Below I show four particular shots taken by myself (oh and Sue of course) to try and let you imagine the scenery we encountered. The highlight of the ‘helicopter’ ride was the landing on a snow field and the views from that field. Luckily for us there had been some snow over the past 48 hours so the ‘soot’ from the forest fires in Victoria Australia had been covered over. The temperature was still as it was at sea level and we had wrapped up for what we thought would be low temperatures but with no wind there was no heat loss and we sweltered !! My ‘boo boo’ was that when Sue came to take videos from the helicopter I had forgotten to put the memory card back onto the camera. The sky was not the only thing that was blue the ‘whispered’ language from Sue to me was of the same colour !! 2nd faux par – this holiday Sues says THERE WON’T BE A THIRD !!
Hope you enjoy our shots….
Sue and I on the snow field which is just below Mt Cook
The Fox Glacier
The Franz Josef Glacier 
Mount Cook (From the snow field)
Bye for now be in touch soon….
Ian, Sue,
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking - reminds me of my school trips to Switzerland and Austria.
I thought it was supposed to be a polar bear on top of a foxes glacier - not two intrepid explorers from Wilmslow.
Hi Mum and Dad it's Pete and Fi here, we've just been looking at your blog of the glacier, very envious! Looks like there could be some good skiing there, really looking forward to seeing the video!!!!! Wally springs to mind, you're not doing me any favours Dad, as Fi thinks I could be like that too....what does she mean! You are not missing too much here. Wedding plans progressing, Fi has counted exactly how many days until the weding 255, which worries me (alot). She isn't too much of a bridezilla yet, but give her time.
ReplyDeleteLots of Love Peter and Fi.
P.S. Fi says thank you for her Birthday present.
Hi Sue and Ian, looks like you are having a fantastic time, really jealous, who knows maybe one day!! Looking forward to the tales of your adventures on your return.
ReplyDeleteSue, think you should take ownership and possession of both the Video and the Camera, what is it we say about not being able to trust men!!
Love to both, C xx
Hi both, all I can say is WOW! Now looking through holiday brochures, Nothing new happening in rain Atherton, but looking forward to going to Far Pav on saturday night with Steven, Julia and Ilona. Beth says hi and thanks for postcard sounds like your hol got off to a good start in Singapore. She snowed under with homework at moment. Waiting for next instalment lub al and beth x
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