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 …
Now that we have had a few days to relax in Portugal, I have finally got round to editing the video footage we took during the passage. Hope you enjoy it…
Just over a year ago, we had a great day skiing fresh powder with our friends Gary and Kristine. Unfortunately, they can’t join us for a holiday this year, so we have put together this little video to cheer them up (!). The spring snow conditions are terrific, and although the lack of any lifts …
Another big day – the longest climb (and descent) yet of the season! We joined Suzanne and Chris from Alpine Experience, to ski the descent from Col Pers (above Bonneval Sur Arc) to Le Fornet, above Val d’Isère. This is another classic free-ride route in the Espace Killy ski area, but made extra challenging by …
Blimey! Looks like we made the right decision to bail out when the rains started last week. The news reports in the last couple of days have been all about the extraordinary flooding that has swept through parts of France and Italy. We have just seen photos (the picture above is from the Sunday Times) …
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, …
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 …