And it’s great to be skiing it with @Steph Parsons 🙌

Well what a week we had! Started with a lesson with Floss, punctuated by cakes at the cafe at the bottom of Grand Pre lift. A slightly snowy day on Monday which led to phenomenal conditions on Tuesday with lots of fresh snow. And bluebird days for the rest of the week. I skied with two of my daughters, two granddaughters and son in law. Best bit was seeing Erica (7) and Philippa (5) progress to skiing parallel, coping with red runs and moguls. Just a brilliant time - staying in La Daille worked well, allowing us to explore much of Val D’Isère and Tignes. Good snow, good weather and good company.

Skiing today with some of the family. My daughter said to our granddaughter Erica (aged 7) “When you’re skiing fast in a straight line, try to look up and keep looking ahead”. Erica’s reply: “I’ve usually got my eyes closed”.

What an inspiration ... Let me know what you think

We’ve all been taken out by a snowboarder or over-confident teen skier or tripped on the stairs down to the mountain cafe lol. But most of my injuries have been daft. Annoyingly, each time, hitting my poor right shoulder. 1) Falling off the top of the Grand Pré chairlift and getting knocked over by the chair; 2) slipping on wooden decking outside a ski cafe; 3) slipping over on a wet patch on the floor of a hotel garage, where the lockers were situated. I’m sure there are much better stories…