Bring me sunshine

 Day two of the great family ski trip and I rushed to the window again anticipating snow and cloud, wow was all I could think. A brilliantly clear day meant the whole if the valley could be seen in all its glory. 

The view from our room. 

We went down to breakfast and, from our table by the window, amused ourselves watching a guy warm up, and warm up, and warm up some more. Finally he was ready. He grabbed his skis and carried them to the slope ( no skiing on the terrace remember), put them on, and warmed up a bit more. Oh how we prayed that he would set off and promptly fall over. No such luck I'm afraid. Eventually Vicky had finished her boiled egg so we headed for the boot room. Because we were a bit later today it was much less crowded.  Point in favour of a lie in. Vicky and I crossed the terrace carrying our skis, and discussed the possibility of scrapping it and putting in a little slope down to the boot room and a little lift out. The Viking is advertised as a ski in ski out hotel after all.  We donned our skis, (YOU HAVE SNOW ON YOUR HEEL yelled Ian) and set off for the belvedere lift. Because it was pre ski scholl it was very quiet and the snow was fantastic.

We had a plan of action today remember, so we skiied down to the terminator and I took great pleasure in passing it by. We skiied on down into the very centre of Les Gets and took an express chair right to the top if the mountain with fantastic views across the alps to Mt Blanc. The blue at the top was a little hairy as it was quite steep then led onto a road with lots of edges ( I don't like edges). We skiied right back down where I ticked off 'the jump' from my list. Although Chris preferred to call it 'the flop'. We found a gorgeous alpine cafe for lunch which was really busy. We struggled to understand whether the lady was telling us we would have to wait two hours or that the table was needed by 2pm for a large party. Kathy you must come next year, we need you. It turns out it was the latter and the boys had the best steak they have ever had

We put our skis back on (YOU HAVE SNOW ON YOUR HEEL) and carried on down the mountain where I had 'the fall'. Unfortunately it was just a slip on ice and not spectacular at all, and no one witnessed it due to the slope being deserted. Ian eventually managed to grapple me onto my feet and we carried on. We finished up down in Morzine and by the time we got back up to the hotel if was 4.30, the latest I have ever skiied to. It's all due to the quiet slopes, lovely blue runs and perfect conditions. 

Back at the hotel its time for ski tracks. I forgot to record my figures yesterday so here goes. Max speed 28.4 mph, distance covered 10.8 miles. Today max speed 27.5 mph (disappointing especially with the fall) distance covered 16.5 miles.