We got into the terminal and joined the queue for the ferry in good time. After the heat of the last week the dockside breeze was a bit of a reality check. We were hoping we might be able to get an earlier ferry but Sea France had other ideas…………
Realising that it might be [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Chamonix - School’s Out For Summer
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Foreign Trips and Uncategorized. 1 CommentChamonix - Homeward Bound
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Foreign Trips and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsAnd so it was that the dawn – recovering from a traumatic week of breakages - managed to creep into the valley like a thief in the night. Quite remarkable really because it needed to cope with some really thick mountain fog. Full marks for perseverance and improved technique.
07:00 and the hotel resounded to [...]
As has happened every day so far, dawn has broken although so far, no-one has actually given us a bill for the breakages. We’re quite glad as we don’t actually feel it’s our fault. Last night we saw a couple of clouds lurking but they crept away during the night. So once [...]
Holland continues with another excellent day out. We travelled into Belgium to visit Bobbejaanland Theme Park - well worth the trip. The Preston Lodge guys ‘n’ gals hit the rides with their usual bravado - no ride is too scary for us. Bring it on!
Mrs Christie played a key role today guarding [...]
Chamonix - Nessun Dorma (”None Shall Sleep” - after 06:00 anyway)
Published by June 25th, 2008 in Foreign Trips. 5 CommentsTuesday
So yet again the dawn broke, quietly, across the mountains. We were expecting it this
time so it wasn’t really a surprise. It must be pretty fragile though if it keeps breaking like that. However, this morning the sun rising was followed very closely by our pupils rising too. When we told [...]
Hi again from Holland
The weather is really hot.
Today we started at the Chairlift (up the mountain - well it counts as a mountain in Holland!!!). We then had about an hour of Rodelbahn-ing.
We then had some lunch and went on a train ride through the lime caves in Valkenburg. These have been around since Roman [...]
Monday on the Holland trip.
Everyone was down for breakfast at 8am - well almost everyone - some needed a second wake up call.
The journey to Phantasialand took us just over an hour and driver Joe got us to the park for just after opening time.
The weather was scorching all day so hats, shades and sunscreen [...]
Chamonix - We Are Sailing
Published by June 23rd, 2008 in Foreign Trips and Uncategorized. 8 CommentsThe Prologue
“Woe, woe and thrice woe” as Lurcio used to say (Up Pompeii, UK Gold). As night fell we had all gone off to bed. Having coped with Martin’s injury, various bumps and bruises, stomach cramps and travel sickness we were convinced that all was now well and we could relax. [...]
Hi everyone Holland Calling
On Saturday morning we set of from the school for the drive to Hull. We stopped a couple of times on the way, and arrived at the ferry in good time. Once we were settled into our cabins we had our buffet dinner which was fantastic!
In the evening there was a choice [...]
Chamonix - Climb Every Mountain
Published by June 22nd, 2008 in Foreign Trips and Uncategorized. 8 CommentsSunday
Dawn broke early again. Seems to be something of a habit. Either that or it’s accident-prone. Once again the sky was blue, the sun was golden and warm, and it was totally calm. However the hotel is silent. Everyone is slumbering deeply. So deeply in fact [...]
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