Messages posted by : caron-a
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Hello people. I’m back from Tignes fully equipped with all my limbs :thumbup:.
We had a fantastic holiday but I’ve established that spring conditions are not for me. One of the last things my physio said to me was to try to avoid slush, d’oh :shock:. All the slopes were icy at the top, three lovely turns and then slush the rest of the way down. One particular narrow slope into Val Claret was absolutely teaming with people on their back sides or just stuck in the slush. I saw more skidoos dragging injured people off the mountain in that week than I’ve seen in my whole skiing life. In fact, three of our 26 were injured and out of action (fortunately, all three managed to ski again by the last day). However, it all changed on wednesday afternoon when Graham took me to the area around the glacier express in Val D’Isere, the snow there was absolutely glorious. The next day it snowed very heavily in Tignes (Neiltoo arrived at the right time!) so the skiing from then on was wonderful. The time of year and resort were obviously one of the worst possible choices for my rehabilitation so I’m trying to keep the memory of the last day in my mind as, on the whole, I feel disappointed with my skiing :cry:. Saying that, Graham, the boys and most of the rest of the group absolutely loved the skiing, my knees are intact and the stickers worked on my jacket so, all in all, it was a successful holiday :D. A big shout out to the Loop Bar where we were daily, they really looked after us and what with the 9 euro / 3 pint pitcher at happy hour we were laughing. Much more pleasant than the 22 euro / two small beers and two orange juices in Val D'Isere :shock:. I'm now officially depressed :( |
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why, thank you kind sir. It's my upbringing you know, innit :lol:
In all seriousness, it's like these stickers were made for this purpose. I'll take spares so if I fancy a diamante day I can have one and then cover up again  |
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Don't tell anyone Wickers, but the diamante is duly covered with little silver star stickers )
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Tino, you are officially a nutter :lol:
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I'm starting to wonder whether my water skiing skills will come in handy :shock:
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Ready and raring to go.......... :thumbup:
Have a lovely easter everyone, I hope the sun shines for you 8) love Caron xx |
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Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
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Can you tell?
tipex, black marker and black nail polish duly packed :thumbup:. Ooo, hold on a sec, I think I've got some silver nail polish somewhere from way back when... now packed. Tino, very nice :D |
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