Danny:-
Then we skied slowly and sedately back down to the hotel and spent the rest of the day window-shopping in Chamonix.
As well you might, Sir. I dread to think of the gravity and extent of the bylaws that the pair of you had so egregiously offended, had you so carried on in 21st Century UK Local Authority jurisdiction that is of course. As it was you were under the care and patronage of our Gallic allies, so once past the "Danger de Mort" sign, obscured or not, you were on your own! Why is it that the French so assiduously reduce everything to such self serving common sense? Very annoying indeed!
Geriaviator, thank you for dating the two photos, lest we confuse the two;-) How tidy Khormaksar looks in 1951, as though it were an Architect's model of proposed council flats in a post war slum/ bomb-site clearance scheme. Oh, wait a minute though ...
I wonder if those very unpleasant terrorist gangs that made Aden such a dangerous place later got any ideas from observing the antics of the Brit kids, reducing all around them to helplessness? Probably not, more Just William and the Outlaws than FLOSY and the NLF, but an obvious threat to King and Empire nonetheless!
Edited to add, Geriaviator please check your PM's (top RH corner when signed in)