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Slovakia

‘Petra Vlhova’: Born To Ski In The Liptov Region

March 25, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

It reads like a Hollywood movie script, ‘hometown girl skies to victory on the very slopes where she learnt to ski as a child, before going on to become the Alpine World Cup Ski Champion’. […]

Austria

Winter Splendour In Austria’s Ski Amadé Region

February 1, 2019 Our Man On The Ground 0

The soaring spire of the village church pricks the skyline with needlestick precision. It is the highest, most slender, in the Salzburg Pinzgau region at 76m and when we arrive in the picturesque alpine village […]

European Travel

The St Moritz Olympia Bobsleigh Run

February 12, 2018 Our Man On The Ground 0

Devilishly quick…Mark Nicholls experiences the superfast bobsleigh course in stylish St Moritz It is devilishly fast: within a matter of seconds you are nudging speeds of 100kph as the sleek red bullet of an Olympic […]