Last ski

Yesterday we skied on Mont D'Arbois and although the sun was out there was a chilly wind.  Max and Heidi Stallard took us for lunch at the Gouet to say thank you for providing the flat for their honeymoon, which was very nice.  Poor Violene and Guillaume were rushed off their feet as there were only four of them, two in the kitchen and two serving and they decided to close yesterday as they had no staff for today.

Our Vallee Blanche trip with the staff was a huge success and great fun, in spite of it being Friday 13th.  We walked down the arrrete and skied the first pitches in sunshine and then we hit cloud and it even started snowing.  Our guides were Alex Perrinet and his friend, Thierry.  They are very good and make it an adventure.  We skied down and through a crevasse,  Alex pointing out the three holes which we had to avoid.  We also skied down the frozen river, which was a bit like doing the ski cross and with about the same amount of carnage.  It was a great day and a big thank you to the staff, who have had to cope with the odd crisis (don't mention the ski bus crashing into the Rond Point on Christmas Eve).