Claire off to the States & Swiss Climate Change

With the BA strikes ongoing there was a little wait to see if Claire was able to catch her flights as planned to the US today. Thankfully it has all worked out and she managed to leave Basel and get her connection with little worry. I also found this website with data "proving" the effect of Climat Change here in Switzerland. Of course, many still diasagree with any facts or evidence but this is quite a simple graph that in one picture illustrates the changes happening as we have become more and more industrialised as a race.

Spring Cycle Ride

After the skiing week, it's good to see that back here in Kaiseraugst the Sun has appeared and it would appear that Spring has definitely arrived. As a result it was a chance to get the road cycling legs moving with a short ride today - here (and pictured above). Time to start on the allotment work this week too.

Back Home & Proof of our Skiing

We got back a lot easier than at New Year as there was no snow on the roads and the traffic was a lot lighter. With the warm weather that could be it for skiing this year :-( Here's a little picture of me on the webcam at Les Crosets this week that I captured on my iPhone.

Last Day Skiing

Another really warm and sunny day skiing here in Les Crosets with very slushy conditions by the end. We had to call it a day as some runs actually were like skiing on rubber, the skis nearly coming to a halt! Claire bumped into a friend whilst we were over in France, near Avoriaz, she met her by the loo in a creperie. Here Claire also found a new friend - see the picture.

Birthday Skiing

Just can't beat a day's skiing on my birthday and today was even better as the weather was perfect too. Even the coffees seemed to be enjoying the day out!

We also had another great night out at Chez Nelly, a place we loved at New Year too.

Sun Continues & Trip to Le Relais

We had tried to get to the panoramic restaurant in Les Crosets, Le Relais, when we visited at New Year but had failed due to snow conditions. With perfect weather and a great opportunity to get Barbara up to the top of the mountain we managed a sunny, if windy, lunch at the restaurant. Here's a pretty picture of the tiny chapel in Les Crosets just for effect!

Sun & Lessons

The three remaining girly skiers decided to get a lesson today and that meant that I pushed myself a little harder in the afternoon and so was absolutely knackered at the end of today. Luckily we only had to walk upstairs to go to the restaurant!

Second Day Blues

Second day and a little cloud had arrived as well as all of us feeling saddened by yesterday's events. Barbara showed a positive face and we all endeavoured to ensure the rest of the holiday was as good as it could be. We came back to the apartment for lunch and with more cloud and even a little snow in the afternoon it was a shorter day.

First Day Tragedy

Having arrived in glorious weather it was a great sight to see similar weather on our first day of skiing. Unfortunately any delight at the weather and the snow conditions was ruined by one of those oh so avoidable ski accidents. A skier came in from a side run onto the main piste hitting Barbara and damaging Knee Ligaments. The need to visit hospital and bring a very distraught person back to the apartment didn't augur well for the week. Here's all of us before the accident when it all seemed an unlikely event.

Off to Les Crosets

Weather looking good on the morning Swiss TV flick around the Alps! Sun out, Snow looking good and we're off to Les Crosets (again despite my requests for Nendaz - oh well it's a tough call) soon. A week skiing but with four women!!