Category: Cross Country Skiing
Skiing on skinny little skis; the French call it Ski de Fond, we call it cross country skiing.
We left Chamonix on Monday evening and headed over to Germany, via Switzerland, to visit our friends in the very small village of Todtmoos-Au in the Black Forest.
We have long neglected the wonderful facilities of the Canmore Nordic Centre – pisted cross country runs of up to 30Km.
The build is continuing and some of the module interiors are really taking shape, with rooms, stairs and kitchens all going in...
A matter of weeks before heading south......
I decided to avoid the Lake District as it was bound to be busy and needed to be fairly local in case I got called out.....
Our friends Dean (above) and Marie live in Zell am See, where Dean just started work this season as a skiing/snowboard instructor. Dean took a busman's holiday and came snowboarding and skiing with us for the week...
Richard has taught me to ski almost from scratch in the past 3 days, so today he started teaching me the second discipline...
We spent a week hiding away in Chamonix over New Year, and we arrived with every intention of undertaking all winter mountain sports...
