My apologies that Serre Chevalier's only site that is updated daily hasn't been. At the moment there are no regular bloggers on the ground in Serre Chevalier as me myself is in England.
Normal service will be resumed this time next week. Sorry about that.
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Serre Chevalier's most gigged band, The Harper Brothers started their UK tour today with a great gig at The Marina Bar in Borstal, Rochester. It was totally lovely to see our favourite girls, Sue, Cat and Jo who were down the front and getting into it. Many thanks to the owner John who was more hospitable than we could ever imagine. A brilliant night.
Friday night The Harper Brothers go to The Green Man in Toppesfield, Essex.
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The Harper Brothers have left Serre Chevalier and just as we got to the top of the Col du Lautaret it was snowing. As we are driving to the UK in a 10m long RV we thought we would save about €200 on tolls by using the Route Nationale roads rather than the Autoroute. I'll let you know how it goes, I can feel a long journey ahead.
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Due to my other interests I'm always looking for places to sneakily wild camp in motorhomes especially around Serre Chevalier.
Here's a couple of campers parked up on the Fortville car park which is sort of between Aldi and the Guisane river. They seem to have been there for a couple of days quite happily.
If you would like to hire a motorhome have a look at http://www.motorhomebusiness.com
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You don't see that many lawnmowers in Serre Chevalier, but there are loads of strimmers buzzing away at this time of year. I came to the conclusion yesterday that all that sneezing and eye watering allergic reactions I have been having over the past couple of weeks was not to do with grass pollen, but something else. One of our neighbours pointed out some sort of little herb type looking flower which he didn't know the name of either, (which is strange because he knows everything there is to know about growing things) which has been causing havoc with allergies this year. It was something to do with it changing from sub zero winter to double figure spring so quickly.
Anyway my choice of strimmer is Ryobi one, but there again I haven't used any other make so I can't really comment on how good they or not. It has been working for us solidly in the 5 years we have lived here, so I suppose that says something.
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Here we go the last Harper Brothers gig before the UK. Indeed that was it - gone. There will be no Harper Brothers at Le Central in Briançon now for the next two weeks as they will be in England doing their 2013 UK Tour. More details about this are here.
http://www.theharperbrothers.com/the-harper-brothers-uk-tour-2013/
Both The Station and Le Central will be open while The Harper Brothers are away.
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Yes if you are in town, do rush over to Briançon today for the last day of the patchwork festival, yes it really is all go here. The wife has just gone over there again today which will be her third visit. I must say that I haven't actually bothered to go myself although I could have borrowed The Wife's 3 day pass as there was no photo or anything on the pass. Clearly security at The Patchwork Festival is not as tight as it is at Glastonbury these days.
If you are still around tomorrow The Harper Brothers will be playing outside at Bar Le Central in Briançon at about 4pm. The weather is set to be lovely again so that should be a laugh.
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Patchwork by Maryline Collioud
If you're at a loose end (ha ha! ) this Saturday in Briancon why not have a look at some top class textile artwork? Some of the best international patchworkers are exhibiting at various venues around the old town, aka la Vieille Ville, as well as the lower town (the area known as Briancon-Sainte Catherine).
A pass for all the exhibitions costs 10 euros per adult, children are free of charge. You can buy tickets at the Casino Barriere near the Prorel lift or at the Corps de Garde d'Artagnan in the old town. Maryline Collioud (the artist featured here) is exhibiting at the former barracks in the quartier Berwick.
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It's not the best photo in the World, but what can you spot hiding in the trees? Just to the left of the Piste Luc Alphand at the bottom is both cable cars. I wonder what is going to happen to them?
I have a photo too of the big pylon half way up the piste on its side, but the photo is a bit rubbish, so I might have to do a better one.
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Should you wish to have a taste of Serre Chevalier in Kent, Essex, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire, East Sussex or Gloucestershire then why not come and see The Harper Brothers on their UK Tour 2013? Today the official tour dates were released, so plan your Harper Brothers big night out right now. Many thanks to Den Nash for sorting out the gig at The Halfway House in Bovingdon at the very last minute, by the way.
The Harper Brothers leave Serre Chevalier a week today and have their first gig at the Medway Marina Bar in Borstal, Rochester, Kent next Thursday night. If you are around near any of the gigs please do come along. When we did the tour last year (for the first time) there was somebody related to Serre Chevalier at every single gig we did - even a really crappy one we did in Hemel Hempstead.
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