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MARCH: The Cresta Run
Switzerland’s Cresta Run is a natural ice toboggan run first built in the winter of 1884/5. It is built from scratch every year with...
Mar 8, 20232 min read


MARCH: Tobogganing
I will come to grips with the terminology. SLED (American) and SLEDGE (British) are both from the Dutch sleedse. While TOBOGGAN is from...
Mar 2, 20234 min read


JANUARY: Shovelling Snow
I moved to Switzerland in 2012. That was their coldest winter in 30years. It started snowing in October. Even P was caught unprepared...
Jan 26, 20232 min read


JANUARY: Cats in the Snow
My son M has 2 Balinese cats. He was promised rabbits when we moved to Switzerland. The back corner of the house next to the trampoline...
Jan 19, 20233 min read


JANUARY: Too Much Snow?
I read some of the British papers and it’s always dire news when they have snow. I guess they never used to get so much, not enough...
Jan 12, 20232 min read


JANUARY: Let it snow!
Snow is late this year. Usually it’s possible to ski by Christmas. Not in 2022. People were skiing on narrow strips of artificial snow...
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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