We decided to head over to Courchevel 1850 today, in what turned out to be variable weather. It provides some great skiing, but is equally renowned for being the place to be seen in your designer, fur trimmed ski outfits. Luckily some of our gear is now so old it has passed through “old skool” and is now officially “retro” so we like to think we fit right in!

This place is absolutely not renowned for good value lunch stops, we turned up at Les Verdons, a restaurant half way up the mountain and they asked us if we had a reservation… funnily enough, no… but they found us table anyway (no doubt with the chic retro skiwear they assumed we were celebrities they did not recognise).

Apparently it is not the done thing to photograph your food in posh restaurants.

But this salad seemed worthy of breaking etiquette.

In the afternoon the group split into two. Those of us who thought that skiing in a cloud at 9000 feet was a good idea, and those sensible enough to spot the fact that this was unlikely to be very pleasant.

Further experimentation with our new video camera, we have now tried it chest mounted, helmet mounted, and so we decided to try boot mounting. This gives a much better impression of speed.

http://youtu.be/dx_dtI-_ZfQ&rel=0

Skiing in this kind of variable snow when you can’t see clearly absolutely kills your legs, you are constantly having to adjust your balance. This is why it is a good idea to get fit before going on a skiing holiday… it is just a shame I always remember that when I get here!

Feeling 47 miles of stiff legs…..

The forecast for tomorrow is for sun, sun, sun. Let’s hope this one is as accurate as the previous ones.