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Sharon, Steve and Sasa in the Departure Lounge before the short flight to Geneva. |

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The last look at England's green and pleasant land as we cross the Channel. |

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Downtown Chamonix, with Mont-Blanc towering in the distance. |

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Sasa inspects the posters at the conference. |

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Nick finds something of interest among the 120 posters presented at the conference. |

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Sharon, Steve and Sasa in the glorious sunshine outside the conference building. |

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Sharon, Steve, Angelika Sebald and Nick. |

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Inside the lecture hall. |

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Sasa entertains the punters during the poster session. |

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Steve, Sharon, Jean-Paul Amoureux, Geoffrey Bodenhausen and Sasa sit down to a splendid meal at La Caleche. |

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The town of Chamonix, seen from 3800 m atop the Aiguille du Midi. |

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Catalogue-man Sasa models a sporty denim jacket in front of Mont Blanc. |

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A wide-angle view from the Aiguille du Midi |

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Sasa and Maggie Shao (Nottingham). |

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Sasa and Ruben Gomez (Nottingham). |

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Mont Blanc towers behind Sasa and Ruben on the Aiguille du Midi. |

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The cable-car station half-way up the Aiguille du Midi. |

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Sasa and Anne Ulrich in the Bruker hospitality suite. |

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Robert Tycko, Jorn Schmidt, Malcolm Levitt, Stefano Caldarelli and Bob Griffin are NMR spectroscopists by day, but by night they are... The Hot Spins! |

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Robin Stein, Steven Brown, Sharon, Colan Hughes, Melinda Duer and Steve during the night's festivities. |

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The inevitable conference dancing. . . |

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The impressive Mer de Glace at Montenvers, near Chamonix. |

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Nick and Steve before their epic 3.5-hour, 1500-m ascent up to Le Brevent, just visible in the haze in the top of the picture. |

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The view from Le Brevent, down the mountainside to Chamonix. |

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Nick and Steve, the conquerors of Le Brevent. |

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We fly over the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye on the way back to England. |