As the clock struck 11 the day was almost perfect. Blue skies, spring like snow, 4 checkpoints from Courchevel to la Masse and 18 teams of four waiting outside Gringos to head off on this season's three valley rally. The first checkpoint, the bottom of Cospilot drag, located only 100 metres up the road from Gringos didn't stop most of the teams heading in the opposite
Apologies to my critics who will no doubt dismiss this issue as hastily written on Friday night. I know if I try and say they I haven't had a free moment, the sound of laughter is deafening. But this week its true, let me explain. At the beginning of the week THE playsation 2 game arrived. I am of course talking about Metal Gear Solid 2. Forget the X-box with its shity
I must first start by saying, to all those people who spent all of their day off last Wednesday sitting in a Courchevel bar complaining about the weather or as I like to call them the 'I wish I'd done that' set, you missed one of the best days I've experienced in any of my many years of ski seasons. Naturally, I am talking about the 13th annual Boss des Bosses champio
the extreme television channel being decided on a 'drink off' boat race.Even after Meribel dubiously won the drink off Courchevel had the last laugh as the light fingered team of Smoo and his accomplice Sarah(Altitude) repatriated the trophy to its right place.But the story doesn't end there. On the coach Lard(Ski Higher) and Leanne(ISBA) spent a very suspicious 5
A cherry welcome to the Jump bars new head chef, Fluke. With about 6 weeks to go, he is the Jumps latest, and hopefully, last addition to the Jumps kitchen. Yes but where is he from? You cry.And so your faithful correspondent heads off to put his ear to the snow to find the latest word on the piste about this strangely moustachioed funkster. Initial reports suggest he
Well I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and they woke up on Christmas morning to find something in their stockings or failing that some presents (the old jokes are the best).As usual it was another white Christmas but as we're stuck up a mountain it didn't take Michael fish to predict that. More importantly it was a white Boxing day and so on. Slowly all the small roc
