{"id":11900,"date":"2023-03-09T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?p=11900"},"modified":"2023-03-09T21:31:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:31:51","slug":"september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome return to Chamonix Mont Blanc in early September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CDGSign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CDGSign-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11901\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Signs of the times: Directions in Charles de Gaulle airport in French, English and &#8230; Chinese!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AiguilleRidge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" data-id=\"11903\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AiguilleRidge-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AiguilleRidge-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AiguilleRidge-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AiguilleRidge-1536x1237.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AiguilleRidge-2048x1650.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PlanApproachView.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-id=\"11905\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PlanApproachView-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PlanApproachView-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PlanApproachView-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PlanApproachView-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PlanApproachView-2048x1361.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RefugePlan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" data-id=\"11904\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RefugePlan-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RefugePlan-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RefugePlan-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RefugePlan-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RefugePlan-2048x1485.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">(Top left) Classic view of exit ridge from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aiguille_du_Midi\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aiguille_du_Midi\" target=\"_blank\">Aiguille du Midi<\/a> (3842 m). (Top right) Approaching the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/refuge-plan-aiguille.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/refuge-plan-aiguille.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Refuge du Plan de l&#8217;Aiguille<\/a> looking to the north side of the Chamonix valley. (Bottom) Is there a finer resting spot?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CascadeduDard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" data-id=\"11907\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CascadeduDard-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CascadeduDard-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CascadeduDard-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CascadeduDard-1536x1306.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CascadeduDard-2048x1741.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BuvetteCascadeduDard-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" data-id=\"11908\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BuvetteCascadeduDard-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BuvetteCascadeduDard-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BuvetteCascadeduDard-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BuvetteCascadeduDard-1536x1084.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BuvetteCascadeduDard-2048x1445.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OmeletteauReblochon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"11906\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OmeletteauReblochon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OmeletteauReblochon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OmeletteauReblochon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OmeletteauReblochon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OmeletteauReblochon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">(Top left) The cascade du Dard. (Top right) The buvette de la Cascade du Dard. (Bottom). Does lunch come better than this? An omelette au <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reblochon\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reblochon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reblochon<\/a>. Although, I was a bit puzzled by the single salad leaf!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UshawFlowerShow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UshawFlowerShow-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UshawFlowerShow-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UshawFlowerShow-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UshawFlowerShow-1536x1078.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UshawFlowerShow-2048x1437.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flower show at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ushaw_College\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ushaw_College\" target=\"_blank\">Ushaw College<\/a>. On the table was a tribute to the Queen, who had died two days earlier (8 Sep). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CharlesProclamation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CharlesProclamation-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CharlesProclamation-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CharlesProclamation-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CharlesProclamation-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CharlesProclamation-2048x1458.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Proclamation of Charles as King Charles III in Durham market place. Clearly not having the same function as proclamations before the days of newspapers and the internet, but a significant occasion non-the-less. The Queen is dead, long live the King! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome return to Chamonix Mont Blanc in early September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15,2],"tags":[90,143,59,190,91,56,43],"class_list":["post-11900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-local","category-places","tag-air-travel","tag-alps","tag-county-durham","tag-france","tag-mountains","tag-snow-ice","tag-waterfall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}