Monthly Archives: January 2010

Fridge Magnets.

In the past few years I have taken to collecting fridge magnets.

They make nice little souvenirs of all the lovely places I have been lucky enough to visit since meeting Geoff.

They take up no room in my house and are easy to carry home.

I have already got a Les Gets one from the summer,so today I bought myself two winter ones.

I was amazed at the price of these fridge magnets, almost 10 Euro, so maybe the most expensive ones I have ever bought.

Worth the money though as they will bring me hours of pleasure.

Now I wonder where the next fridge magnet will come from 🙂

Speed

The main thing about ski-ing which scares me is the Speed.

As my ski-ing has improved I have become more in control, which means I am better at controlling my speed,well most of the time 🙂

Today I took my GPS out with me to record my maximum speed.

Now I am not a fast skier by any means, my aim is always to get from top to bottom with no falling.

To my amazement my maximum speed was 25.9 mph.

Geoff is a snowboarder and his GPS recorded his maximum speed as 34.6 mph.

A good start

We may have been having lots of snow in England but here in Les Gets its not been quite as snowy as other years.

So this morning I found myself sitting on the chair lift,next to Geoff, feeling nervous about my first ski run of the year.

I had no reason to be nervous as I skied well although not always very elegantly.

Very little sun about today and by mid afternoon it was very cloudy and misty on the top.

Hoping for more  snow and sunshine in the following days.

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Skis for Blondes

Thierry always gives me nice girlie skis.

Today he had sorted me out one pink ski and one purple ski, to match my jacket so I thought.

But I was wrong, he told me they are especially for Blondes, Pink for left …purple for right.

Maybe he wont get the litre bottle of Jameson whiskey I bought over for him 🙂

Excited…..

You wont miss me on the slopes at Les Gets.

Just hope I can remember how to ski now I look like a skier.

flight leaves Stansted at midday tomorrow.

Keep a look out for photos

Success and failure

Thanks to a recipe I was given by my friend Caity .

This years Christmas Nut Roast was a huge success and even though I say so myself the best I have ever tasted.

It had the most perfect texture with just the right amount of nuts seeds and mushrooms.

My Homemade Cranberry sauce was ok but nothing special and a bit tart for my liking, so I will be trying another recipe this year 🙂

The Turkey and Trimmings was the best I have ever cooked and well enjoyed by everyone.

The Failure was Homemade Ginger fudge.

I so wanted to make this as a surprise for Geoff but after 3 attempts and badly burning a saucepan, I gave up trying. 🙁

I have a sugar thermometer so I expected it to be easy but I think I was not patient enough.

First run of 2010

Even though the roads and pavements are still very icy and slippery in my village I just had to go for a run today.

Matthew came with me, because he thought it might be fun 🙂

After a light covering of snow , the path we took across the fields was beautiful, it was like running on cotton wool.

Unfortunately we had to shorten the run as the last stretch on the road was far too icy

So the GPS said 1.78 miles …. moving average 5.3 mph and moving time 20.06 lots of room for improvement but at least its a start.

( wont be downloading my GPS tracks as I dont have the patience to sit and try over and over again , just for it not to work )

First walk of 2010

Today was our first walk in 2010, Flat walks, Hilly walks,Mountain walks, Coastal walks, hopefully we shall cover them all in 2010 🙂

Today was 14 miles from Orwell, with our favorite little group.

We had perfect weather conditions, fresh and frosty with pure blue skies and lots of sunshine too.

Lunch break was at Wimpole before returning back to Orwell.

My etrex Gps tracked the walk well, once I get the lead I just need to work out what to do with it next.

As its now the New Year I shall start filling in my Walkers notebook, which was a birthday gift from my friend Helen.

Geoff’s account of the walk can be found here along with his photos.