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From Black Forest New Year
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From 2019 New Year's Day
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From Mini New Year Break in Chamonix
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From Cham New Year 14/15 Skiing
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From New Year in Germany
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From A busy Christmas and New Year...
Tag: new year
Celebrating the end of a year and the start of a new one; midnight 31st Dec.
We’d hoped to be able to do some skiing in the Black Forest with our friends Rebecca and Mathias. But the weather was more like spring or autumn than winter … glorious blue skies, dry leaves on the ground instead of fluffy snow, and T-shirt wearing temperatures!
“How about a luxury black tie dinner at Holbeck Ghyll for New Year’s Eve celebrations?” said Pete, “Only £500.” “Naaaaah, let’s spend the night in the van in a quiet spot in the Duddon valley with friends and of course Zac”, I returned. A much better idea.
The snow conditions were looking very poor in Chamonix with the endless sunshine in the Alps. The Atlantic frontal systems that should have been delivering frequent snow storms were being concentrated in to torrential rain over the north west of England. However, it still seemed like a better option than watching that endless rain in …
We’re just back from a little over two weeks of skiing in Chamonix. Well, I say two weeks of skiing, but in fact the first week was a bit short on the skiing as there was no (very little) snow. We did manage a few days, but in the end we decided the lift pass …
We left Chamonix on Monday evening and headed over to Germany, via Switzerland, to visit our friends in the very small village of Todtmoos-Au in the Black Forest.
… with a very quiet bit in the middle. This year we had the whole family around.
Happy 2010 from the Black Forest to all of you! With 15 people we occupied Mathias’ dads birth place in the middle of the southern black forest. No cell phone reception – relaxing times guaranteed! It was great to have lot’s of our friends arround and even the table seemed to miraciously getting longer and …
It seemed strange to leave England's fantastic snowy weather and arrive in France for a week's skiing only to find it raining! But of course up higher it was snowing...
Could never hope to match Ian's wonderful moody lakeland shots but this is my best try...
