Skiing and Europe, January 2013

Also in 2013: Events, Garden, Visits, Walks, Paul, Stephen's Visits, Michael, Holidays: Skiing in Europe, Spring Odyssey, Russian Cruise


snow on the way ...

over the hills near Longnor

Hull: Holy Trinity Church

The Hands-on Museum
The Old Grammar School

Sitting where we used to sit!

1940's living room

The Custom House


Vicar Lane

Europort: early morning

across the Netherlands

Speyer Cathedral





Crib

In the crypt

The four German Kings

The four Salian Emperors

Rudolf of Hapsburg



The soldier

The Pilgrim


Getting diesel - jumbo at the adjacent branch of the Sindelsheim museum

After the excitment - removing the chains from the car

At the Wurmkogel, Hochgurgl

ready for the fray

prudence at last - renting a helmet

modelling the helmet


Towards Obergurgl ...

... from the run back to the hotel

helmets...

... have other uses

Our Belgian friends
Joelle, Hanno, Didier, Markus

at David's Hutte

with, as well, Joelle-2, Christoph and Pat (not skiing)

from the Schemer lift ?


A lovely morning (from our room)


Pat decided to ski!

with Didier and Joelle

Disaster - Pat trying to staunch the blood following the collision with the devastating Dane

Pat at David's, following the mishap, with Didier and a waiter

Still skiing after the mishap ...





2013

in 1954


Obergurgl

Picard in Obergurgl

a thousand miles from home
ready for departure

with Claudia Mölzer

Leo Mölzer

with Herr Riml


around the pond for a walk


It's not age but technique that matters!
seen by the Belgians at Sölden

The journey home

Garmisch (again)


The black eyes coming out (with a very sore nose and a hurting shoulder)

Kloster Bad Wimpfen

outside on the Neckar shore

Bad Wimpfen

The Kloster refectory

The Klosterkirche

Cologne
David Hockney exhibition ...

... Museum Ludwig
with trees from the Yorkshire Wolds

Cologne Cathedral

Schlosspark, Benrath

Egyptian Geese

with Conny

the travellers


Hull: a tug seeing the ferry in


Wild snow showers approaching

The Humber bridge against snow showers

Bridlington harbour


Flamborough head







in the wild icy wind

The Yorkshire Wolds ...

... with Hockney trees

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