Admin February 24, 2012, 8:18 pm h.
The Vltava river, Prague
After 3 weeks of well below freezing temperatures down to as low as -20c in the city itself the big thaw finally came and the mercury shot up remarkably and with it came the inevitable changes that nature brings to the environment. The pictures here show the Vtava river in Prague on Wednesday 22nd of February. Around 7 km upstream is the confluence with the smaller Berounka river and it was this tributary that brought the ice.
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Admin February 16, 2012, 11:41 pm h.
Milan Stencl of PK Zabreh holds a nice streamline shape in the 3c water
After the drama of the previous week in Hradec the Ticha Orlice was flowing fast enough that there was no chance of anything but a downstream ride. The water may have been just 3c but quite frankly the 750m test held no fears for the experienced winter swimmers although judging by the expressions on exiting the water this point is debatable!
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