tobogganing the austrian way
March 5th, 2010
If we aren’t skiing or snowboarding on the mountains then we need to find other methods of sliding around the countryside. Cue, tobogganing. Bum board, shovels, inflatable tyres….
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schafsiedel ski touring
April 14th, 2009
Ski touring is a relatively new experience for me. I’m starting to understand why we are seeing and hearing more and more about ski tourers over the last few years. The tranquility and…
turtle club
April 9th, 2009
It seems like the titles for our blog posts are getting stranger and stranger. Is this a blog about winter skiing holidays and mountain bike holidays or just random ramblings? We promise…
skiing isn’t everything
March 31st, 2009
Over the last few weeks, we’ve shown you many photos (there are lots more on our flickr page and our guest gallery) and written about our adventures skiing with the guests. There has been the occasional…
up up and away
January 21st, 2009
One moment you’re sat behind your desk, tapping away at the keyboard, wishing you were outside skiing. Then, you get a call and your wife says that there is a spare place in a hot air balloon and would I like to go?…
exploring the skiwelt
December 15th, 2008
With a load of new yellow stars dotted all over the Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser Brixental piste map saying NEU! I took the time to go and reccie as much as I could today. A lot of the development this year has taken place in Soell so it was there that I was headed…
skiwelt season open
December 8th, 2008
With the latest dumping of snow, I was excited about getting out for a bit of skiing. Only a couple of hours as I had home duties to attend to. The ’skiwelt’ (ski world) that we live in…
noah william holt
December 3rd, 2008
It has been a woefully long time since we’ve posted on our blog, apologies to our readers. The simple and 100% fantastic reason is that we’ve had a little boy! Manu and baby Noah are happy and healthy and after a little bit of an extended stay…
autumn apple pressing
October 29th, 2008
With the numerous apple trees dotted across the landscape at the farm, it is not surprising that there are huge numbers of apples ready for eating at this time of year. A number go in to apple strudels and various…
facelift for the ramblings
October 3rd, 2008
Life should be simple. Well that is our philosophy away. Times can be hectic and we’ve certainly found that in the last couple of years! Moving over to Austria, setting up a new home and…
