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Australia Day – DJ Danz rocking LdV
DJ Danz on the balcony at LdV just before police stopped music at 5.30 pm
Lads Weekend next Thu to Wed (not a week) – The itinerary…
A frightening prospect: LT 27 Jan – 2 Feb 2011
Thursday
Ante Ski: Luton and Gatwick – Red Lion North terminal. Couple G&Ts on the flight
Grip onto dash board as Toffa tries to break the land speed record for middle aged
plump people; GVA to LT. Guess the temperature winner disputed (ongoing).
Night: Livewire at the Ski Lodge. Get hammered tell everyone we love them
Friday
Up at 7:00, back to bed at 07:10
Toffa has fit – out of bed at 07:15 breakfast – proper
Ski Higher for skis
[Our] First Lift and the Black Runs of 1850
Lunch: La Boulette 1650
Afternoon: “shall we just have one more bottle of red?” Eventually leave La Boulette
far too late, hammer it like mad to get back, scream under closing barriers.
Apres: posh 1850 Bring Your Sisters gig
Night: Rubik Cube Party with Langers and Trois tetes at La Taiga – get hammered …
we love you etc.
Saturday
Repeat of yesterday’s breakfast pantomime
First Lift – argue about taking the fastest or most enjoyable way to VT – Cus on
weak ground, Toffa cons him into near death experience.
Val Thorens day
Lunch: Facewest VT – monster Club Sandwich and chips
Apres: Sad Saturday Soccer Club: Ski Lodge
Night: Sledging 1550, then Ski Lodge and Hardcore Hen Night – normal
embarrassment ensues.
Sunday
Too messed up to cook breakfast – Sausage Shop bacon sarnies :0)
Thirty First lift – Toffa goes on and on about Grand Couloir – Cus takes one look and
tells him to get on with it. Toffa decides against it – end up on normal runs
Lunch: La Boulette again. Toffa tells everyone he would have done it if it wasn’t for
Cus. No wine today – blast over to Meribel side
Apres: Rond Pont – The Juke Box Mamas
Night: Toss the Boss in the Ski Lodge. Then Dinner followed by BYS at La Taiga
Monday
First lift and an introduction to Monday Club (pistes are for pussies)
Wake up at 10:00 realise it was a dream – crawl round apartment on knees trying to
get breakfast together.
Limp over to Mottaret
Lunch: Mottaret, Krab’s mates place
Crawl back to LT
Cus tells Toffa he’ll be five mins, “see you in Slodge” … sneaks off for little lie down.
Woken up by loudest, Geordie, drunken alarm clock in the Alps
Apres: Drift between Trois Tetes at La Taiga / 4 Play at the Chrome Bar – spread the
love
Dinner: Curry from Extreme Cuisine
Mon Night: Shooters Night in the Ski Lodge -. Surprise everyone by telling them how
much we love them.
Tuesday
Kalinka Chaos Special for breakfast – Cus realises hasn’t brushed teeth after last
night’s excesses – realise why lass in Bakery looked so poorly.
Talk about First Lift – after elevenses go over to 1650 for those runs we never do
Lunch: La Boulette 1650 – cos we love it there.
Afternoon hack about
Apres : BYS Lodge du Village. Shirts off (ooh, narsty). Have a Pizza. Get stranded –
Toffa calls out International Rescue.
Night: BYS Ski Lodge. Everyone avoiding us – obviously all loved out
Wednesday
Stick head in fridge and munch leftovers for breakfast.
Stay local cos its the last day
Toffa has screaming eppy as we try to get all the things fixed we had all week to sort.
Lunch: Pies in Ski Lodge. Farewells and exchange of insurance details, apologies
etc.
Apres: Drive to Geneva
Night: Luton and Gatwick
Countdown to next time starts ………
Good news! Latest forecasting models showing snow coming thru’ Wed/Thu to #LaTania
Top lines are temperature models, bottom lines are precipitation
Nick Ski Snow Report 20.1.2011
Cold returns, minus 10C in La Tania this morning. Only a few of the lower pistes closed in the whole 3 Valleys system. Groomed pistes are typical January conditions and ungroomed pistes hard packed. No queuing anywhere, even Biollay at 11am. Suisse was fabulous this morning and so was the Courcheneige for getting warm again. Having fun hooning around on the pistes this week. Nick www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk
