From Tignes & Val d'Isere
From A Cheeky Weekend in Chamonix and a Missed Flight
From Poor Languedoc Footwork
From A Week of Muppetry in the Three Valleys
From French Misadventures 2023
From Avoriaz Skiing with the Muppets
From Cap Blanc-Nez
From Vertus, and Champagne!
From Les Gets & Morzine Downhill Mountain Biking

Tignes & Val d’Isere

Sunday, 2nd March 2025

We took the unusual decision to ski during half term this year, but it was worth it to be able to spend the week with Saskia and Nick. Tignes is a great destination, with plenty to do at all levels. Tons of pistes, tons of non-groomed slopes and a good number of lift assisted off-piste …

A Cheeky Weekend in Chamonix and a Missed Flight

Thursday, 6th February 2025

We’re just back from a short break in Chamonix. The weather was excellent, and the skiing was fun. What more could one ask for to brighten up one’s spirits after weeks of grey British winter weather?

Poor Languedoc Footwork

Wednesday, 6th November 2024

It’s been 10 years to the week since I first went to the Languedoc with Keith and friends. So I was quite excited to be returning…

A Week of Muppetry in the Three Valleys

Friday, 23rd February 2024

Our customary trip skiing with the Muppets this year was based in the Three Valleys, that largest ski area in the world! We’ve been to the Three Valleys before, back in 2019. But then we were based in the sleepy La Tania. Being a bit sleepy, La Tania was a cheaper option in days-gone-by. Now-a-days …

French Misadventures 2023

Sunday, 24th September 2023

Our summer jollies to the Alps this year had mixed results…

Avoriaz Skiing with the Muppets

Monday, 13th February 2023

After the poor snow conditions at New Year we were concerned what might await us in Avoriaz for our ski trip with the Muppets… We needn’t have worried so much … loads of snow fell in January, and a week of consistently low temperature (approx -10C throughout the day) ensured our week based in the …

Cap Blanc-Nez

Wednesday, 24th August 2022

One final instalment to the Chamonix ’22 trip and the journey home – back when Ian and I went out to France in June we stopped in a super cheap hotel in Calais the night before our early ferry back to Dover. We ate dinner in a simple bar in town and noted that the …

Vertus, and Champagne!

Wednesday, 24th August 2022

It was time to leave Chamonix, the weather was poor there for a few days so an early escape from the rain promised sunny dry rock and adventure elsewhere. We plotted a route home via what looked like a very interesting limestone crag in the middle of the flatlands of the beautiful Champagne region…

Les Gets & Morzine Downhill Mountain Biking

Wednesday, 24th August 2022

Equipped with full-face helmets, goggles, knee and elbow pads we’d arrived in Les Gets ready to throw ourselves in to the new (to us) sport and experience of downhill mountain biking…

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