High

View from Pic Blanc, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2024
View from Pic Blanc, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2024

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Intoxicating

longest black run in the world

ready to ski off.

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by Scooj

First view


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View, Alpes d’Huez, France, January 2024
View, Alpes d’Huez, France, January 2024

From our balcony

north facing slopes in deep snow

sunny day ahead

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by Scooj

Snow report

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Obsessive checking

snow reports for Alpe d’Huez

unbearable wait

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by Scooj

Souris

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La petite souris

manger des miettes par terre

il devrait dormir

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par Scooj

Inversion

Inversion, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2023
Inversion, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2023

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Islands in the mist

towns and villages submerged

angel dust falling

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by Scooj

 

 

Injury to insult

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Hyperextension

sustained walking down mountain

after skis were pinched

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by Scooj

Not skiing 🤬

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Stopped for mountain lunch

some pillock ‘borrowed’ my skis

long ski-boot walk home

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by Scooj

Arcadia

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A view of the alps

listening to Beethoven

with a cup of tea

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by Scooj

Thursday doors – 19 January 2023

Doors 206 – More Bristol (and France) street art and graffiti doors

I have found myself, once again, with very little time to sort out Thursday doors this week, so I am rummaging around in my archives for some more street art/graffiti doors, all of which have appeared on Natural Adventures before in posts about street art. These doors were originally posted in February and March 2022, although the photographs range from April 2016 to March 2022. Enjoy.

Haka, Thomas Street, Bristol, April 2016
Haka, Thomas Street, Bristol, April 2016

Hazard, Jamaica Street, Bristol, March 2022
Hazard, Jamaica Street, Bristol, March 2022

Bogat, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2022
Bogat, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2022

Maybe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2022
Maybe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2022

3Dom, The Carriageworks, Bristol, March 2022
3Dom, The Carriageworks, Bristol, March 2022

Unknown artist, Franklyn Lane, Bristol, February 2022
Unknown artist, Franklyn Lane, Bristol, February 2022

Graffiti and doors in the mountains, Alpe d'Huez, France, February 2022
Graffiti and doors in the mountains, Alpe d’Huez, France, February 2022

I won’t be posting any doors next week as I will be enjoying the snow in France once again, but I will, of course, be thinking of you all. Have a fabulous weekend.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj

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Thursday Doors – 3 March 2022

Doors 175 – Mountain doors, Alpe d’Huez, February 2022 (2)

This is the second and final Thursday doors from a recent skiing trip to the French Alps. Not many doors in this post, but I was there to enjoy the skiing, the views and the company, doors I’m afraid were a bit of an afterthought (Thursday doors heresy?).

Still very busy at work, so this will be mercifully brief. Enjoy.

Graffiti and doors in the mountains, Alpe d'Huez, France, February 2022
Graffiti and doors in the mountains, Alpe d’Huez, France, February 2022

 

Mountain hut door, Alpe d'Huez, France, February 2022
Mountain hut door, Alpe d’Huez, France, February 2022

 

Utilitarian doors, Alpe d'Huez, France, February 2022
Utilitarian doors, Alpe d’Huez, France, February 2022

 

That’s it for this week. My thoughts are with the people of Ukraine, much else feels a little pointless at the moment, but I guess we must carry on.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors  from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj