I returned from a week in London visiting family to entertain my girlfriends from college days. Sally, Helen, Rigby, Sarah and I all met in Autumn 1983 and have had so many good times together over the almost 40 years we have been friends. Now we have more space in the chalet it was a …
The off-piste trip, a regular fixture of the winter season. For over 20 years I have joined David, Martin, Nick, Chris and our guide, Dave, for a week of off-piste skiing. This year we returned to Andermatt. Conditions were tricky, to say the least, with almost no fresh snow having fallen for over a month. …
We need more snow!!! The weather this winter must be unprecedented. There has been no new snowfall for at least a month, with blue sunny skies every day. The slopes are in desperate need of fresh snow – both on and off piste. All the powder has gone, the pistes are icy and the off …
Since the last blog we have been busy! We had a few days with no-one staying and fabulous snow so made the most of it skiing the off-piste in Villaroger and Ste Foy. In fact we had such a fabulous morning skiing from the Aiguille lift down to Le Monal village that we had to …
Well… the temperature dropped, the snow fell (lots of it), then the sun came out. The only thing to do was to enjoy the powder! We spent the day in Ste Foy, starting with a couple of warm up runs on the off-piste to the left of the Marquise lift, then heading to the top …
It’s started, and started with a bang! After three weeks of painting, decorating, DIY, furniture moving and generally getting our house ready, we welcomed our first guests – Martin and Jeavon – on the 9th of December. And, if anything, we seem to be even busier: this time with partying! Fresh snow was falling as …
We departed Lefkas heading south down the Lefkas canal looking forward to exploring the Southern Ionian Islands. We sailed here before, many moons ago and before we bought our own boat, when we came on a flotilla holiday to see if we would be compatible as a sailing team! Fortunately we were not put off …
We woke just before 6am as it was getting light and slipped away from Porto Corallo, waving goodbye to the east coast of Sardinia and heading out across the Tyrrhenian Sea to Sicily. In our favour was a forecast of light winds and calm seas, against was the fact that this stretch of coastline had …
A delayed start to the Summer season! The first delay was in Gatwick airport, where our flight to Sardinia was delayed by ten hours. Arriving, eventually, in Cagliari, we found that the car hire desk had shut for the night, so suffered a further delay with a night in a airport hotel in the capital. …
Back in the Tarentaise, and there is more than a hint of Spring in the air. We’ve been delighted to be joined by our friends Gary and Kristine for a few days, and also slightly surprised to find that Gary had brought along an uninvited guest – Basil the Brussel sprout! If that sounds strange, …