Happiness is...

[jason]

...Stelvio at sunrise

[dirka-dirka]

photo number one is fantastic Jason

[Victor Meldrew]

Thats going to be my new wallpaper mate....

stunning...





(even if it is an S2.. )

[robin]

Been there are sunset before (waiting for Del's son, as it happens) - awesome colours in the sky - never been up early enough to see sunrise there though - fantastic!

Cheers,
Robin

[kenny]

That's a bit good, clear run at that time in the morning then?

[heds]

Wow they're fantastic Jason Was it really quiet then? No campervans?

[paulW]

superb

Hope Su fully understood why she woke up all alone. probably worth it though.

[dezzy]

Wow they're fantastic Jason Was it really quiet then? No campervans?

Simply stunning Jason! How was the holiday then? We getting a write-up?

D

[r055]

stunning photos J - very well done

[jason]

Thanks, folks I'll maybe get a wee write-up and some pics sorted later this week - thought only the last 4 days of our hol were a road trip so maybe just some more pics. Meantime, a few words about the Stelvio morning:

Having been over Stelvio a few times before in the Tomato (congested weekend afternoon & deserted early evening drives), I was excitedly considering this pre-sunrise foray all holiday. We stayed in Gamagoi the night before (not too far below Tornante 48), and I set my alarm for 0530 ...

...it was surreal being alone on the pass in the still, dawn air. The summit is a surreal place without the crowds, like a ghost town - the wurst stands all packed away under tarpaulins, the tacky souvenir shops' shutters down, the road and car parks empty.... just a handful of skin-suited ski-racers sleepily walking across to the cable car for another day's training. Plenty of photo stops - you can abandon the car anywhere you choose when you have the road to yourself - and return to the gasthof for früstück, before heading on our way, back over Stelvio. By then, of course, back to being the heaving metropolis it usually is.

[Modena Scotland]

Looks fav

[gambler]

Amazing pics.

I love the way some kind airline pilots have drawn a nice saltire in the sky on the second pic.

[Rag_It]

Get that in the Calender - or i might just make that my second calender nomination for you this year!!!!!

Cheers,

Dave

[jason]

Thanks, Dave

I love the way some kind airline pilots have drawn a nice saltire in the sky on the second pic.

Well spotted, sir. I was thanking the airliners as I was snapping

[j2 lot]

Get that in the Calender