Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Alpine Mountains And Hiking Trails
Hiking trails in Austria and Switzerland link old Walser herding villages. The settlers migrated to Sertig Valley in the 13th century.
Twenty miles from Juf, the trail crosses a gorge known as Via Mala – the Evil Road (centre). Goats pass through Hinterrhein on their way to pasture (left). The last barn in Juf, Europe’s highest settlement (right).
Edelweiss, curious white flowers rarely seen growing wild, prefer high altitude climates and can be found along the Walserweg.
The headwaters of the River Lech, after which the village along the trail is named.
Swap hiking boots for slippers when you enter a mountain hut (centre). The Ducantal Valley, on the walk to Sertig (right).
The walk up to the Schweizertor (“The gate of Switzerland”) is one of the most challenging stretches of the Walserweg.
The border between Austria and Switzerland runs along the Schweizertor pass.
The Biberkopf forms the backdrop to the final stop on the Walser’s path.
Colorful Cauliflowers
Children reluctant to eat their veg has been a never ending struggle for parents.
That could be about to change, however, as brighter colours are worked into cauliflowers that hit the shelves at Tesco today.
The supermarket chain has launched 'rainbow' packs that will have sprigs of purple, orange and emerald green cauliflower to appeal to awkward youngsters who see the veg as boring.
Coloured cauliflowers will be exclusively sold in a 'rainbow pack' at Tesco
Tesco greens buyer Jeni Gray said: 'These cauliflowers are almost works of art and have a real wow factor that should really create a stir with shoppers and hopefully children at dinnertime.
'Cauliflower got its poor image from baby boomer generation schoolchildren who generally loathed them as they were always being told to eat their greens for health reasons.
'When food was rationed during and after the Second World War cauliflower became part of the nation's staple meat and two veg diet at school and at home.'
The rainbow coloured cauliflowers are aimed at youngsters reluctant to eat their greens
The coloured cauliflowers are all naturally produced but have been crossed with other types of the brassica family, which includes green cabbage and broccoli, to make exciting colour variations
Grown in Lincolnshire the garish varieties of the boring vegetable are intended to combat a dip in demand, after sales of the veg fell 35% over ten years.
Tesco said statistics from retail analysts Kantar Worldpanel show in the last two years volume sales of cauliflower have fallen by 6.5% across all retailers while demand for broccoli has grown by 2.5%.
The coloured cauliflowers are all naturally produced but have been crossed with other types of the brassica family, which includes green cabbage and broccoli.
Cauli-ful: The green, orange and purple varieties of cauliflower
