The End Of Our First Month....

Hi All,

So we are now into February and still enjoying our season snowboarding.  We have met up with another couple Pete & Debbie who are doing exactly the same as us so we have been having a little more apres ski than normal but it's nice to sit and chat over a beer or two and exchange stories.

This week has again been a mixed bag of weather, sun, snow and wind at altitude, I took this picture of Julie on our way back from one of the summits earlier in the week, strange as 5 minutes later down the mountain we stopped for lunch in glorious sunshine on the side of the piste.  We also went over to Courcheval one day to see the International Polo Championships which was being played at the snow covered Altiport but as it was snowing it was difficult to make out the ball let alone the horses but the horses seemed to be enjoying tearing around in the snow but we couldn't work out the scoring system, seems that you can score at either end, or the bloke doing the scoreboard couldn't see either and was making it up!

Our numpty neighbours left the other day, they had borrowed our electric heater for nearly 2 weeks as all their heating & charging system had failed in their van and it was frozen solid.  The morning they left we heard the van start and thought they were doing a runner with our heater so I chucked a few clothes on quickly and knocked on their door, to my surprise I was given a bottle of cheap red wine and moody chocolate plus the heater and a quick thank you, we gave the bottle of red to Pete & Debbie and the chocolate has got an appointment with the bin as we have had one lump and nearly choked!!

Had a lazy day round the van,  did some spring cleaning, washing and clearing of snow and decided to have a day off from snowboarding and seeing as it was so sunny and warm decided to get the chairs out and have a cuppa and catch some rays.

Julie went to see Eclair & Elios the hunting dogs that belong to the owners of the campsite they are super friendly, Julie is the one on the left!!

We went walk about around town and Julie spotted a mini cooper made of chocolate in this amazing shop but it was priced at 69 euros!! Almost too good to smash & eat but I bet it tastes better than the chocolate we got from the neighbours!

Last night Pete & Debbie invited us to join them and a group of their friends the majority of them from Wales for a meal at our restaurant Le Martagon at the campsite.  We were due to go up to Meribel and meet them for a few drinks beforehand but due to the amount of snow plus an accident further up the road all the traffic & buses had come to a standstill so we said it was easier for them to come straight to us.  The meal as always was amazing and it was nice to see people trying the traditional dishes of snails & frogs legs.  Was a great night and nice to meet new people.

Today we made the most of the fresh snow that fell last night so it was up and out early to catch the fresh powder and enjoy the sun as the forecast says more snow is on the way :-)

The next blog update could be quite interesting as we could be swapping one plank for two sticks so watch this space....

That's all folks, catch up next week.

J&J

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