Wall Maul

Early Feb
Still going well at Harrogate

Peter makes good use of the tuffa and goes for the jug-u-like

Valentine's weekend

Saturday 13th - trip out West

By Loughrigg Tarn

Gimmer !!


New jacket makes debut

Sunday 14th

All set for Valentine Supper!

61

Saturday Feb 6th

Birthday Weekend - the end of year 61
J&G round for meal Friday
To the pictures (Dad's Army) Saturday matinee and a Steak and Chips Supper

Thanks for all the great cards, CD's, Sports Bag, Socks and Piano Lesson!!


Here's to another great year!

Bowie Was

Monday 11th January
Woke up hearing series of DB tracks on radio interspersed with commentary in the past tense....
Nicky Campbell cemented the mounting sense of dread.

Played Quicksand
"Don't believe in yourself
Don't deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death's release"

Albums
Most of em

Concerts
June 6th 1973 Sheffield City Hall (Second Show)

August 5th 1997 Nottingham Rock City

DB opens with Quicksand at Rock City

Me, Margaret and Clive with about 1700 other souls
Some favourite live action here
One-take Bowie in full cocaine-fueled raw-throated glory

Sneak Ski Week in the Massif de Mont Blanc

9th - 16th January in
Les Houches
Apartment Kandahar B12 with Sue and Rog
Right opposite the Belle Vue Teleferique

Friday
Travel out, Ferry for a change

After a long dry mild spell there has been a big dump followed by a big drench, raining hard at village level on arrival and all day Saturday.  So had a drive up the valley to le Tour, where it was snowing heavy at 1400m, but we didn't go up

Sunday
Another dreary day in the village, but togged up and took the local (Bellevue) cable up.

Her Luminescence returns!

Monday
Bowie Was
More rain
Poor viz
Trip though tunnel to Courmayeur
Cafe Grande on Via Roma

11km under the roof of Europe

In Courmayeur where it all began

Lots more snow over there

Tuesday

The forecast snow at village level arrived over night

Geared up and headed up the hill

Snow conditions much improved, not much in the way of piste bashing so pretty fluid skiing everywhere.

Much better viz than expected given how poor it was lower down

Home fires burning
Blizzard outside

Wednesday
15 cm of pure white snow overnight in the village

All aboard!

After a mixed morning and a great lunch at the Vielles Luges (a fabulous little spot in the woods off the piste) things opened up for a brilliant afternoons skiing right up to the last ride down at 16.45.

Mont Blanc presents itself in truly awesome scale from up on the Prarion

Quick coffee at 4pm before the last gasp dash across the system to catch the last teleferique down

Sunset over Mont Joly from the Bellevue 'Frique

Thursday

Last day on the hill, snowing early doors, boys only going up.

Action packed day in all sorts of conditions, lunch at La Taniere off the back.  Rustic!

Real mountain men.....

Last ride down...

A bientot Les Houches

Sunny Langton

Tuesday - finally a decent day to get out

(Sunday was good but had visitors)

Met a very nice chatty catty in Langton

Whiskas Galore

Christmas 2015

At West House

Wednesday - meet up en route at Newark
Thursday - pamperage and prep
Friday - blow out!
Saturday - Regroup, the STAR WARS at the Station Cinema
Sunday - Geordies!  Curry!

Lots of laughs and some great music nights thanks to the YouTube White Room archive, and great Sunday Funday with our folks from the North - Film Buff-oonery!

Festive Festoonery

Festive Rudolphery

Great Grub!

All home made!
Make mine a double

Festive
Force

Sunday Gang!

#Thali
@WH

Festive
Finger
-ography

Pantheon additions