Today was the Mountain biking day..

After collecting our bikes we set off up the mountain on the chair lift to Les Chavannes.

We then cycled to Lac de Joux plane, a nice downhill ride on a road, with great views of Mont Blanc..

After having coffee we cycled back up to the Les Chavannes.

We then took what was sign posted as a very easy downhill ride suitable for families.

All I can say is that if that was easy I would  not like to try hard .

It was very scary at times because not only was it fast but very narrow and winding too.

After I had recovered we decided to try a cross country route by the river towards Morzine.

Once there we got the De Pleney chair lift up the mountain.

Then just a short downhill section before joining the road and a great fast run all the way back into Les Gets..

Yesterday we took the car to lac Montriond on yet another very hot day.

We decided before we went for a swim we should go for a walk.

So we took the high level route up to the l’cascade d’ardent.

When we got there we spent some time enjoying the water which i can tell you was very very cold but welcome after a hot sweaty up hill walk.

Then it was back down to the Lac where  we enjoyed a swim in the much warmer water.

I love the reflections in the photo below…..

Today we set off in brilliant sunshine.

We walked up and up right to the summit of Mont Chery, as usual I sweated like a pig, amazingly we passed a man wearing a big heavy jumper and he did not have a bead of sweat on him .

We then walked to Col de l’Encrenaz where we had lunch in the lovely sunshine, before carrying on to Mont Caly.

At Mont Caly we had Ice cream before returning back to les gets, via a small stream where we had a quick skinny dip 🙂

Only 12km walked but a height gain of 4000 feet , a very different walk to a Norfolk walk 🙂

Not to disappoint……..

Finally arrived in Les Gets about 11pm after a delayed flight.

So today has been a relaxing day.

We went up Mount Chery on the chair lift with the intension of walking back down,but by the time we had arrived at the top it had clouded over and we had a downpour of rain with thunder and lightening.

So we retired to the Belvedere for lunch and refreshments.

After 2 bottles of wine and a delicious lunch it was still raining but lucky for us they started the chair lift up to take us back down.

The weather is now clearing and I am hoping to get up to the lake soon for a swim because as you know I  don’t do relaxing for very long  🙂

We have talked about trying some mountain biking while we are here, but only on the easy paths …  it sounds like fun to me !!

I really don’t know why I skied so much better this year than last.

I was more confident and not so scared  but I think the real reason was the snow… it was so much better this year, not so icy and hard.

So home with no bruises  🙂  unlike last year.

If I am lucky enough to go next year I will treat myself to a nice orange ski jacket as I just love the nice bright colors.

I did intend to wear my red walking jacket but the twice I went out in it I got mistaken for a ski rep as they wore Red !!!

Boys enjoyed the snowboarding ,the lesson was well worth the money but I was amazed at how tired they got.

Too much time sat in their room’s playing games on x box and PC and not enough exercise.

Maybe time to get Matthew down the Gym 🙂 especially if he’s going to join the Army. 

Left Geoff in Les Gets till 15th Feb so lets hope he gets some more snow as they need it now  🙁  especially for when Mark and Emily go out.

On the slopes of Mont Chery

We woke to brilliant sunshine on our last skiing day in Les Gets.

So we decided to spend our last hours skiing/snowboarding on the red runs of Mont Chery .

I managed to ski from top to bottom with no falls , although I don’t pretend that I go very fast ,its still a great achievement for me.

It was so hot I swear you could have sun bathed in your bikini….

We had a great time although the boys were very tired by the end of the day.

Geoff treated me to a meal out on our last night together, a treat for valentines as he will still be away. It was great to spend some time alone with him.

We both had a Tartiflette a typical french dish, recipe can be found here.

We then went for a drink at the Golden Lion… a pub ran by Jim which had just opened that week-end 🙂

A very enjoyable evening and a great way to end my holiday.

Tonight after we had all been out for a very nice meal we sent the boys off bum boarding…..

If your not sure what that is …it’s where you slide down the snow sat on a plastic seat shaped like your bum, and you can go very very fast.

As you can imagine they had a lot of fun, some good crashes and came home wet through.

Thankfully we only had 2 bum boards so Geoff and I escaped having a go…  but there is always tomorrow  🙂