Again! Sorry about that. Things are very much in the “do work, go home, wake up, do work” pattern for a while now.
I’m on to my second visitor in a week with Nic flying in on Monday morning. On the same day, Delphine departed after a short stay on her way back to Nice from [...]

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These are probably relevant to a lot of people, but they’re from snowboarding experience so…
Quite simple, really. A lot of ‘boarders carry a small rucksack with stuff in. I usually use it to store my clothes in. As I get warmer, I strip layers and pop them into the rucksack. I also use it to [...]

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A few words for ‘boarders as well, but this is mainly a mini-rant at skiers. I know not all skiers are pompous, arrogant, selfish, ignorant, piste-greedy idiots, but far too many of them are. They annoy me, you may have guessed. I have seen several accidents on the slopes, and without exception every single one [...]

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Quite a headline-grabbing title, but actually a serious post.
Around Chamonix at the moment, you can often here cannon-like blasts in the early morning. These are set charges being blasted to shift snow in controlled circumstances to help prevent avalanches. Recently, I went to a meeting organised by Henry’s Avalanche Talk in a local bar. It [...]

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Browsing through the comments you may see that I have added Gravatars. These are dinky little images which attach themselves to your blog comments on any blog that supports them. Now, some of you already have these but may notice that your old comments don’t have the gravatar attached. Technical reason – when converting Blogger [...]

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A quick update and a little story from last Sunday at Geneva Airport for you.
This week I have mainly been hanging around with Leah. She made time in her busy schedule (i.e. the long winter holiday) to pop over and spend new year with me. We had a few really good nights out, got rather [...]

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OK, it’s not about my travels but it’s fun and educational. And I get to say “been there” a lot of times when I’m playing it! Just click on the map as quickly and as accurately as you can for each of the places that comes up. My score on my first go was 185,028 [...]

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