Showing posts with label Woodpiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woodpiles. Show all posts

Monday, August 04, 2008

Woodpiles

If anyone had told me just how many woodpiles there were in the Dolomites and how beautiful they were, I would have been there years earlier. But anyway, forgot those old mountains and feast your eyes on these amazingly splendid piles:



They are even the focus of pin-up posters. Can't bear to leave it at home? Take it with you:



And... oh, I do hate this. When the people you're on holiday with start demanding you stop taking pictures of what matters and concentrate on them instead. But I think just behind Rachael, you can spot some very beautiful wood:



What amazed me was that not only were the piles organised round windows, as a second layer of insulation, and in terms of size, but this one even seemed to be colour-coordinated like a painting (the bench is an extra present to you all):



And if you have no space? Don't worry, climb. After all, these are mountain people: