Working hard for Christmas

As Clare has hinted at, this Christmas is a very much reduced Christmas as compared with the normal festivities. We have had to make all our own decorations, make our own Christmas tree and generally try and create a festive air in this beautiful location. This has worked well so far. 

We have also had to give consideration about not gaining too much weight, by this I am not doffing the cap to the overload of Turkey and wine etc, but more an accumulation of Christmas items that will add weight to Hugo who will at some point have to drag us over the Alps. Therefore, present giving is a reduced programme this year, but probably more the richer for it. 

The title of this post is so, because Jasper has really worked hard at something he planned a few weeks back. He has had to resource this little project himself and had to provide the appropriate tooling for the job. A suitable plank was found, and armed with nothing more than ambition, determination and a pen knife he set about a) creating a Christmas gift for Clare and b) giving himself a very sore hand.

The plank he had found for this item was a bit thick, so the going has been heavy at times, but the finish line is in sight.

We may never have a Christmas like this again, but initially our destination was hard earnt, and now the presents given will be hard earnt. A shoestring Christmas, but a satisfying one. 

No prizes on offer here, but can anyone work out which famous landmark that we have seen is Jasper carving out?