My rant this week concerns the tolerable theft, for want of a better word of items from ski companies. In the majority of examples this involves alcohol. As most companies offer guests an unlimited supply of chalet wine there is no way to quantify how much is legitimately drunk. Likewise with the quota of complementary welcome champagne that some of the more upmarket
Kirsty (SDS) or as she is now becoming known as 'the black widow' is slowly getting a name for herself as the less than ideal skiing partner. Since replacing Amy 7 weeks ago she is getting into the nasty habit of jinxing her skiing partners. 3 weeks ago Olly wiped out, injuring his shoulder in the process and required blood wagoning back to Courchevel. This week the vi
Sandy has been spending most of this week staring at the contents of a washing machine. After throwing out what he thought were a chalet load of old sheets he later found that he had soiled some of SDS's finest Egyptian cotton. In there current mud-spattered state the laundrette wouldn't touch them leaving Sandy to do the Daz challenge.
Do you believe that some people take advantage of ski companies? You could say that ski companies take advantage of workers (low wages, long hours etc) so what's wrong with redressing the balance? Ski companies go to the expense of flying members of staff out to the Alps for 5 months of what can be hard but very rewarding work. But what happens after 1 month when Chris
Big ìstraightî Al(Inghams) was the big winner on Wednesday night in Gringos. Although the Rossi Scratch's were won by a punter Al finished the night with a pair of Scott poles, a ski lesson with Magic and a discount on a new pair of skis from Ski Higher. Not bad for a boarderÃÂ.
I know nasty Alex is picking on innocent Hugo again. Shame on you.Whereas everyone else is trying to kill themselves by throwing their bodies off the nearest cliff Hugo prefers the nocturnal aprÃÂs ski activities. To list the current fatalities. DJ Ross broke his collar bone in the bellecote couloir and swears that he will be back to normal in 10 days (as the blackboa
