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Snow in Australia. And Verbier.

15/08/2010 - Yup, whilst we're pretending it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere (in spite of all the rain) Sanna and Oli have headed south for more snow. Now, whilst it's...

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The Lake Challenge – T Bar Launch

09/08/2010 - As you all know, the big challenge is next Sunday. Neil is to row the length of Lake Geneva (Leman) and Gareth is the cycle round it. They...

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Rowing: impressive stuff. Rowing Lake Geneva: a bit bonkers.

03/08/2010 - [caption id="attachment_4696" align="alignleft" width="194"] Neil sets off onto the lake.[/caption] Yes, I think we've all watched Pinsent and Redgrave powering along in their little boats and thought "That's very...

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Swiss National Day. Every country should celebrate it.

02/08/2010 - I might have mentioned before the Swiss propensity to celebrate things with cheese and alcohol, and on 26 September 1993 they voted to have another one. Swiss National...

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Possibly the best place in the world.

01/08/2010 - I had a great text from a mate in London this week: "So what are you actually doing in Switzerland when there's no snow?". His understandable points were what...

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It’s not everyday…

28/07/2010 - ...that you see something like this when you are walking the dog... It turns out it was a Toyota from the Verbier Festival in the stream of the Moulin..!...

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