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Sun, lakes,
mountains
Phil Barnes covets
number plate
View of Lake Wörthersee
from the hotel.
Steve Bretherton
Cambridgeshire branch
Cambridgeshire branch members, Phil Barnes and Steve Bretherton
travelled to Klagenfurt in the Austrian Alps to take part in the Mittelkarnten
Branch 30th anniversary friendship week.
T
he visit in June was the latest exchange
between branches in
Bielsko-Biała in Poland, Wolfsburg in Germany, Mittelkarten and
Cambridgeshire, going back over 10 years.
Steve Bretherton said, ‘Around 20 members from Germany and the U.K.
joined our Austrian hosts to enjoy a busy 4 day itinerary, which started in a
completely different country as our budget flight flew into Ljubljana just over
the border in Slovenia. Our accommodation, the Strandhotel Pruller on the
shore of the Wörthersee Lake was first class and with daily temperatures in
the high 80s a dip in the lake at the end of a hot day was a delight.
The full itinerary laid on for us included a hike in the mountains along the
Austrian-Italian border organised by the local branch. We all dutifully posed
for photos on the border and enjoyed the whimsical exhibits dotted around
the landscape such as the three Vespas in the colours of the Italian flag on
their side of the border. After our hike in the mountains we joined a huge IPA
BBQ. At the end of the BBQ our hosts suggested rounding off the meal with
a coffee. We agreed that this was a good idea, so we popped back over the
border to Italy for a proper Italian espresso!
POLICE WORLD
Vol 62 No. 4, 2017
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Professional Development