top of page
The Feed
Mar 8, 20232 min read
MARCH: The Cresta Run
Switzerland’s Cresta Run is a natural ice toboggan run first built in the winter of 1884/5. It is built from scratch every year with...
Mar 2, 20234 min read
MARCH: Tobogganing
I will come to grips with the terminology. SLED (American) and SLEDGE (British) are both from the Dutch sleedse. While TOBOGGAN is from...
Jan 26, 20232 min read
JANUARY: Shovelling Snow
I moved to Switzerland in 2012. That was their coldest winter in 30years. It started snowing in October. Even P was caught unprepared...
Jan 19, 20233 min read
JANUARY: Cats in the Snow
My son M has 2 Balinese cats. He was promised rabbits when we moved to Switzerland. The back corner of the house next to the trampoline...
Jan 12, 20232 min read
JANUARY: Too Much Snow?
I read some of the British papers and it’s always dire news when they have snow. I guess they never used to get so much, not enough...
Jan 5, 20232 min read
JANUARY: Let it snow!
Snow is late this year. Usually it’s possible to ski by Christmas. Not in 2022. People were skiing on narrow strips of artificial snow...
bottom of page