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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #345 on: April 30, 2010, 08:42:15 AM »
....and trees finally burst into leaf, shimmering in the sunlight, a tender green.
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #346 on: April 30, 2010, 08:43:44 AM »
On the last leg now, cascading to the foot of the valley, the snowmelt water spreads its spray and thunders on its way to join the River Rhone….
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #347 on: April 30, 2010, 08:46:00 AM »
Here Spring has started in earnest with blossom on the fruit trees and leaves sprouting on the vine.
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #348 on: April 30, 2010, 08:49:52 AM »
All along the waterway life is in full swing
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #349 on: April 30, 2010, 08:52:22 AM »
...and soon the green will creep everywhere back up the mountain, clothing its exterior in Spring fashion. 
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #350 on: April 30, 2010, 08:53:06 AM »
The lifeblood of the mountain is cold and blue but the heart of the mountain is warming and with steady beat will reveal its colours in the Alpine flowers of Spring.
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #351 on: April 30, 2010, 01:50:24 PM »
Another great "randonnée" through the Alps in early Spring Robin !!
The chrystal clear, heavenly blue of the Alpine skies is so inspiring...
Thank you so much for letting us breath the fresh air !!  :D :D

We had 27°C yesterday  :D - a huge thunderstorm with heavy rain yesterday evening  >:( and 15°C, windy and covered today...  :-\ typically Belgian weather...
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #352 on: April 30, 2010, 02:00:40 PM »
So pleased the blue skies filtered through to you Luc and that you enjoyed the Spring walk, or several walks actually, to trace the river.  I plan to go further upstream in the summer  :)

We have had strange Spring weather here this year and a hazy effect in the valley generally.  Perhaps one can blame some of it on Volcanic dust but not all as it started before, so even here the blue skies have been rather scarce and virtually no rain  ???
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #353 on: April 30, 2010, 03:47:57 PM »
Many thanks for the wonderful hike, Robin.
One day I wish to be with you on such a trip...
Thomas Huber, Neustadt - Germany (230m)

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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #354 on: April 30, 2010, 08:15:32 PM »
Thomas, I hope so too, I think you would like it here there are so many unspoilt, secret places and Alpine plants on great walks.  Soon the Crocus vernus meadows will be wall to wall in the upper Alpine valley - I'm going up to see if the snow has retreated tomorrow  :D
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #355 on: April 30, 2010, 08:16:46 PM »
Soon the Crocus vernus meadows will be wall to wall in the upper Alpine valley - I'm going up to see if the snow has retreated tomorrow  :D
And we'll be logging on so we don't miss the pictures....
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #356 on: April 30, 2010, 08:18:40 PM »
Hi Gail, that's great!  Just hoping they appear soon as we are on our way back for a holiday in the UK  :)
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #357 on: April 30, 2010, 10:02:26 PM »
Robin,
phantastic pictures -more crocus and primula images please  ;) Can't get enough ;D
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #358 on: April 30, 2010, 10:20:32 PM »
Thanks Armin, I'll do my best on the Crocus and Primula front - sometimes the Primula hirsuta grow in such perilous places - for us me mortals I mean  ;D  but they are so beautiful when they first open nestled in their serrated leaves  :) and the colour is astonishingly vibrant against the grey rocks.
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Re: Alpine Walks in Valais
« Reply #359 on: April 30, 2010, 10:47:15 PM »
Thanks Armin, I'll do my best on the Crocus and Primula front - sometimes the Primula hirsuta grow in such perilous places - for us me mortals I mean  ;D  but they are so beautiful when they first open nestled in their serrated leaves  :) and the colour is astonishingly vibrant against the grey rocks.

Robin,
I don't want you to risk your life for an image of a tiny primula :o
Please stay on save pavements ;D
But what is the life without risk? ::) ;D :-*
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