An extract from this book – Sports the Olympics Forgot. ======== Vlad Tepes, who signed himself Dracula, was born in the Transylvanian town of Sighisoara in the winter of 1431. The Old Town with its cobbled streets and beautiful buildings is a magnet for tourists during the months of summer. However, on December 21st the […]
An extract from this book – Sports the Olympics Forgot. ======== Trevelez is a beautiful village in the Sierra Nevada mountains just to the south-east of Granada. This village is situated around 1,500 metres above sea level, making it the highest in Spain. Some of the streets in the village are narrow and others are […]
Goat This excerpt is from the book entitled The Goat Parva Murders an English Murder Mystery book set in the countryside, starring two policemen who have been working together for a few years and get along really well. There’s lots of dialogue and banter with some humour thrown in amongst the murders and suspects. ========== […]
An extract from the book – Sports the Olympics Forgot. ========= This energy-sapping event from Flin Flon was the inspiration for a section of the closing ceremony of the Turin Olympics. In this marathon event competitors ski 30km across open terrain to a frozen lake where they cut a hole in the ice with a […]
Goat This excerpt is from the book entitled The Goat Parva Murders an English Murder Mystery book set in the countryside, starring two policemen who have been working together for a few years and get along really well. There’s lots of dialogue and banter with some humour thrown in amongst the murders and suspects. ========== […]
An extract from the book – Sports the Olympics Forgot. ========= The biggest event of the sports calendar in Revelstoke is the Snow-shoe Snowball contest held on Valentine’s Day since 1872. This event combines the stamina required to snowshoe 10km over hilly terrain with the accuracy of a marksman. During the snow-shoe, the participants […]
Wow! Looks incredible! Beautiful picture
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