Saturday, February 18, 2017

Kaprun Ski 2017

Half-term ski & snowboard trip to Kaprun in Austria :-)

Check out the video here: 

Dinner with some of the gang in the Baum Bar....Dab Dab Dab....
Lisa on the slopes of the Maiskogel with the Kitzsteinhorn in the background....
Seth, Joe and Finn ready for their lessons....
Joe with his ski instructor..... ;-)
Karen on her first and last run.  Unfortunately the dodgy knees after her op made her hang up the snowboard for this week....
Geoff and Oscar in the mountains....
Lisa riding the powder :-)
Boarder Dude Simon....
Lisa on a chair lift over the Kitzsteinhorn glacier....
Karen, Lisa, Joe, Oscar, Geoff and Travis at the Kaprun Night-time Snow and Yodelling Show....
That's me riding the soft stuff :-)
The Ice Bar.  Three igloos containing a bar and some cool ice sculptures...
Lisa heading for a drink at the Ice Bar....
More big mountain action....
Kaprun pizza with Geoffer....
Joe skivved off his lessons and came out with me and Lisa....
Up on the glacier...
Celebrating the end of ski lessons.  George and Joe on the left.  Birte, their Finnish ski instructor, on the right....
The Fellows gang at the veeeeery top....
The funicular to the very top, and underneath us the X1 off-piste ski run....
I sneaked out early one morning with Simon and Paul....
Joe and Lisa are the last ones off the mountain...again....
Fellows ski race....
On the way back to the airport we stopped at Hohenwerfen Castle....
And had a wander round Werfen.....very quiet....shhhhh...
Coffee and strudel in Werfen...
Joe with his hand luggage....
Great trip....looking forward to the next one already.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Joe in the Sports Mail

Joe's footy match was featured in the Sports Mail this week.  There as a cool picture of him on a half page spread....
Up The Castle...