See the March 2004 Random Rant for a very thorough account of this year's ski holiday to St Anton am Arlberg, 17th-23rd March 2004. Quick word of explanation about Barnaby Bear...! If you're wondering why there is a teddy bear in a few of these photos, it's because my housemate's sister Emma is a primary school teacher and their class teddy bear has a mission to travel the world, but hadn't been anywhere yet. Emma asked me to take him skiing and take some pictures and collect ticket stubs, brochures etc so that she could show her class that Barnaby had been somewhere. She's even made a little travel diary for him! Not being one to let a whole class down, I agreed and took Barnaby up on the Saturday. Hopefully you can see that he had as much fun as we did, ski pole up the arse not included!
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The Munich Olympic Park as viewed from the top of the Olympic Tower
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Mike at the top of the tower with Munich below
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In St Anton - the view from our balcony!
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Photos cannot do this place justice
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Matt Mike and Me at the highest point we could ski from!
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Mike waiting around for me to take this photo of the awesome scenery!
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Barnarby Bear at the bottom of the mountains, notice the grass where the snow had melted
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Barnaby enjoys the view!
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Me on top of the world, well nearly!
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Jimbo Matt Mike and Matt's Dad - just about to do a nice black run
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Certainly beats the view of the coats in the corner I have at work!
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Matt on part of a red run in Zurs, check out the steepness! I fell down most of this one
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Barnaby enjoying the sun
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Snow bridge! You literally ski over the road and get the conveyer belt to the lift
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Me looking nice and happy, head literally above the clouds!
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Barnaby again
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Matt and his dad just about to enter a cloud on a ski lift
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This was a red run in Zurs, the photo hides just how stupidly steep it was
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Action shot of me on one of the nice easy blue runs in the valley, lovely freshly pisted snow first thing in the morning
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Yes that is me. My falling over was welcome, I had a quick chance to cool down! What's with the random lolly pop lady though...!
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Another wannabe action shot, I need to be a better skiier before we see any real action though!
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Moving very slowly for the photo, but enjoying the nice tree lined descent
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This lift took a full 11 minutes to get up, but it was a stunning view and the run back down was a great one!
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The last run of the holiday, wish I was still there!
