We agonised somewhat about what to do today, but in the end, decided to go skiing. The temperatures rose a lot today and this was the first time this year that it got slushy at the bottom. However, this also means you can sit in your shirt getting sun burnt while having a coffee break.

Snow was nice and we discovered some more runs we didn’t know existed. 70km of piste was open, which is about the max we’ve known at Masella. Despite the forecast, the wind started picking up and when we wanted to go to the top of the resort for the last run of the day the cloud came in and they closed the lift. We took the button lift instead (we were one of the last people to get on it) and arrived at the top in thick cloud. I’ve skied in thick cloud before, but not with visibility so bad. We had to ski from one piste marker to the next, hoping no one else was anywhere near you. Geoff and I lost sight of each other after about 10m. I got a bit of a fright when I heard, but couldn’t see, a skidoo until it was nearly on top of me. I loved it, but Geoff wasn’t so sure.

Lovely day out, unfortunately we had to end it in the Renault garage to have them check the clutch on the van.

Lots of people went flying and Nani said conditions were good – everyone had great flights, then had to get out of the way of strong lift with big ears and then all flew again for more fun.

Geoff writes: for some reason I don’t understand, anything to do with cars here is always more expensive than in the UK (except fuel), even allowing for the exchange rate. The repairs will cost a lot more than they would in the UK.

Flying here hasn’t been as good as usual this year, but it has, unusually, been far better in the north, where we are, than in Algo or Alicante. The weather patterns have been very different this year. We are here for another 7 or 8 weeks, and hoping for good flying in that time. 

See photos of today.

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