Geoff writes: since it’s only the reading week for the conference, we can take the odd day off, so decided to go skiing. It started off really nice and sunny, but soon clouded over, with massive wave bars. The skiing was still good, but we much prefer to ski when it’s sunny, rather than in the shade – we find it much harder to read the snow. Though my spectacular fall today was whilst it was still sunny. We were skiing the black double diamond run, one we’ve done before. It is narrow, and you have to do a steep turn within about four metres of setting off, and today it was hard ice exactly where you make the turn. I managed the turn, but fell over immediately afterwards, losing both poles and one ski, and managed to slide most of the rest of the way down the slope, before stopping – I probably got down faster without my skis, than I usually do with them. Judith thought this was very funny.

Until a little later we went right to the top of the resort, where it was howling. You have to cross the path of a button lift, and dodging behind one of them, she hit two small snow drifts, one after the other, which made her splat on her face. Payback for laughing at me.

We left fairly early, partly because of the work, but also because it’s not as much fun when it’s cold and cloudy.

See photos of today.

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