
After yesterdays boarding failure I decided to ski today which turned out to be more fun than i’d expected.. by the end of the day i’d decided to give up snowboarding all together! The runs here were much much longer and considering it was the weekend and the school holidays it was surprisingly quiet.. maybe the slight chill kept them [...]

Today was Alex’s birthday so after a late start we did a little skiing on the Chartreuse mountains behind the house. The resort was tiny, even compared to Scottish slopes but this was perfect for Lucas’ first day on the hill. Apart from a couple of ski lift incidents Lucas did brilliantly, sadly the same couldn’t be said of me. [...]

Even though the forecasts were reporting milder conditions today we hadn’t anticipated weather nearly as gorgeous as it was! It’s amazing how quickly things can change in the mountains. We were hungover and Dan had never skied or snowboarded before so it seemed like the perfect time for him to try. Surprisingly he picked it up quite quickly but couldn’t quite get over his [...]

My last day at work before I finished for Christmas was approaching so I started to wonder what I was going to do with my time off… The weather in Scotland looked awful so a last minute trip to Aviemore was perfect! Unfortunately the usual suspects couldn’t make it so just Tim and I packed our kit and off we went.. Six surprisingly short hours [...]