Alan Scowcroft
@alanscowcroft.bsky.social
Climber, ski mountaineer and caver who splits his time between Chamonix and the Dales. Eighteen years in mountain rescue 😀
La Veudale ⛷️🇨🇭 last day for me until November :(
May 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
La Veudale ⛷️🇨🇭 last day for me until November :(
Never get bored with that view ⛷️🇫🇷
April 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Never get bored with that view ⛷️🇫🇷
First ride of the year !
March 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
First ride of the year !
Retirement sucks :)
March 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Retirement sucks :)
Escaping from the half term crowds ⛷️
February 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Escaping from the half term crowds ⛷️
Above the clouds 😍
February 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Above the clouds 😍
Excellent read. Long been a fan of Eric Hobsbawn and read many of his books. His auto-biog "Interesting Times" is one of the few books I've read twice. Hobsbawn lead a fascinating long life and this long book more than does him justice.
January 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Excellent read. Long been a fan of Eric Hobsbawn and read many of his books. His auto-biog "Interesting Times" is one of the few books I've read twice. Hobsbawn lead a fascinating long life and this long book more than does him justice.
The acceptable form of Fox News #foxoftheday
December 30, 2024 at 8:22 AM
The acceptable form of Fox News #foxoftheday
Just finished the Golden Road. Beautifully written and encyclopaedic in scope we learn how India has deeply influenced the world. Of particular interest to me was the early development of mathematics and astronomy and how this passed via Bagdhad to form the basis of early European understanding.
December 29, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Just finished the Golden Road. Beautifully written and encyclopaedic in scope we learn how India has deeply influenced the world. Of particular interest to me was the early development of mathematics and astronomy and how this passed via Bagdhad to form the basis of early European understanding.
Posettes couloirs today ⛷️🇫🇷
December 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Posettes couloirs today ⛷️🇫🇷
Blue sky, powder and -9ºc seasons greetgs from Vallorcine :)
December 25, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Blue sky, powder and -9ºc seasons greetgs from Vallorcine :)
A nice ski tour before the lifs open :)
December 21, 2024 at 2:20 PM
A nice ski tour before the lifs open :)
December 16, 2024 at 8:11 AM
In 144 pages Ilan Pappe has provided a remarkably concise history of events in Palestine over the last 100 years. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand how we ended up here witnessing a genocide supported by western governments.
December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
In 144 pages Ilan Pappe has provided a remarkably concise history of events in Palestine over the last 100 years. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand how we ended up here witnessing a genocide supported by western governments.
Fun morning in Verbier ⛷️🇨🇭
December 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Fun morning in Verbier ⛷️🇨🇭
Above the clouds in Verbier ⛷️🇨🇭
December 4, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Above the clouds in Verbier ⛷️🇨🇭
Cold walk over Buckden Pike 🥶
November 20, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Cold walk over Buckden Pike 🥶
That's it for indoors - Chamonix beckons 💪🇫🇷
November 19, 2024 at 8:59 PM
That's it for indoors - Chamonix beckons 💪🇫🇷
Just finished this excellent read. Based around a bike ride across Europe to Tehran via the Balkans, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Oman we learn from her personal encounters on the road and her excellent pen pictures of the regimes she passes through. Highly recommended !
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Just finished this excellent read. Based around a bike ride across Europe to Tehran via the Balkans, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Oman we learn from her personal encounters on the road and her excellent pen pictures of the regimes she passes through. Highly recommended !
Thrall uses the tragedy of a bus crash involving children to weave a story about the lives of all involved. We learn of the daily grind of living under apartheid. The walls, check points, coloured residence passes and how this led to the tragedy and added to the consequences. A must read book !
November 7, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Thrall uses the tragedy of a bus crash involving children to weave a story about the lives of all involved. We learn of the daily grind of living under apartheid. The walls, check points, coloured residence passes and how this led to the tragedy and added to the consequences. A must read book !
The count down to winter begins 💪😜
October 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The count down to winter begins 💪😜
The best pitch on the Chezerys?
August 10, 2024 at 5:45 PM
The best pitch on the Chezerys?