Weekly Photo: Tignes 2009

We make a return to the Weekly Photo following our recent trip.

The snow has begun to fall in the Alps and we’ve booked our first winter trip of the season returning to Tignes in March.

This photo is of the Aiguille Percée which loosly translates as ‘The Eye of the Needle’. It is [...]

Weekly Photo: Alpine Valley, Val d’Isère 2009

It’s about time I had another Mountain post. I was tempted to go for Whistler but with the Tour de France passing through Bourg St Maurice this week I opted for this view down the Isère valley from the Solaise chairlift in Val d’Isère. Today the Tour started from just a few miles down the [...]

Sorry, I've been away.

They say you should never start off a piece of work with an apology, so I’m sorry for starting this one off with an apology that it’s been so long since I last pulled my finger out and blogged away. I know that both of you who read this have been pestering me for a [...]

I love the Alps

I’m typing this on my phone so I’ll keep it brief. Basically I’m in Alpe d’Huez with Stuoobs and Easty, conditions are perfect and we’ve enjoyed a day of fresh powder and blue skies. The usual situation has happened in that we’ve commandered an Irish bar and been mostly drunk. Last night saw [...]