Sighs of relief

I don’t want to say this too loud, so if you’re reading this and moving your lips – stop it, but it would seem as if the, quite honestly, crap weather of the past weeks has been blown on to hopefully plague more deserving people who don’t like skiing in sunny Serre Chevalier.

We must have almost exhausted our total number of overcast or rubbish days for the season, we’re supposed to get 300 or so days of sunshine a year, so grab your sticks (do people really say that?) or stick and get on over, there are loads of deals to be had and there must be a couple of metres of the white stuff up there that has been left to accumulate for a week at least unmolested.

Still my five year old has been throwing himself down black runs, but he tries to cheer me up by saying “and reds” but I’m tempted to throw the towel in, how can I progress?

My favourite instructor Darren from Insightski and people who look at me just say “fitness” but how can they tell? The clothes I wear are very loose, they can only have an imaginary grasp of what bulk lurks within surely?

This summer I’m going to go on a bike up some Col and next season I’ll be back, less than before, nimbler – actually I don’t think I’ll ever pull nimble off – but living here all season makes you realise you have to be somewhat single minded, still it’s nice to have goals.

I like skiing to be sure, but I also like pies and lying on the sofa thinking about being a better skier.

A two week hol is the best length I reckon, the only pressure is to have a good time, not to perform like some Snow Ocelot.

There are more than two weeks left so check out some of the late season deals, and (quietly now) it is truly gorgeous at the moment (shh).