With the weather getting hotter and sunnier by the day, we thought we’d enjoy a little break in Annecy. There is a well marked cycle path around most of the lake, so ideal for a good, but not too challenging, cycle, with plenty of opportunities to cool off with a quick dip in the lake. …
We’ve spent a day wandering around Val d’Isère. The lifts are running, or at least, some of them, so we took the express lift up to the Solaise ski area for a little sightseeing. This lift was the one I used to come off the mountain after my injury, so was the last lift I …
Apologies for the scarcity of recent posts: there has not been a lot to write about with the twin confinements of my broken ankle and the Coronavirus lockdown. Hopefully things will start to pick up a bit now… It is all good news! As the lockdown eased, we have been able to return to France, …
Another month passes, and the world (or, at least, our small part of it) is slowly returning to a semblance of normality as the lockdown measures ease. And, of course, as my broken ankle slowly heals… more on that shortly. We finally got back down to Cornwall later in May, and we’ve been living on …
Life under lockdown (and with a leg in plaster!) We certainly hadn’t anticipated this when we started our website and came out to France for a season skiing. A combination of my immobility after rupturing my Achilles’ tendon and the global effects of Coronavirus, have together reduced our life to the confines of the four …
So, our world has turned upside-down! What a difference a week makes. It is just six days since I came out of hospital with my Achilles Tendon sutured and my leg encased in plaster, and I’m still getting to grips with the effort of hobbling around on crutches. In the wider world, however, events have …
Well, the evidence is in the picture! Sadly, an ultrasound told me what I’d feared: the fall last Friday has completely ruptured my left Achilles’ tendon, and I went for a surgical repair yesterday. As a retired anaesthetist, it has been an interesting (to say the least!) experience to be on the other side of …
The 6th of March marked the end of our long-standing “off-piste week”: a tradition spanning nearly 20 years, where I ski with a group of friends and a guide, seeking powder and untracked routes. This year was a little different, with plans changed, and an unfortunate ending (more on that later…). This year we intended …
We’ve had a varied few days since the last post. Memories of crowded slopes persuaded us to go back to the UK for the half-term school holidays, and gave us the chance to return to Cornwall, catch up with old friends, and check on our sailing boat, Merryn. Fortunately, she was in good shape, having …
Fresh tracks in La Rosière What a day! With our friends Kris and Gary, we set off for La Rosière expecting a gentle day cruising on the pistes and lunch in Italy. We hadn’t anticipated the huge amount of snow that the stormy weekend weather had brought to the Alps. From the first tracks, to …