the mountains
Friday Nights in Les Houches
Having lived in another village (Les Houches) for the past few years, Friday nights are quite fun to visit. Most of our friends live in Les Houches and thatès where we have the best lines of credit
So coming over to Mark & Mimi for dinner gives us a chance to catch up with [...]
Avoiding Punter Rage
I’m keeping my punter rage in check today by staying in doors. The snow gods are smiling and it’s been dumping all day with a bluebird (a blue-sky powder day) forecast for New Years day.
Tomorrow’s skiing could be just epic on the Grande Montets & I’m going to be there before everyone else.
Should I venture [...]
Just epic
Of course…. I wouldn’t be freediving right now. I’d rather be skiing. As a start to the season, there’s really only one word to sum it up.
I helped Mark and Simon out on their course over the weekend. Things were a bit snowy, but we managed to get a decent photo of the new instructors [...]
The reality of winter
The promised snow storm arrived yesterday. Shed-loads of snow. 50cm at least in my back garden. It was a bit of a race for me to get down the valley to Carrefour to do a big food shop before I got snowed in. A race I lost in fact. My van (which is full of [...]
An extra day in my favor
A few days ago I woke up convinced it was Saturday. I’d gone to bed the night before thinking it was Friday night and that the week hadn’t gone too badly. So I was pretty amazed that Radio 4, my computer’scalendar and even my iPhone told me it was, in fact, still Friday. I’d got [...]
I’ll be skiing in a month
It’s been snowing a lot here in the past few days. Snowing properly too, creating a very defined snowline at an altitude which is slowly creeping down. My new place in Le Tour is above the current snowline. There’s 2 inches of snow covering the garden, with a fair amount more forecast for later today [...]
The Keymaster
I am the Keymaster today. For the first time in a very long time, I have all three sets of keys to my office in my possession. I also have both sets of keys to my girlfriend’s flat and all the keys to my van.
This morning I also picked up the keys to my new [...]
Winter Arrives
I enjoyed my trip to the UK, catching up with lots of friends and spending some quality time with the folks. I’m glad to be back in Chamonix now though. It seems I’m back just in time for the arrival of winter. It was raining hard when I arrived in Geneva and the temperature dropped [...]
October Blues
I haven’t really got the blues, but I’d be happy if October finished nice and quickly this year. I don’t get the keys to my new place in Le Tour until November, so until then I’ve just got a lot of work to do and not much fun to look forward to. Having said that, [...]
The conclusion of a great road trip
I definitely need to expand on the coldplay gig. I’d gone to Prague to see Sarah for a few days, really. She was there with the coldplay tour for 3 days. 2 days off and then the show on the Monday. I wasn’t as interested in coldplay as I was in seeing Sarah, so I [...]
