it turned into an extraordinarily emotional ebbing pyrenees for me writing it. —— emotional experience for me writing it. iwas —— emotional experience for me writing it. i was sitting there, with tears running down my face. my wife shouted dinner was ready, and asked what was wrong, i was like... and yet when we back to the location interview, it was built around a couple of boats, and there were the same boats that were there ten years earlier. i choked up talking about it. the emotion was so real. what you are saying, it is fundamental, in writing this kind of book, in this one place, it is so important, the atmospherics, you can't fake it, and if you try you will fail. i think that is absolutely right. and because i'm not from the islands, there was always a risk, i suppose, that i was doing, what i was doing what some kind of parody of what i saw, what i experienced. i remember clearly when the black house came out, worrying how it would be received on the islands. how would the islanders going to receive it, never mind the critics. there is a sequence that happens, involving t

. >>> al fofons gars is at the tof the pyrenees mountains in spain on his snowboard to take a pretty epic freestyle ride down that slope. this is back in december. he's out there with somebody filming a snowboarding documentary so they need this ride to be pretty awesome. we see him jump off and start off that descent on that beautiful powder. snow can be dangerous when something like this happens. that jump onto the snow sets off an avalanche. now he's got to be faster than the avalanche itself. >> you wonder if he's even aware of what's behind him. >> does he know he's being chased? >> i think he did know what was going on. he probably caught wind of it, and his busy that is filming is also screaming at him to hurry the heck up. [ yelling ] >> right about there, when they start cheering they feel like okay, he's out of danger, and the snow appears to be settling in the

couple of videos to demonstrate that, the first one comes to us from spain somewhere up in the pyrenees, what they're describing is a cross-country skier got himself into a bit of a pickle quite high up on the side of the mountain. there's a line carved out into the show, backwards and forwards. something went wrong from the beginning. the skier injured their shoulder and need to be rescued and it's tricky rescue to say the least. >> do they have a way to communicate they needed help or tossing snow up in the air? >> like sos signal? >> fortunately they were able to get the call out. they lower down the cable, people down on the bottom to help secure. you see the signal given to the pilot to lift up and before you know it, they're done. slightly different situation, this one from northern china. other skiers quickly spotting the problem. >> oh yes. >> somebody didn't make it into the lift or slipped out. >> that's a 7-year-old boy hanging from this gondola 65 feet by, for about 20 seconds. his fingers are slipping and then -- >> my gosh! >> oh! >> yes, that's a big fall. lands completel

. >>> al fofons gars is at the tof the pyrenees mountains in spain on his snowboard to take a pretty epic freestyle ride down that slope. this is back in december. he's out there with somebody filming a snowboarding documentary so they need this ride to be pretty awesome. we see him jump off and start off that descent on that beautiful powder. snow can be dangerous when something like this happens. that jump onto the snow sets off an avalanche. now he's got to be faster than the avalanche itself. >> you wonder if he's even aware of what's behind him. >> does he know he's being chased? >> i think he did know what was going on. he probably caught wind of it, and his busy that is filming is also screaming at him to hurry the heck up. [ yelling ] >> right about there, when they start cheering they feel like okay, he's out of danger, and the snow appears to be settling in the background. [ cheering ] >> it was a pretty epic run, after all and eventually you see him celebrating he didn't get caught in the avalanche that day. [ yelling ] [ cheering ] >>> chilling footage from shenzhen, chin

landscapes but as you'll see in this next report you don't have to go to the alps or even as far as the pyrenees to find them poland also has plenty of snow and winter sports facilities to offer in so for today's episode of our series we thought we'd take a trip to the resort of pani to check out how people there and joy the snowy season . the high tide trust pollens highest mountain range are also home to its highest town zach opana some ninety kilometers south of krakow. tourists head to the region for winter sports international skiing competitions are often held here zac opana is often referred to as poland's winter capital. this is coupon street which runs through the center of town its distinctive mix of bars restaurants boutiques and souvenir shops makes it popular with both tourists and local residents. stock up on the. street is great you can see the mountains from here a great atmosphere they really like this i love this town and it's really like with . everything. it's really beautiful and i know it's special in. a good way to see the local countryside is to take a ride in a horse tra

traditionally, santiago-bound pilgrims would gather here to cross the pyrenees and continue their march through spain. visitors to this popular town are a mix of tourists and pilgrims. at the camino office, pilgrims check in before their long journey to santiago. they pick up a kind of pilgrim's passport. they'll get it stamped at each stop to prove they walked the whole way and earned their compostela certificate. walking the entire 500-mile-long route takes about five weeks. that's about 15 miles a day, with an occasional day of rest. the route is well-marked with yellow arrows and scallop shells. the scallop shell is the symbol of both st. james and the camino. common on the galician coast, the shells were worn by medieval pilgrims as a badge of honor to prove they made it. the traditional gear has barely changed -- a gourd for drinking water, just the right walking stick, and a scallop shell dangling from each backpack. the slow pace and need for frequent rest breaks provide plenty of opportunity for reflection, religious and otherwise. for some, leaving behind a stone symbolizes un

through the bay of biscay today which will head gci’oss of biscay today which will head across the pyrenees towards the alps tomorrow. so we could have further snowfall and windy weather as well. in contrast in uk, a very quiet speu in contrast in uk, a very quiet spell of weather and also brighter. much brighter for many spell of weather and also brighter. much brighterfor many parts. but not all, we've had some rather stubborn fog and this was belfast just a couple of hours ago. that will not clear northern ireland com pletely will not clear northern ireland completely before darkness falls. we still have leaden skies further east, grey and damp and the rain has been quite persistent. overnight the main hazard is the fog. it could turn out to be freezing fog with some icy patches as well. particularly across the severn valley, parts of wales, north—west england and again northern ireland. as for the rest of scotland, we hope the rain will clear away from the mainland. but it will be a very chilly start in the morning. then further south are not as helpful for some sunshine tomorrow as t

