Club Med Val d'Isere
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Chalet Time - Deeep clean!
... for the past year, the whole place needs a good paint. Lunch with Joel & Charlotte. My hands are getting so dry from all the cleaning - can't wait for the arrival of rubber gloves, awoohoo!! I had dinner at Megs tonight, Tim was elsewhere - very short on food now, had 1 sliver of Duck each that we've managed to eek out of the leftovers, SuperU order should arrive tomorrow. Everyone went to the bar, but I couldn't be bothered. Tim got home at 3 verrrrrrry ...
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!!
... a welcome meeting in the hall, then collected our uniforms - T-shirts/Fleece/Ski Jacket & Apron. We were told that we would be cooking the first meal of the week tomorrow - a 3 course dinner for 15. Went back to the room to unpack & for a nap until 6pm when - not really wanting to get out of bed - we went back to the restaurant for a free welcome mulled wine, so it was worth getting out of bed. It was pretty ...
The not so perfect storm
... repairing and this year equipping two chalets from scratch. Sounds fun spending someone else’s money, but is hard work. I’ve driven the Landrover to Les Arcs to collect timber for a hot tub frame (we got some for ours too for nowt), up and down the mountain for various bits of DIY kit, over to La Plagne for linen being sold off and today we spent 1500€ in IKEA. At least there’s been no cleaning or cooking as one of the chef’s is already here ...
The toughest bike ride of my life
... to have her cheering us on, bring our warm clothes to the top, and to have extra water and food when required. Rod, Tan, Mägge and Hille soon disappeared from view and I just kept plugging along. It was a tough hill – about 14km long and I believe about an 8% average grade. This was clearly a very popular climb because there were garbage cans designed for cyclists the whole way along the road. Each bin had a large opening at average riding height and ...