Wounds

We skied through the trees today.  Gordon has 2 scratches on his forehead, John and I have one each on our noses.  I also have a scratch on my cheek from yesterday's collision, plus a very large bruise on my thigh.  The plus side is that I have no more holes in my ski trousers - as yet.  So I still have one pair of trousers that has no holes.

Primroses

Just next to our apartment building is a small line of earth next to a wall where the snow has receded.  I like to keep an eye on it as the first primroses appear there.  And there they are!   There is thick snow on the ground and the temperature this morning on our balcony was -10C but the tiny first flowers have appeared.  It gets the morning sun and that encourages the primroses. 
I managed to break my sunglasses today which is very annoying as they are prescription lenses.   I have broken off one of the arms but can still wear them with one arm pushed under my helmet.  I was skiing down the Ladies Downhill course at Cote 2000 and collided with a gentleman who skied suddenly into my path.  I slid some way down the hill and just managed to avoid the netting and the 2 pisteurs who were mending it.  The other skier was OK and I'm just bruised and annoyed.  Still, it could have been worse.

Back again!

Sunshine but cold yesterday and today so the snow has been good.  Yesterday we skied on Rochebrune and there were few people about but today we were on Mont D'Arbois and we hit some queues.   It's the French holiday so to be expected.  They were only about 5- 10 minutes so not too bad.  It was warm enough to sit outside at lunchtime.  I failed to buy any new ski pants when we were home so I've found some very fetching blue iron-on patches.   They'll look good on black!  The only trousers in black were too large, and the other colours were white (impractical) or a horrid mustard yellow.  I don't want to look as if I've just sat in a fresh cowpat.  So I'll have to go down to Vieux Campeur and see if they've got anything.  (John still hasn't got his new minibus either.)

Fashion tips 2

Aallards have a man's ski suit in Easyjet orange- the same colour of the foam wraps they put round the skilift legs to prevent injuries.  I am waiting to meet the man who wants to be mistaken for an Easyjet employee or a foam wrap.
John and I skied with the accompanied skiing groups today which was fun.   It was another day of glorious sunshine.  Sadly, there were more people on the slopes though none of the lift queues were bad. 
We are home tomorrow for a few days but back on Sunday so watch this space!

London Fashion Week

As it's London Fashion Week i thought I would add my observations from Megeve.  The in colour appears to be white, which is completely impractical.  Camouflage perhaps?  I have a  pair of grey trousers and I know how much they show the marks.  Carrying skis would not be an option if you have a white jacket.  Perhaps you have a man to carry them for you.  I'm still looking for one of those.
Anyway, the last two days have been cold and sunny.  John and I skied the Ladies Downhill this morning which was in terrific condition.

Saturday

I skied with Gordon in the morning and John joined us at lunchtime.  It was a brilliantly sunny day but cold so the snow was in perfect condition.  We found plenty of untracked powder.  I thought the slopes would be crowded but there were few queues for the lifts.  John went shopping this evening and said there was a long queue of people coming in to Megeve.   I expect it will be busy tomorrow as it is the start to the French holidays and it is going to be sunny.  Still, we can't complain as we usually have the slopes to ourselves.

staff lunch

Today we took all the staff to lunch at the Bachais restaurant on Jaillet.  We skied with Johnny and Jean-Marc in the morning and got too low on an off piste run.  We ended up climbing out of a ravine which was exhausting and then skiing down the road to the bottom.  We were only half an hour late for lunch!  We skied with everyone in the afternoon and it was great fun.  It was snowing in the morning but cleared in the afternoon and we had sunshine.