Preparations for a big night

Clare took her Hogmanay preparations very seriously. Hopefully the 5 pizzas would soak up some of the alcohol.

Loves young dream.

Bless

I've got nae neck

Messed up a bit, took the group down a slightly tricky run so had to pretend to fall over just to make them feel better! Problem was I did it 4 times. Now seeking medical treatment in L'hopital Rose Blanche.

Party Animal

She painted the town pink but was struck down by a strange sleeping sickness.

Girls are back in town

THE Clare Morrison

Pensive posh

Matty n posh reflecting

Christmas eve

Do I look nervous? I should be with these two reprobates.

Posh is thirsty

Melted Haribo added to Vodka then all combined in the dishwasher. I would call that a real Finish Complete. Mind you he will need a stomach wash himself tomorrow morning!

Charlie in Val

Just arrived back in France, and off to see the boys.

We did it!

Ten random people turned up in the mountains for our first introduction to ski instructing. I don't think any of us really knew what to expect, and it was a really tough week, but has to rate as one of the best weeks skiing ever! We could even laugh off the kill joys who said there was no snow as we spent the last 2 days making tracks in fresh powder! (Had a very interesting conversation with the Customs Official comming back - I don't think he believed me that I had been skiing at all as the UK TV seems to have been focusing on this strange fact. Mind you I think he was also a bit bemused by the 4 pairs of skis too. )
Great to catch up with Kim, Jenny, Will, Paulo and Harpic and again made some really good new mates. This is me and James - "Young Man" having a final read of our Basi manuals before falling down drunk outside the Small Danish!

Troyes

Arrhh, the home of the smelly sausage - the real Troyes Andouillette is hand made, prepared exclusively from the large intestine and stomach of the pig, specially selected and cut in strips along the length. It is seasoned with fresh onions, salt, pepper and placed in its natural casing by hand. Then it is cooked slowly - for 5 hours!... in a well-flavoured stock. Great for all Veggies.
I have passed this place so many times on the autoroute but never stopped till now, and it was worth driving round for over an hour at 1am in the morning to try and find the hotel! A medieval city with great buildings, but really loved this picture showing an ideal "in need of some attention" property

All Aboard

The Channel Tunnel is weird but very efficient. However my new phone is making me develope a bad habit of taking photos while actually driving, is there a law against this? Whoops