We have dropped Ian off at Les deux Alpes for his ski instructor course, it has been an eventful weekend. We left Ian at the resort at 4pm Sat night after 30 mins down the mountain pass we were stuck in traffic and barely moved for 5 hours. Holly was fast asleep while we deliberated as to who should get the last mince pie and how long we could last before jumping out and having a pee at the side of the road. Something the french are very good at! Dad calls it a frenchmans and Ian joined the club yesterday morn! Cars started to turn round eventually as word passed down that the road was blocked.Not wanting to spend the night at -15 degrees or share a mince pie we headed back up to the resort and bunked up at Ians apartment .Ian & I spent the night on the sofa after giving Ma & Pa his bedroom. Sunday morning Ian shaved off his 2 week beard and much to our amusement also the tip of his nose!! Great way to start a course with a big red conk! The chalet hosts were going to ammend his ski pass with a red marker pen. Only Ian! Found out this morning the road had been closed due to a coach crashing trying to avoid a car and ploughing into a building. The driver had died and several tourists were injured. All very sobering. Today Ian met up with his course mates and went skiing and we took the cable car to 3600m where we could see the whole of the alps and Mont Blanc. It felt like Everest. Inside the glacier they have carved out tunnels and huge caverns containing amazing ice sculptures so we spent an hour in there until we could bare the cold no more. Outside however it was still minus 14 degrees ! Fantasic resort for skiing though needs more snow at present.
Holly is fine and has us all running round after her! She ran off with Ian's coconut macaroon the other day. Suzanne and Claire you have a lot to answer for! We keep hearing about all the weather turmoil back in Uk. Sorry but we sit out in the sun for lunch and get sunburn and curl up snug in the van at night while it is often -15! Van is doing great and Holly loves it too due to the fact her bed is in front of the hot air vent! Well thats it off to bed now. On my own in the van with Holl so hope she does not start barking in the middle of the night otherwise am off into the Gites!!!
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