windy day when it is going to be very very wet indeed that rain stretches its way right down into the pyrenees the possibility of some snow over the higher ground here as well for good measure meanwhile it doesn't say about across much of north africa but some lively showers just pulling away from egypt to the moment pushing towards the levant where families have plowed just easing us went to central parts of algeria but so much about the area just a fine and dry a cane northeast reason l.g.'s with a high of eighteen. the weather sponsored by qatar and he's. just looking real good. about shooting people are not able to shoot to burn themselves and their other countries have managed to solve this problem but you worry that this conflict could erupt into account right open war the city's general security sure the people who paid the price clearly their writeup been prejudiced setting the stage for serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. they're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now south korea has welcomed comments by north korea's leader who said the path of dialogue w

pyrenees are accounts he did this. there's constant references to his athletic skills. the long jump, a native-american-african-american half native-american in clinton, illinois that was the champ. nobody could touch this guy in the long jump. he did beat lincoln but just barely and he outbroad jumped everybody in the contest. >> these accounts are repeated in this is athletic ability. real quick, i think he had such tremendous charisma as a person and such warmth as a persona people overlooked this d detachment of his they all talk about, that's lincoln, let him go. >> i think we could all buy in -- if it wasn't for the greased goose story. >> gander pulling. >> you want to add to it? >> i think he was self-effacing. he was not a threat to men. he was not the most attractive person in the world. he weighs folksy. i think they saw him as someone they didn't have to compete with him. he was very ambitious but i don't think they felt they had to compete with him for attention of the ladies. certainly not. as guy indicated he was able to make people feel at home, at leafs

pyrenees mountains. what did you learn listening to people over the holidays? francine: it was interesting to talk about. , but it'she pyrenees the catalonia part. it was an interesting discussion. if you look at 2017, we moved away in europe from a lot of the concerns we had about politics and talked about growth. not so the same in the u.s. though. tom: i had someone stop me in the rome airport and start talking about the new york yankees. francine: in italian i hope. tom: it's not fair. me and it's like let's talk about this new guy from miami. it was miserable. let's move on. taylor riggs with the first word news. taylor: president has a warning for north korea's leader to kim jong-un. the present we did he has a much more bigger and powerful nuclear button. president trump was responding to kim jong & nuclear button was "always on my desk." there's a diplomatic breakthrough between the two koreas. north korea called south korea on a hotline that has not been used for almost two years. the two sides begin talks on plans for north korea to send delegations t

continue to blow across norway and denmark, with yet more snow through friday to saturday across the pyrenees and the alpine regions. temperatures will fluctuate, meaning the avalanche risk will remain high if not very high at times. the unprecedented season continues with more snowfall to come, and significant amounts as well. in the uk, darren will have more for you in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom donald trump has arrived at the world economic forum in davos — where he'll be pushing his pushing his america first message. the us said they'd keep their troops in syria to make sure the so—called islamic state don't come back. the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—term presence of american troops the syrian foreign minister tells us they're not happy with the idea. long—

that looks as if it will bring nasty conditioned into spain, france and across the pyrenees. wednesday night into thursday. and as for the alps themselves, looking a little bit quieterfor themselves, looking a little bit quieter for the themselves, looking a little bit quieterfor the middle of themselves, looking a little bit quieter for the middle of the week. closer to home some rain soaked bush across the british isles and the next 24 hours but brighter skies on the way on wednesday for many. more details on that in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. north and south korea meet for the first time in two years, but is it enough to diffuse the nuclear threats and what does it mean for relations with the west. we have learned the north koreans will be sending a significant delegation to the winter olympics in south korea next month. violent clashes against the government's austerity measures sweep over tunisia, seven years after protests there sparked the arab spring. this ukrainian lawyer succe

very disturbed weather across siberia, through the pyrenees and alter the western mediterranean as we go across the course of their estate. improving a little in the alps, lots of snow in the alps in the last few days, here are the highs on thursday, madrid, london and paris are on a par. come friday, better conditions across spain and portugal, we will seize on sunshine to think that hovering around 7 degrees in paris, london and madrid. the weather at home, this is the satellite picture from earlier. you can see the gloomy weather across the east but much brighter skies finally filtered into many western areas. fog may be a problem through the course of tonight. wednesday night into thursday, extensive fog across many western areas of the uk, it could be very dense and last into the afternoon on thursday. thursday itself could be quite grey and chilly in some areas. these are the highs, around 5 degrees in cardiff, glasgow barely above freezing on thursday. if you wa nt above freezing on thursday. if you want a bit more on the uk weather forecast and the weather for the week ahead,

it's based in a little community, a little city called mondragon in the basque region, just below the pyrenees mountains in the north of spain. this is a company that has been growing since its founding in thee mid-1950s. so it's a good half-century old. it started with 6 workers. it's a system of cooperatives. it has grown quite effectively. it now has over 100,000 employees. it's the seventh-largest enenterprise in all of f spain. and it's just a set of cooperativeses that coordinate with one another. in each of them, the workers are their own board of directors. and, guess what, the workers made a rule-- the highest paid person in the co-ops, in any of them, doesn't get more than 6 1/2 times what ththe lowest-paidid worker does. so there is no such enormous gap between r rich and poor. and if you travel in the north of spain, , where this company s the largest company in that part of spain, yoyou wil see that ththeir cities and towns--i was there this summer--y-you can see right awa. you don't have the slum over here and the fancy neigh-- you don't have any of that. there are people with mo