Once we were all up and organised we walked over the street to the bus station it's very handy here at the apartments Ali organised for us we have a locker room in the basement for storing our skis and the bus station is right out the front .we made the decision to go to the ski area known as le tour which is at the totally opposite end of the Chamonix valley from yesterday it's at the northern end and a bit higher .i looked at my watch when we were traveling on the bus and it was 09:30
The morning ski' went really well it was a bit overcast which we were expecting so not the beautiful sunshine like we had yesterday and parts of the slopes had exposed ice ,but all things considered a good morning ski'ing ,this area borders Switzerland so it would have been nice to have been able to do a border crossing on skis like we have done on previous years ,but it's not possible here. we stopped for lunch today's place chosen specifically so it wasn't as expensive as yesterday's .we had coffees and baguets for €22 today so that was less than a quarter the price ! after lunch it was getting more overcast and a bit chilli , there's a lot of pomas at this area and two of those were interesting ! One pulled you right of the ground as it yanked you uphill ,bob fell twice trying to take this poma and the other was perhaps the longest poma I have been on I was cold by the time I got to the top (,I was glad I wasn't in my kilt on that one ! )
It was 2pm and the weather was turning to snow but light almost rain like snow which makes visibility hard .coating your glasses in my case but goggles for bob Ali and even cammy had his goggles on today ! I really must invest in a decent pair of sports prescription glasses! The clouds were dark and sinking down to our hight which brought visibility down to I would guess under 20meters, we all had a fall at some stage in the next hour bob had one at a fair speed while on decent enough slopes , Ali went over an edge and required to climb back up to the slopes so we decided enough was enough for today we had a good day but by 3pm it was time to follow the fairly steep icy red all the way down to the coach park and get the bus home .the slopes are needing some snow so we can't complain and expect beautiful days everyday
Of course this left us the dilemma of when to start our apris ski beers ! The happy hours and bands don't start untill 5pm ? So we went to the apartment and half man half mattress (cammy ) got a beer then fell asleep swiftly followed by the man in Velcro pyjamas (Ali ) , me and bob tidied up and got everything ready for dinner . Woke the boys up when their dinner was ready and then we all headed to chamber Neuf in time for the live music , the band were excellent and pitchers of beer (about a litre and a half ) for €10.80 it's been a great night so far , I'm finishing this blog in the bar now .the bands just finished and it's only 19:45 ! So we are still out having a good night , the Reston today's blog will need to wait untill tomorrow ! The snow is pouring down outside the beers are flowing the bars great I predict another excellent day tomorrow
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