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The packing is done
and the minibus awaits
au revoir mountains
.
by Scooj
Tag: Skiing
Sarenne
.
Day five Sarenne tamed
longest black run in Europe
indomitable
.
by Scooj
Ski tracker disappointment
.
Smashed it on the slopes
fast, stylish, covered distance
Ski Tracker switched off
.
by Scooj
Thursday doors – 1 August
Doors 79 – Flaine, France doors (3)
Alright… I have had a couple of weeks off from Thursday doors, mainly because I have been pretty busy at work and just ran out of time. I am still pretty busy but have carved out a few moments to give you my third and final set of doors from a skiing trip to Flaine in France back in March of this year.
The ski resort was built in the brutalist style, so if you are expecting ‘chocolate box’ doors then probably best to skip the rest of this post. These doors are ugly, but even ugly doors have some fascination, in the case of most of these it is their functionality.
Enjoy if you can:
That’s it… collective relief all round. Some rather nicer doors next week, maybe.
Please go take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
Have a great end of week and weekend.
Scooj
Thursday doors
Doors 66. Flaine, France, 4 April 2019
No ‘chocolate box’ photographs here I’m afraid.
Flaine is a very high ski resort in the French Alps conceived in 1960 and completed in 1969. The brutalist style of concrete apartment blocks sets up a synergy or contrast with the Alpine landscape, depending on your point of view. An excellent essay on the development of Flaine by Alastair Philip Wiper can be found here and is worth a read if you are interested in architecture.
So my photographs are perhaps not what you’d expect from a skiing trip in the Alps… sorry. There are however doors, you get them everywhere, perhaps just not so quaint.
Enjoy if you can…
So there it is. Flaine doors (part one).
Access to more superb doors can be found at the inspired Norm 2.0 blog (check out the comments section for links)
by Scooj
Vin chaud
.
A gift from the Gods
accepted with gratitude,
thoroughly deserved.
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by Scooj
Half a metre
A billion, billion
snowflakes obscure mountain views
the best day ever.
by Scooj
Expectation
Dark birds (are they choughs?)
circle menacingly as
skiiers hit the slopes.
by Scooj
Rain in Flaine
Disappointing start
heavy rain instead of snow
forecast improving.
by Scooj
48 sleeps
It’s the excitement
checking snow reports daily
skiing on my mind.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 