Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon

Despite heavy rain overnight, the remnants of the snow drifts on higher ground remained. Tim and I crunched our way through the compacted ice and meltwater streams across the Cotswold plateau. We ate all our chocs, took pictures for research purposes re. Tim's winter paintings and generally scared the horses.  The relaxing came later. 

Shurdington Hill

Day 2: The Flying Turtinos took us to their local peak, where we enjoyed sole occupancy for 2 hours of daring-do. After eating all our snacks in the mountains, the hot soup back at basecamp was very welcome and delicious. No-one had to go to A&E and as ever, we took lots of pictures of ourselves!

Downhill

We went up the hill for some downhill action. Checkout the first snow movie for two years. 

Big White Flakes

Big white flakes arrived to the usual chaos. Sledging planned for when it packs down a bit. 

Sunday On The Top

A view towards Cowley on a bright afternoon

Top Wave

We put a star on a reasonably priced board: Mr Turtino refused to be deterred by a lost paddle or a snapped leash, as he ripped up all that The Ho! could throw at him. Mr Will peppered the day with long words he had learned at university; Mr Luke claimed wave of the day, as he messed about at the top of an overhead his father was also on. Top day chaps, particularly the full English en route. We created a board stack 'Bali Style':

Better pictures on the Turtino blog

New Year Walk

Sun! Hope 2013 stays like this! We wandered in the woods to ease  away the afterglow of a fun night seeing in the New Year.