We managed to run out of linen today for the first time and I've had to do some in-house washing as well as a bit of begging and borrowing from the hotel! Added in to all of this is Phil's man flu which just generally slows most processes down as not only does it seem to make you deaf, it slows reaction times and ability to process any questions or commands!
As you can see from the above picture it is definitely colder this week as Alex (our chalet owner) pointed out when he came to clear snow off the roof dressed in his ski gear and harness having just casually skiied the Vallee Blanche (Mont Blanc) in minus 20C. He was very grateful for some of the apple and caramel cake that the guests didn't manage and after a quick chat and some kisses on the cheeks, he was off to do some more dangerous adventures?!
Phil and I have managed to enjoy some very good skiing this week, guiding several different groups at various times and enjoying mountain lunches with some lovely people. We did get a couple of hours to ourselves on Monday afternoon (after I'd been shopping with Charlie) and Phil decided to snowboard as our brother-in-law has booked to visit us with the children in March. He discovered that our quick way back to the chalet is not so quick on a board as you can't get over the flat section so easily. I waited for what seemed like an age and eventually he appeared oer the hill, grumpy and sweating! I think he wore himself out and then the man flu set in! So on Tuesday I took two very lovely ladies out for the day by myself. By all accounts, one lady is very lucky to be alive due to fighting various health battles but has not been deterred from skiing and was soon back into cruising the blues.
I only had one problem this week and that was that this morning I appeared to have the wrong skis in the van. They weren't even any of our guests skis, so somewhere along the way I've picked up someone elses skis and loaded them in without noticing! I took a trip to Fred-the-skis shop this morning and spoke very nicely to the young man there and he found my skis in the rack! Very strange occurrence I tell you! And a whole chocolate cake is going their way for being so nice about it!
The ladies and I skiied down some lovely blue runs to Saint Nicolas de Veroce, the end of the pistes. It is lovely whilst there's noone around and having the pistes to ourselves is a real treat. Sadly February arrives in a few days and with it will come a lot of French people and eventually the British. Hopefully we'll be so busy the time will fly by and we'll be into quiet March before we know it!
On Friday, Adam cooked us some delicious ribs for dinner and it was really good to meet up with the others. charlie was telling me that last year Adam had done the ribs but not realised the strength of Cayenne Pepper! Luckily for us he was more conservative with the spice this year and the ribs were just perfect!
We enjoyed watching some horse snow polo this week as well. I say we watched it, we stood for 20 seconds in the freezing cold and watched the horses run around after a red ball before we moved into the stables to warm up! I'll post some pictures next week. This week I'm practising my downhill skiing for the Ski Alpin competition at the weekend. Watch out for me - I'll be the one all in pink with a white helmet flying down with no control whatsoever!!
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