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Travel Blogs from Val d'Isère
Chalet Time - Deeep clean!
... It was our turn to cool tonight but since Sandrine couldn't get to the shops we didn't have a lot of food to work with or practice the menu plan so Tim whipped up a couple of Frittatas, a goats cheese pie, nicoise salad and a chocolate cheesecake - so we had a lovely informal dinner tonight. Sat 8 - Time to start the deep clean, not a fun task did this for 3 hours then popped to Pap 2 for Tomato Soup made by Dave then we went for a walk with Megan to get ...
Training Week
... and we were soaked by the time we got there, but it was fun all the same! Afternoon Energiser - Tim & a few others had to get up on stage and feed a Banana on a string through everyone's trousers - we won!! After lectures we got to enjoy the 2 course lunch then back to Papillon 2 for training on ordering our food which was really really confusing and took us about 6 hours in total to do!! Think we spent 450 euros in total which isn't ...
Let The Adventure Begin!!
... coaches came - then it was a bit chaotic. We were on coach 2 - and it seemed since there was no limit to the luggage we could bring, people were a bit over zealous so we had to quite alot of the bags shoved at the back of the coach. Finally set off at 4.10pm. Had a random half an hour stop off at some services and got to Dover at 7.10pm to get the ferry over to France. Sunday 2 - We finally arrived in La Rosiere at 11.30 ...
The not so perfect storm
... returned to la Tania and rented an apartment for a year here. Last year Moira, in her early 60s and an amazing skier, was found unconscious on the slopes. She had had a stroke and because it was over 2 hours before she was airlifted the damage was very severe. She is an amazing determined lady, and whilst she will never ski or cycle again, she is walking with a stick and looking forward to being amongst friends and in the mountains again. She has totally lost the use of her ...
The toughest bike ride of my life
... slow going and steep for the last 8 or 9 kilometers. It was extremely scenic but my legs (and lungs) were working very hard to get me to the Col. At about the 2 km mark from the top, I thought I heard someone shouting my name but I couldn’t see anyone so I thought I was losing it (I later found out it was Tanya cheering me on from the summit – they could see me from the top and they said at one switchback, I looked like I was pushing so hard but ...