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so near so spar

so near so spar

the view this morning as i climbed 100m up to get le pain.

breathtakingly beautiful here.

but very, very cold

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mrs.perou and z

mrs.perou and z

at les verdons 2500m

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maximum dans les alps...

maximum dans les alps...

...skiing through his tonsillitis convalescence

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drop out

drop out

maximum is actually enjoying himself more than me (despite appearances here)

i LOVE skiing but i am HATING my ski school lessons every morning: 10am-12.30pm

i am fairly convinced my scottish ski instructor is trying to kill me.

i am bottom of my level 3 class and keep crashing spectacularly.

maybe going through levels 1 and 2 would have been prudent.
after all this is only my 14th day on skis

i crashed at the top of 'kamikaze' this morning, leaving my skis and poles at the top and tumbled / slid to the bottom in a cloud of snow.
no way of returning for them: someone was kind enough to ski them down to me.

strangely, i have pulled my back.

for those of you that remember, last year i came skiing WITH a bad back, self-medicating on ibruprofen and paracetemol and came home with a fixed back.

this time i have destroyed my back and am self medicating on cuprofen and strange french cidre (from the tap and served in a tea cup).

 

mrs.perou and sons are all enjoying their ski lessons.

depending how my back is tomorrow i might be dropping out of school

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the blue skies are coming

the blue skies are coming

love it that it's still gorgeous sun here despite the snow.

at home it would undoubtedly be grey and dismal