setting off it was -9 but the wind chill was low at -15, Leo's cover had frozen straight away , the cover had gone brittle ,
fresh snow with more due great !
buried in snow the play ground , spielplatz in German
the wind chill in this exposed part had dropped to -20!
I put up another hood to reduce the effect of the wind
It began to snow the snow was very small flakes !
It was better in the forest !
one of the snow drifts , it was frozen so easy to walk on !
all the trees were covered in snow !
It was very beautiful
Leo has 5 layers on him , we have spare clothing on us, a map , I have a compass, a whistle a strobe light just in case ,
Evie carries a whistle and strobe light
on our way towards German Czech border
The Border with Germany, Pozor means beware !
standing between the Czech Republic and Germany
signs in Czech and German
http://www.czech.cz/en/Home-en
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://famouswonders.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/czech-republic-flag.png&imgrefurl=http://famouswonders.com/flag-of-czech-republic/&h=183&w=275&sz=1&tbnid=uYcPpQyr175sNM:&tbnh=151&tbnw=227&zoom=1&usg=__bCgz7906ojktQcp6Whi5ZYzDv30=&docid=KlFpX3JI83nDPM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XjdAUYr-Ce3A7Aa98YDgBA&sqi=2&ved=0CLUBEPwdMA4
In Germany !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
https://www.deutschland.de/en
The trees were beautiful!
Evie Practising climbing snow drifts,
you can see the fresh snow !
one of the circular pattern trees !
a snow covered tree!
my dad showed us which trees were best to survive a night out under and also from a blizzard
you can see the cross country ski tracks also the push chair
the hi viz jacket has a high viz marking which appears to flash when you move your arms ,
learning how to cross snow drifts
It was snowing now only the recent tracks you can see , the three wheeler tracks are distinct
the Czech and German Border , this was east Germany so the border was not as protected as the East West divide from the last war ,
the no man land , Me , mum and Evie on the German Side, Dad and Leo inbetween CZ and DE
German Czech border
in CZ,
can you see the Skier ?
we had some biscuits the jam had frozen in them! so they were hard but still tasted nice !
this highlights the snow !
great walk , tiring as it was 7 km for Evie
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