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, …
A change of scenery… The first full week of March means only one thing – the boys’ off-piste week! Organised by our friend David, five of us (me, David, Martin, Chris and Nick) set off for a week’s off-piste skiing in Andermatt ably guided by Dave, a long-established Chamonix mountain guide who has skied with …
https://youtu.be/Nc7EIWYtPnM Fantastic early snowfalls and good weather bode well; rising Covid cases and border restrictions bode less well… Thankfully, the traditional pre-Christmas trip went ahead, and was a top week! We met friends in Val d’Isère, staying there for a week at YSE’s chalet Chardons, and enjoying beautiful piste conditions, plus the inevitable excess of …
In the nick of time… snow hits the Alps, starting on Friday, just a day before the official opening of the season in Val d-Isère on the 27th of November. The snow has transformed the resort, and indeed, the whole area. Where we had been enjoying Autumn walks, now snow is everywhere, and winter has …
Today was fabulous – we’ve made it into the Mediterranean! Having waited in Cadiz for an Easterly storm to pass, we departed from Barbate early this morning hoping for fair winds rounding Tarifa and fair tides along the Gibraltar Strait. Our only other concern was that we might be attacked by Orcas. We had been …