Hello my friends.....I expect many of you are tuning in to see exciting news from our skiing holiday to France....well, there will be a certain amount of reportage from the Alps....but I am sad to say that this year's blog won't be quite as exciting as last year's...we had a few calamities....I have to whisper to you out of the hearing of the Typist that he has dropped a few clangers.....firstly, he lost his iBone on the slopes by failing to correctly zip up a pocket...so most of the photos and videos from the first few days of our break are lost and gone forever (but not all, as we did post a few to Instagram in advance)...and secondly, the clumsy galoot fell over and broke a couple of ribs and so he wasn't really able to video much of my daredevil skiing as it was hard to focus the camera whilst gasping and moaning... I hope you will forgive me...
here we are....
...and then back up on the lift...
...then more skiing...
...and more lifts....
...and keeping the paws crossed that the weather did not close in again...
....I hope you don't mind this limited report of what was a very good week. The good news was that Typist's achilles tendon was no problem at all and that bit of proceedings at least went well for him....
Jean Claude Clapton.....woof
....I tired on my skiing jacket before we left...I think i have lost weight since last year.... |
....I volunteered to drive.... |
...but the weather on the way to Dover was FILTHY.........so i just napped while typist drive the car.... |
.....we went on the magic train that goes under the sea again....I bravely got out of the car and found that I could breathe normally..... |
.....I was happy to see that the weather in France was not too bad for a Friday night.... |
....I made myself right at home....making sure I had my wooly hat for warmth.... |
....our choice of hotel was in no way motivated by the fact that delicious pastries were delivered to the door to order at breakfast time each day....oh no... |
....I made sure to do my homework..... |
....I volunteered to stay in the boot locker on the warm-air dryer whilst the others went out skiing.... |
.....the only problem with the hotel was having to go to the lobby to get wifi....here I am sneaking onto Twitter..... |
....it was busy every morning in the square....this is where all the ski schools met.... |
...I went snowboarding.....what?..... |
....I went so fast that my beard developed a curious "prong"....these are the perils of travelling faster than other mohair dogs have travelled before....I am a test-pilot in all but name... |
......this is the scene of typist's accident...we had to tip-toe through there a few times during the week...as you can see it's not exactly a sunny day.... |
....at times like that we usually head off for an early lunch...du pain, du vin, du chien!!.....see what I did there?.... |
...some chatting..... |
...or perhaps some local shopping...here I am checking out regional sausages for my doggies pals..... |
....sadly, our favourite pancake shop had been closed down and this fellow was standing guard outside.....he looked suitably embarrassed..... |
....of course, we did do plenty of skiing...typist was able to ski with his broken ribs....as long as he was careful.... |
here we are....
...and then back up on the lift...
...then more skiing...
...and more lifts....
...and keeping the paws crossed that the weather did not close in again...
...we had some exciting trips in the cable car..... |
...we enjoyed the sun when it shone..... |
....I...er....found this cake and returned it to it's owner.....you can't prove otherwise.... |
....I stuck to non-alcoholic drinks whilst out skiing.... |
...their cap-paw-chinos were excellent...(*thanks to @dexlit for this photo).... |
...and before I kew it I was presenting my papers at the border..... |
....boarding the train for the tunnel one last time.... |
....leaving the lovely mountains behind...... |
...and finding a warm welcome back home!..... |
Jean Claude Clapton.....woof
Clapton this is a SUPER review of your fabulous skiing Vacation. We love your videos... they were like being at the OLYMPICS..
ReplyDeleteSo very sorry that your typist lost his iBone. BUTT guess that was a small thingy in the Big Scheme .. WOW the FOODS you had. WE are totally jealous about THAT.
Now fur the SNOW... in general... we are NOT fans at all... Just sayin.
Clapton, this is a very thorough report on your travels...despite the mishaps (losing the iBone with photos) along the way. I must say that I prefer the photos of the breads, cakes and pastries to all the snow but your skiing videos are quite pawesome. Incidentally, I just joined Instagram so I did go and follow Marley's account there...to see future photos and such. I sure hope Typist heals up well (again)...I think he may be accident prone. Do you concur?
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Oz
OMD what a super trip and that food looks yummy. My peeps are going over to France soon, not skiing though :) xxoxxx
ReplyDeleteMollie and Alfie
What a wonderful report of your trip. Looks like a wonderful place. Hope your typist recovers quickly, broken ribs are painful
ReplyDeleteDon't be turning around while you're skiing Clapton or you'll be breaking your ribs too. Or you'll fall in the snow and getting your ''mstache"soggy.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you had a good time despite the accidents, typist really needs to be more careful.
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