Sterling Adventures » christmas http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Christmas and New Year on the Ice http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/03/christmas-and-new-year-on-the-ice/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/03/christmas-and-new-year-on-the-ice/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:53:29 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16550 With the weeks seeming to flash by here at Halley, even Christmas was over fairly quickly...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/03/christmas-and-new-year-on-the-ice/feed/ 6 Happy Christmas from Chamonix http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/25/happy-christmas-from-chamonix/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/25/happy-christmas-from-chamonix/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:35:30 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16389 We woke up late, again. Chamonix seems to do this to me. I blame it on the clear air and the snug warm apartment, but perhaps this time it was also because the streets were very quiet. Father Christmas had done his job and most people seemed to be pre-occupied in doors.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/25/happy-christmas-from-chamonix/feed/ 4 Happy Christmas from Antarctica!! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/22/happy-christmas-from-antarctica/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/22/happy-christmas-from-antarctica/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:24:04 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16363 Over the last couple of weeks the main topic of conversation here at Halley has been food ... do I forsee a Roman style banquet?

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/22/happy-christmas-from-antarctica/feed/ 9 Another White Lakeland Xmas http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/12/26/another-white-lakeland-xmas/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/12/26/another-white-lakeland-xmas/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:14:34 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12010 The glorious winter weather held on for Xmas...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/12/24/nearly-there/feed/ 8 White Lakeland Christmas http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/12/25/white-lakeland-christmas/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/12/25/white-lakeland-christmas/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:09:37 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=7838 It was a glorious day, dinner could wait, so we went for a walk.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/12/25/white-lakeland-christmas/feed/ 1 Monday night is party night http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/12/15/monday-night-is-party-night/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/12/15/monday-night-is-party-night/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:34:55 +0000 Rachel http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=7728 The four members of the West Midlands Cave Exploration Group were so popular that the only night that they had free was a Monday...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/12/15/monday-night-is-party-night/feed/ 9 Christmas Cake… a little late… http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/01/04/christmas-cake-a-little-late/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/01/04/christmas-cake-a-little-late/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:42:22 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3789 Amazing! I lost a whole pound and a half over Christmas and it had nothing to do with the strength of the euro!

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/01/04/christmas-cake-a-little-late/feed/ 5 Stopover in Chamonix http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/31/stopover-in-chamonix/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/31/stopover-in-chamonix/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:35 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3684 On our way back from Le Praz de Lys we stopped for a day in Chamonix to visit Pete and Tish...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/31/stopover-in-chamonix/feed/ 2 Adding miles to the legs http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/27/adding-miles-to-the-legs/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/27/adding-miles-to-the-legs/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:43:11 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3591 The Saturday after Christmas found Anna and I running around Buttermere and flogging around the Keswick shops.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/27/adding-miles-to-the-legs/feed/ 5 White Christmas http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/25/white-christmas/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/25/white-christmas/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:08:25 +0000 Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3553 We don't get white Christmases very often in Birmingham, so we thought we'd do something about it...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/25/white-christmas/feed/ 10 Christmas Day Skiing http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/25/christmas-day-skiing/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/25/christmas-day-skiing/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:53:33 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3542 What a great way to spend Xmas day - skiing in Chamonix!

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/25/christmas-day-skiing/feed/ 4 No-one on Helvelyn either http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/24/no-one-on-helvelyn-either/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/24/no-one-on-helvelyn-either/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:59:04 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3536 I made my usual Christmas Eve vigil to see the sun go down on Christmas Eve...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/24/no-one-on-helvelyn-either/feed/ 3 No-one on Skiddaw! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/24/no-one-on-skiddaw/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/24/no-one-on-skiddaw/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:22:59 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3527 With everyone in Keswick doing last minute shopping, Kelda and I took the opportunity to have a walk up Skiddaw...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/24/no-one-on-skiddaw/feed/ 2 The Great Langdale Pudding Race http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/13/the-great-langdale-pudding-race/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/13/the-great-langdale-pudding-race/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:43:49 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3472 Yes, its that time of year again...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/13/the-great-langdale-pudding-race/feed/ 6 The start of Christmas http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/10/the-start-of-christmas/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/12/10/the-start-of-christmas/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:31:12 +0000 Rachel http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=3459 from The start of Christmas

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