RE: Seaplanes or Snow
I like to fly year round, here in northern Michigan (45 deg N. Latitude)
We have a large lake near here, and when it's frozen over and snow covered it's ideal.
The airplane is a Mikulasko "Arrow", E conversion. (Turnigy 46 on 5S) It's fun.
Keep boiling the snow in Scotland!! (Me old grandmum was a Scot- Tulloch)