the track in sigulda could now become an olympic venue too.holm in a bid for hosting the 2026 0lympic winter games. answer injune this year and in the meantime... oh, yeah, i could go again. right now. let's go. hello, there are big weather changes on the week ahead, what a weekend and has been. good friday in the sunshine and 2a degrees just above 25 degrees yesterday and of course we have had plenty of sunshine today. temptress topped out close to 25 celsius so perhaps not the warmest on record but it has been for scotland, northern ireland and wales. more fine weather to come for easter monday. we will shift this cloud away from northwest scotland and the western side of the northern island and the westin isles we have seen island and the westin isles we have seen some island and the westin isles we have seen some rain and the system will pull away westwards and we lose the rain from western isles overnight and most places will be dry and clear and misty through the central parts of northern england and close to freezing and the most prone

the track in sigulda could now become an olympic venue, too. winter games. answer injune this year and in the meantime... oh, yeah, i could go again right now. let's go. sadly, that's all we have time for, but coming up on next week's programme... the game's on. got his queen. mike is in norway where one of the world's most enduring games has seen a huge revival thanks to a home—grown grand master. i would say my favourite player from the past is probably myself, like, three or four years ago. my heart is beating so fast. so do join us then and in the meantime, you can sign up our social media feed where you can share your travels with us and the world. until next time, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team here in latvia, it's goodbye. hello there, there's temperatures have been creeping up. yesterday we saw highs of 2a degrees. glorious conditions for a walk out in the countryside and indeed for the rest of the easter weekend we will hold onto the warmth and sunshine. a weather front will continue to plague the north—

the track in sigulda could now become an olympic venue too.026 olympic winter games. answer injune this year and in the meantime... oh, yeah, i could go again. right now. let's go. sadly, that's all we have time for. but coming up on next week's programme... the game's on. got his queen. mike's in norway where one of the world's most enduring games has seen a huge revival thanks to a home—grown grand master. i would say my favourite player from the past is probably myself, like, three or four years ago. my heart's beating so fast! so, dojoin us then, and in the meantime, you can sign up to our social media feeds where you can share your travels with us and the world. until next time, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team here in latvia, it's goodbye. hello. after two days of easter weekend warmth, you may be watching this to see if it is set to continue for the rest of the weekend. the short answer is yes but keep watching now for the longer answer. this is the view from 0xfordshire earlier where it was a chilly start

the track in sigulda could now become an olympic venue too.e 2026 0lympic winter games. answer injune this year and in the meantime... oh, yeah, i could go again. right now. let's go. big weather changes in the week ahead but before they start, what a weekend it has been. good friday in the sunshine 2a degrees, just above 25 degrees yesterday, and of course we have had plenty more sunshine today. asi as i hinted earlier, more fine weather to come for easter monday. in the western isles we have seen some rain but will pull away westwards. most places will be drier, clear, may turn a little misty through central and eastern parts of england, and we will see the lowest temperatures close to freezing in the most frost prone spots. it will drift northwards, turning the sun increasingly hazy, but it is sunny f in north—west scotla nd but it is sunny f in north—west scotland and the western side of northern ireland. could just pick up an isolated shower to the high ground of south wales and south—west england towards the end of the day, so england to

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welcome to sigulda's bobsleigh track, one of the very few in the world where tourists can get the samecess. the track is now used as a training venue for several latvian champions, but there are no competitions on today, which is lucky for me because it means i get to try it out. although, having a look, i don't really feel so lucky. ok, let's go. get the team together. we're about to set off 100 kilometres down a very icy hill, but luckily i've got an expert pilot. fingers crossed everything goes very smoothly. apart from the pilot steering the bobsleigh from the front, a team also includes pushers and a brakeman, but tourists get it easy, theyjust need to duck in and hold very tight. this track is almost 1,500 metres long and you need a pretty strong stomach to manage its 16 curves. oh, man. i think that's one of the most intense experiences of my entire life. that was like being in a very, very active, very cold tumble dryer for a minute and a half. i don't even know how long it was. that was completely insane. another winter sport that can take your breath away is this, the skeleto