tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post736404193553661917..comments2024-03-28T17:30:22.269+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Cresta Run, St Moritz: a historyHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29214054714805865292010-02-24T10:03:36.106+11:002010-02-24T10:03:36.106+11:00Thanks everyone. Just because a sport is hair rais...Thanks everyone. Just because a sport is hair raising and probably lunatic, does not mean its history is not fascinating. Especially since the surrounding social history is also worth knowing.<br /><br />Mr Doolan, the question of the British Swiss connection is worth following up. Apparently the first ski tour in the Alps took place in 1894 when some Swiss lads teamed up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, crossing from Davos to Arosa. Conan-Doyle's wife had TB and they were living in the area at the time, hoping the clean air would cure her disease.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-38158760639920172502010-02-24T05:30:28.770+11:002010-02-24T05:30:28.770+11:00Terrific... I am a teacher at the European scool L...Terrific... I am a teacher at the European scool Luxembourg and and with pupils we've been following the Olympics and as a Brit i made quite a story about Amy Williams gold in the skeleton. I will do further study and feature your story...definitely<br /><br />Thankseukinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663142179593080472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84740286151258970022010-02-22T18:01:12.571+11:002010-02-22T18:01:12.571+11:00Hey, what an interesting post for this old Kiwi to...Hey, what an interesting post for this old Kiwi to read.Keep them coming.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />PeterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952914908453937218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-30476504929408749792010-02-22T17:49:24.455+11:002010-02-22T17:49:24.455+11:00Hi Helen,
I loved reading your account of this run...Hi Helen,<br />I loved reading your account of this run which is not so faraway from my neck of the woods. I must admit I didn't know this run, so thanks for informing me. There is a big I have seen in the shops here in Switzerland called "How The British Made the Alps" by Jim Ring (John Murray, 2000. Now I feel that I should really get myself a copy and read it because I'm, sure it is a fascinating history.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.com