Skiing holiday, New Year 2004/5
Moosepig, Pete, Vic, Alex, Dan and Anthony ski the Three Valleys based in La TaniaClick on any image to see a bigger version.
Speaks for itself! |
3-hour transfer from Lyon to La Tania by bus |
Finally arrived - we head drekly to the Pub Le Ski Lodge |
Alex, Dan, Vic, Anthony on Loze Est heading into Courchevel |
Pouring beer after a day's skiing is a serious business |
Alex in typical pose |
It's snowing!! |
View of La Tania from the pub |
Bottom of the Folyères blue run as it comes into La Tania |
Dinner at the Telemark Hotel on Casey's night off |
La Tania at night |
Relaxing in the Taiga bar after dinner - Alex, Sarah, mystery man and Casey our chalet host |
Hic |
The obligatory argument about where we went today |
Chocolate stop on way over to Val Thorens (1st time) |
Ditto |
St Martin 1 gondola and St Martin 2 chairlift above St Martin De Belleville |
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Lunch stop just outside Val Thorens |
Ski park |
Top of the green run into the town |
Our chalet boot/ski room |
New Year's Day. Hangover. First ever black run in France. What hangover?? |
Verdons restaurant, site of the first snowHeads meet of 2005 |
Verdons |
SnowHeads! |
Alex didn't make it onto the slopes on Jan 1st ;-) |
Check out the full-res version of this shot, in particular the letter "Olympic Village" bottom right |
The ceremonial burning of the Christmas Tree |
First cut up your tree... |
Then shove it on the fire... |
Add a little chalet furniture... |
Light blue touchpaper and stand well back! |
Then go for a shower |
Casey enjoying the warmth of his ex-Christmas tree |
Last day - over to Val Thorens and back |
Two of us baled out early for Margueritas :-) |
Anne-Marie the cocktail guru |
Boston Stranglers - I mean, Shakers |
Long Island Iced Tea |
The guru in action |
Er - we had a few |
Bloody Mary time! |
Lyon Airport check-in. It's a desolate place, but you've got to smile. |
Richard, our Neilson rep from Belle Plagne 2003, with Kirsty our rep in La Tania |
Er, a Boeing 757-200. We flew on it. Eventually. |
Sunset over the wing |
Sunset behind the wing while banking right |
Cattle class. The cabin staff serve scalding hot liquids for us to pour over ourselves. Why do they do that? |