Courtesy of Oli A Dannat: the high drama of watching two slightly narked cows argue over a few square feet of grazing. Enjoy:
Archives for april 2008
Cow fighting
Take a load of excited bovines who’ve spent the whole winter in a shed and then let them loose, and they get a bit feisty.
Add a bunch of Swiss farmers who’ve spent the morning drinking wine in the sunshine and arguing about who’s got the biggest cow, and, to be honest, you’re in for an amusing afternoon.
This year the Combat des Reines was back in Chable, and it looked a little something like this:
And Maryse is a legend…
Not only is it Maryse’s birthday today, she decided to celebrate by doing the Patrouille des Glaciers starting four am today…
The PDG is a big deal – like a marathon across the mountains on skis – and there are two versions: one from Arrolla, and one from Zermatt (which is the longer of the two and reserved for the clinically insane).
And the Swiss military get heavily involved, too, which is why my afternoon (hangover recovery) nap has just been interrupted by six fighter jets trying to get as close to our balcony as was humanly possible. Er, thanks.
Rocky Horrific
Yellow Maike’s last night in T-Bar
Well, nearly – he’s back tonight for the Rocky Horror show end of season party, and some more of this…
The ES staff night out. Messy. Very messy. And it looked a bit like this (no in depth analysis or explanations – I don’t think I’m feeling capable):