Saturday, 28 July 2012

Technical Problems

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Hello, I am up to date with postings, some of which have been resent. They are getting the Blackberry tick, but they aren't getting thro...
Friday, 27 July 2012

On Holiday in the Lechtaler Alpen - Day 2 Württemberger Haus (2220m) to Hanauer Hütte (1920m)

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A fabulous mountain day which exhausts my (albeit limited) vocabulary of superlatives. I'd thought of returning to this area many a time...
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Thursday, 26 July 2012

On Holiday in the Lechtaler Alpen - Day 1 Memmingerhütte (2242m) to Württemberger Haus (2220m)

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Despite its imperfections we got to quite like Memmingerhütte, especially when treated to extra coffee after breakfast by Manuel. We'd s...
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Wednesday, 25 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 20 - Zams (775m) to Memmingerhütte (2242m)

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(Based on Sue's diary entry) We enjoyed a leisurely start to a hard day. Breakfast at 8am, a quick supermarket visit, and we were on our...
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E5 in reverse - Day 19 - Braunschweiger Hütte to Zams - the reconstructed text

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Here's a reconstruction of what was previously inadvertently deleted. Braunschweiger Hütte, reached via a steep pull past whistling marm...
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 19 - Braunschweiger Hütte (2759m) to Zams (775m)

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Sadly, today's carefully crafted entry was inadvertently deleted just as it was being sent, so a briefer version will follow later. I...
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Sunday, 22 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 18 - Sölden (1500m) to Braunschweiger Hütte (2759m)

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After our most agreeable holiday in Sölden, we enjoyed another of Erika's (sorry, spelt wrong yesterday) breakfasts and headed off to th...
Saturday, 21 July 2012

E5 in reverse - On Holiday in Sölden (Day 2)

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Sue is devastated. Her date with an Austrian pin-up was cancelled. Due to bad weather. Not that it has been particularly bad, but with th...
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Friday, 20 July 2012

E5 in reverse - On Holiday in Sölden (Day 1)

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A rest day. Sue is pictured outside our hotel before we went into 'town', and the second picture was taken from our balcony whe...
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E5 in reverse - Day 17 - Zwieselstein (1450m) to Sölden (1500m)

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We were happy to pay an extra €3 last night for our private room (€15 each instead of €12) when we got back from exploring the poorly waymar...
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Thursday, 19 July 2012

E5 in reverse - The End of Phase Three

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We are here at Haus Wiesenblick in Soëlden, where we received the friendliest of greetings and some pear schnapps. The sun is shining, al...
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E5 in reverse - Day 16 - Moos in Passeier (1007m) to Zwieselstein (1450m)

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We enjoyed another great mountain day in perfect weather. Christian provided the last of the breakfasts we have got used to in Italy - fruit...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 15 - Pfandleralm (1350m) to Moos in Passeier (1007m)

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This was our last full day in Italy, albeit German speaking Italy. Tonight's host, Christian at Pension Maria, tells us we will notice ...
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Monday, 16 July 2012

Day 14 - The Missing Pictures

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E5 in reverse - Day 14 - Meranerhütte (1930m) to Pfandleralm (1350m)

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A magnificent mountain day. Today had everything you could wish for as a walker high in the Alps. Overnight rain finally cleared the atmosp...
Sunday, 15 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 13 - Bolzano (262m) to Meranerhütte (1930m)

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After all our recent laziness, the 7am alarm was largely ignored. As the shops weren't open last night, we failed to top up our supplie...
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Saturday, 14 July 2012

On Holiday in Bolzano (Day 2) - Runkelstein Fortress

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You'll be pleased to hear that there will be no more 'Path of the Legends' stories - they are all pretty awful and the one we di...
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On Holiday in Bolzano (Day 1)

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We awoke to rain, and it has been showery all day. We hope Josh managed ok on his big day to Levico Terme. After managing until 11am wit...
Friday, 13 July 2012

Titch the Giant

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Once, there lived an emperor who kept a very strong giant at his court. He was sure that there was no stronger giant in the whole world. W...

E5 in reverse - Day 12 - Weißenstein (1527m) to Bolzano (262m)

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Yesterday, after our late afternoon descent through woods laden with black squirrels, buzzards, nutcrackers, chaffinches and other bird spec...