I’m back in the UK now, just going back over what I’d written before we left the Chalet, shame not … More
Tag: Winter
Manners, feelings, black moods & black runs (Jan-March 2018)
Manners, feelings Black moods and Black runs Jan-March 2018 I thought I’d go up to the Nyon plateau get my … More
News from the Mountain (Winter 2017-18)
It has been a remarkable few months, over half way through the season already, the chalet has been almost constantly … More
One Thing After Another – Dec 2017
The morning we arrived back in Sallachy we’d got up and gone to work with Irene, we’d finally get our … More
Exiles. Highlands December 2017
It had rained so heavily the night before it had woken us both. There is something soothing and comforting about … More
Lock’n Keys November 2017
We’d driven north towards Fort William, a cloud mist and drizzle trailing behind like a cloak, we‘d hardly stopped. We … More
Flying By Feb 2017
I’m sat in a little Tabac bar in the tiny French village of Montriond, called the Marmotte D’or. It’s … More
Petit Agneau et Gros Boeuf. Morzine Framnce. Mid Jan 2017
Things have settled down into a routine, that being, we are routinely tired. Though the high tide of anxiety and … More
First guests, First snow at the Golden Goat. Morzine,France. December 2016- January 2017
Skiing; So let me get this right, You wait till it snows then a tractor with a digger comes along … More