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Bloggers raise cash for Tsunami relief

I got an email from Anders Jacobsen this morning, asking me to consider posting links to aid agencies for the Tsunami relief funds. In return he will give $1 to the British Red Cross. So, in the interest of helping raise some extra cash I’ve included the html that he provided.

International aid organizations:

UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
United Nations’ World Food Programme
Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders (donate!)
CARE International
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

UK/Europe:

Disasters Emergency Comittee (DEC) – comprises a raft of aid agencies, including the below and others
British Red Cross
Oxfam
Save the Children UK

North America:

Anders Jacobsen: Webloggers: Give to tsunami victims and I’ll give too!

On a related note, I had an email from Andy Budd the other day about BlogAid – he’s encouraging bloggers to pledge their income from the blog (through ads etc) to one of the relief funds.

We spent our New

We spent our New Year in Morzine, getting in some great snowboarding at Avoriaz.

got my copy of

I got my copy of the SkiClub magazine yesterday, and it had a feature on MountMaps which look like quite a handy evolution in ski maps – 3D representations of ski terrain. Currently they’ve got maps of the Three Valleys, SkiWelt, Whistler and Big White. If they had them for any of the places we’re visiting this year (Fernie, Kimberley and Panorama) I’d probably buy one to see how they work in the wild.

New Year in Morzine

We spent the break between Christmas and into the New Year in Morzine, staying with Jonny and Lisa at the lovely Ride and Slide chalet in Morzine.

We managed to fit in three and a half days snowboarding in the Avoriaz area and progressed onto our first red runs. Our favourite area was Lindarets, and our favourite runs were Combe a Floret (a gentle, winding, tree lined blue) and Tannes (quite a wide and gentle red).

So it Christmas Eve

So, it’s Christmas Eve and all is well. All our food has arrived from the various internet-order places (organic vegetables from Riverford, meats from Welsh Farm Organics and a turkey breast joint from Kelly Turkeys). All that remains is for me to get cooking.

We went ice skating

We went ice skating at Kew Gardens on Sunday with Jeremy and Kirsty. Good fun, great hot chocolate.

Luke had link to

Luke had a link to Make-a-flake which is really quite cute. Send us a link to your favourite creation… my best effort to date is this one.

had my first experience

I had my first experience of opera on Sunday evening. Richard took me to see Aida at the Brighton Centre performed by the Chisinau National Opera. I enjoyed it, although I hadn’t prepared myself for it being quite so long… I’m not sure if opera is really my thing, but the sound of an orchestra takes some beating and so I suspect we’ll head off to a classical concert at some point.

This card was dropped

Car Bar

This card was dropped through our letterbox a few months ago and I’ve been meaning to scan it ever since… a lovely take off of the Preparing for Emergencies booklet.

Just been out to

Just been out to do a bit more Christmas shopping and stumbled into SheActive, a women only sports shop that recently opened in Brighton. This strikes me as a great idea as normally when looking for cycling gear I struggle to find many women’s options in local stores, and end up ordering from Ground Effect in New Zealand (great kit, just a long way away). I managed to come away only having bought a bag this time, but I’ll be back next time I need some new kit.