Picture this

Forgot my camera, so you’re going to have to imagine a gleaming white surface (can you see it?), onto which brilliant sunshine is streaming (let yourself go with the fall line). The sound of scrapping snowboards and skis is always there, but not intrusive, the wind is more obvious now you’re skiing through the open bowls above Chantermerle and Villeneuve. Yes you are skiing in lovely Serre Chevalier and it is fantastic.

This is the wind that seems to be bringing in a change, so maybe we’re in for some more snow. There is ample powder along the edges of the pistes for a dip into and the pistes are all in great nick.

Got a couple hours to tootle around this morning, it’s lovely, but I can’t help feel I’m not worthy. There were a couple of queues on Sunday – if you think 2 minutes is queueing – but today it’s straight on to any lift. Spied Gavin of Eureka Ski School, they’ve changed costume, he was red and black and the two students he had certainly looked to be enjoying themselves. He pretended not to hear me though.

There is slight evidence of families skiing, but still very quiet, which suits my eratic style of suddenly turing across the piste.

I suppose this is the reason I wear orange, that and it suits my sunny disposition.