{"id":2674,"date":"2016-01-23T15:01:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2016-01-23T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T15:01:21","slug":"international-snow-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"International Snow Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every January Grindelwald hosts the Snow Festival. Lots of stuff happens through the week, but the highlight is the snow sculpture competition. Teams from all over the world are given a few cubic metres of snow, and told to get on with it. Here&#8217;s the British entry. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.47.00.jpg.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"2016-01-23 15.47.00.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.47.00.jpg.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was quite mild today, and while I was snapping the British sculpture, the very elaborate French entry next door collapsed before my eyes. I hope the judges had already seen it. Swiss sculpture. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.47.38.jpg.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"2016-01-23 15.47.38.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.47.38.jpg.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swedish. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.48.09.jpg.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"2016-01-23 15.48.09.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.48.09.jpg.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the kids from the local school get to do one. Here&#8217;s their Ying &#038; Yang.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.49.12.jpg.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"2016-01-23 15.49.12.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.49.12.jpg.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sun came out later, so by now they may all have been reduced to a pile of slush. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.49.53.jpg.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"2016-01-23 15.49.53.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wpid-2016-01-23-15.49.53.jpg.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every January Grindelwald hosts the Snow Festival. Lots of stuff happens through the week, but the highlight is the snow sculpture competition. 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