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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 half - I didn't really want to do it at all because I absolutely hate public speaking but I made myself and it went ok actually. We served Goats Cheese on a Pear & Walnut Salad for started.. Spicy Pork with Rice and Sweetcorn for main and a Kiwi Pavlova for dessert. It was exhausting but for the first meal it went well and all plates came back empty - just glad to get it out the way and now we can relax until our next one on Friday. Tuesday ...
Let The Adventure Begin!!
... a half hours later than scheduled) very very tired from not really having slept on the cold coach & hungry for something other than chocolate! It had been snowing constantly so when we arrived at the Chalets it was thick with snow already. We were showed to our room in the staff accommodation block by Sandrine, who is our resort manager & this would be our room for the season. Luckily we got given the pick of ...
The not so perfect storm
... and struggles to remember words; she is clearly frustrated. It is a risk her being here with the health issues she has, but she doesn’t want to sit in a chair waiting for something bad to happen, when it might not. It was a risk skiing the day she had her stroke, but she can at least remember the years of skiing and cycling up the Tourmalet near us. I salute her and sincerely hope that the mountains help her healing.
So only a few hours and we will drive the ...
Taking a hike around Mont Blanc
... slid down onto the bare rocks below. The climb became “technical”, requiring frequent handholds for scrambling over large outcrops and shingly paths, but on reaching the top we were rewarded with expansive views down a scree-lined valley to countless mountains beyond. After lunching there with other hiking parties and some chirruping choughs, small black crows with yellow beaks, we had a “technical” descent, with a few people slipping over ...