Home from christmas trip ready for val T

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snow at last !

  woke up a little rough from a late night and looked out the window ,At last the whole valley was covered in a blanket of snow ,Real shame its the last days ski`in but i was keen to get out and make the best of it , this morning when we got to the slopes the boarders and skiers split early on and me anne and dave headed over to the swiss side of avoriaz with the fresh snow falling rappidly ,sometimes big flakes sometimes small , blown in at speed with the mountain top high winds sometimes swirling fresh snow into small spindrifts at times and strong winds in mountain top unsheltered areas were strong enough to blow you along on your skies , but as usual the biggest problem for me is the visibillity my new prescription goggles were no good as they were wrap around style with side vents the coating was too dark and the side vents were ruined by the wind .in the end i settled on my normal prescription clear glasses trapped below my ski goggles and then the fun started ! 

          anne had found her perfect ski surface and was uncatchable loving the fresh snow over the hard packed pistes .she didnt want to stop for lunch she was having such a good time we met anna and matt at lunch time my dinner was delayed so we were a while at lunch ,after lunch dave got very cold especially his hands , i gave him some of my spare stuff including a pair of warmer dry gloves and then we had definately our best most fun aftermnoons ski`ing of the week the time absolutely flew past as we did piste after piste hardly noticing we were running out of time . an unbelievable piece of luck found us meeting matt and anna heading up the chairlift back to avoriaz on the way back to morzine , so the 5 of us could ski our final hour on the slopes together ,fortuneately matt knew the area well and we found ourselves sneaking under the piste closed barrier and wooping like kids as we found the perfect last off piste route possible, we all had one or two tumbles including myself but it was no problem as the snow was soft and deep it was a real shame that darkness was coming and the chairlifts were shut , we were at the end of the ski week and at the super morzine bubble cars back to town ! there was only one thing for it ! one last beer on the slopes in the most beautifull mountain chalet i have been in very picture perfect with thick snow covering it , and only really our group in it as it was late and most the place was shut down the fire was on and there was individual music boxes on the tables very pleasant surroundings to finish of the most excellent day on the slopes 

        we arranged to meet the rest of the group in morzine for some apres ski so all 9 of us had a few drinks in a nice bar while we waited for the mini bus to take us back to the chalet the snow was still falling heavy with little wind which was very pleasant to look at but a bit tricky for the drivers .it took two journeys in the mini bus for us and then a last excellent dinner in the chalet i was packed for my 06;00 rise in the morning for my airport transfer . only one thing lefet to do to finish the week off head into town , only dave and mick were game for the walk into town and we ended up in the budha bar mick got into a dance of with some girl and we had a pleasant night .

 

Boxing Day 2014

Boxing Day is the designated staff day off for the chalets , so we had to fend for ourselves at breakfast oh the hardship ! but worse yet no lift to the slopes we had to walk to the bus station ! the first bus drove right past us it was full , the second bus managed to squeeze all 6 of us in ! it wasnt a long bus journey from the stop as we could still only ski in the avoriaz area there was a snowfall forcast for that night and the slopes were really needing it a white christmas would have been the best gift santa could ever give morzine , the cable car que was very small considering the bus`es were full  and this was the only area around with snow , 

          i went into the lost and found office in the hope somebody would have handed in my helmet but alas no , the girl in lost and found was very helpfull and took my details and number just in case ,and we set off for our second last ay on the slopes .we all now knew the pistes around this area very well and after a few morning runs a stop at the usual crepe and coffee hut things were settling into a decent days skiing for the conditions we just had be carefull for icy and muddy patches . i decided to go ski over the swiss side anne joined me and then later we bumped into david we found a run on the swiss side we enjoyed another good day regardless off the rapidly disapeering snow 

      no chalet staff for lifts home so myself and david and anne got the bus and marched up the hill to the chalet as the sun was setting . perfect timing no cake for us today ,but we had a restaurant in town booked for 7pm so we all got ready and marched in to town found the restaurant who seated the 9 of us at what we thought was our table .the waitress took our drinks order and 8 meal orders just as anne was puting in her order they top waiter came over and there was a bust up about a wrong booking and 9 people had arrived who were the real booking ! to cut a long story short we had to shift we got a free drink and were about to move on when they decided they could squeeze us in at another spot not as good a table but hey we were there and comfy , dinner was ok gerry and dave had snails i would have tried them but was worried about not liking my starter (coward ) . after dinner i talked mick gerry and thelma into beers at the irish bar i like the rest of the crew went home