The Season Starts Here!

So tomorrow is the first day of our second season, the chalet is clean and the hot tub warming up as we speak! And we've also arranged for a snowfall today to make sure the pistes are in tip-top condition for our first guests tomorrow!

The Boy Done Good !!

After months of training Chris finally completed his first triathlon in 2h45. Not bad heh? Sounds like he's become addicted so look out next year for even faster times !! Was hoping to have some pix of the actual race by now, but they're not posted yet - so in the meantime, here's one of him training at the Lido.

The Dirty Bikers

Had a great (if eventful) few days at the end of June with 8 guys from Wales who were here for the Pass'Portes (hmmm, there's only 7 in the pic....)

Less than 1 hour into their first run and Chris went over the handlebars culminating in several stitches in his face. Day 2 saw Danny go over the handlebars and he ended up with a broken finger which required plastering !

You are not coming in the chalet in that state !! Put the hose on them Robin !

summer kicks off

A pic of the very charming and fit Russ and Oscar to show you. They were here to compete in the CycloSportive on the weekend of June 20/21. I was mightily impressed when I discovered Russ came in 45th !! (out of a field of over 300) and Oscar was not far behind. 150kms up and down hills finishing at the lake - some people took nearly 11 hours to complete the course but our Russ came in at 6h20 - just 1hr behind the winner. However, he promises to be back next year to improve on this time !! I look forward to it guys !!

End of.....

Thought a couple of pix of the last day ought to be posted - particularly Chris in yet another fetching scarf - de rigeur now me thinks !! Susie had us all kitted out in something outrageous as we headed off to Chez Flo's for lunch. A jolly time was had by all, then we had to get down the mountain..... nuff said !! So the season is over - did that happen in the blink of an eye ? or did it feel like a lifetime ?? No time for philosophical questions at the moment though as it's full steam ahead to the summer season. Susie's gone back to Oz (but promises to be back for next winter, thank goodness !!) and Chris is back at the day job in the City. So here I am discovering that under all that snow was a tonne of mud !! (and I said I wouldn't garden again.....) and looking forward to the more gentle pace of B&B throughout the summer.
Thanks go to everyone who helped make our first season so successful, for all your support and kind words of encouragement - and a reminder that many of you said you'd be back to check out the mountains without snow !!

New Year

Been a bit of a while since the last blog update, but here's a quick photo that one of our guests over new year just forwarded on - thanks Mark!

Everyone round the table for NY:









And of course your hosts; Susie & me (complete with fetching scarf):

Snow snow snow!

It's been a while since the epic snowfalls of December, but looks like the weather is back. Some pretty heavy snow came in today, and they shut a lot of the mountain due to high winds. Lots more snow to come by the look of it!