At the mid-station

A last blast

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February 23rd 2018
Our eager opening of the blinds this morning was met with cloud. Very low cloud which even prevented us seeing the nearby beginners runs. However, we decided that it was lighter than last time we had cloud so we set off up the mountain. After a couple of hundred metres we exited the immediate cloud to see the scenery opening up. However there was another layer of cloud above the height of the moun ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more