Journey back from Boží Dar to Hamburg

 the view

 Boží Dar

 road covered in snow with Ice ,

This journey is around 610 km and takes around 6 hours, Snow had fallen across Germany and was still snowing,

Note from Dad
We use Winter Tyres or cold weather tyres  which are compulsory in the Czech  Republic and recommended in Germany (to avoid a fine) in  snow,ice or winter condtions  , the highest it got was - 2 and lowest - 14c
We use these in the UK  for around 7 months as we take the safety of our vehicle in cold weather seriously, as  the morning and evening temp which does not go above 7c as they work more effectively below 7c than standard tyres.

   http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jan/19/are-winter-tyres-worth-the-cost
In the CZ
as this area is subject to severe snow falls some falls have been 40cm over this holiday  and the hills are very steep we  keep a set of snow chains in the car  and know how to use them,

Snow Blizzard Boží Dar -15C ,

 http://www.bozi-dar.eu/cz/

 Heavy snow now

 Leo's eyebrows are covered in Ice

 time to go to the playground

Czech Republic to Germany and Back again light snow -9c feel factor -15c

 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