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 …
Just like the old days! In April earlier this year we were skinning up the slopes of La Rosière to enjoy empty powder fields on the descent, and today we went back, ahead of the official opening of the season, to do the same. Plenty of snow has fallen over the last week, so we …
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 …
Having left Merryn safely in a boat yard in Arbatax, Sardinia we spent a few weeks back in England seeing friends and family. We drove across France just over a week ago, having a lovely break in Troyes where we enjoyed our first French meal at Aux Crieurs du Vins – black pudding, smoked duck …