Franz Josef Glacier.

"The glacier looks well rather as one would expect a wall of dirty ice to look. But to be there, to stare at it, to feel it radiating coldness, to watch an ancient chunk crash from its face and shatter on the rocks validates a day of holiday. Today I saw the glacier and now I can go eat and drink with a sense of duty done."
Well once again we feel inclined to quote Joe Bennett, who puts it rather eloquently and partly sums up our feelings.



Jessica and I were lucky enough to go on the glacier tour but unfortunately, due to the harsh conditions they didn't feel Alex would manage the climb, especially as the special spikes wouldn't fit on to his boots properly. I must confess it was a hard hike and everyone was very impressed with Jessica. It was quite scary in places.







Chris and Alex did, however, join us later and were given a private guide to meet us at the ice face, which was a good 45 mins walk from the car park!



Weather conditions did deteriorate so it probably was the right decision for Alex not to do the whole tour; he seemed happy with what he had seen, but I owe Chris big time, although I probably appreciated the dirty and blue ice patterns more than he would have!