS IS HOUSTON CALLING

SCOTLAND - IT'S 80 DEGREES

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Two well-known North-east golfers who are glad to be thousands of miles away from home at this moment in particular are John Gray and Ronnie Brechin, pictured right.

Both played for the North-east District team in their day but now live and work in the Houston area of Texas.

John is employed by Kellogg, Brown & Root while Ronnie works for Wachovia Bank.

"I hear that you've got snow in Aberdeen and the North-east," said John in an E-mail to the Editor. "Sorry to rub it in but it was 80 degrees here in Houston yesterday. The picture shows us after enjoying a game at a local course, which we do often, right through the winter."

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