A blue sky day saw us on a gondola heading up to the plateau by 11am, after a long lie in and a productive visit to the chocolate croissant shop.
Our waxless hired skis worked fine over the zigzaggy course of 17km we enjoyed today. The Mont Blanc massif was visible for much of the day, seen in the centre of the above picture taken from near La Croix Fry, where we enjoyed an al fresco lunch on a picnic table in a temperature of about 15C and no wind. Quite a contrast to our lunch stops in Gatineau Park!
Once we got our 'ski legs' the blue trails we covered proved quite easy, the only wipe out being due to Sue installing her skis before actually reaching the Nordic Skiing trails that had clearly been groomed overnight.
Hot chocolate in La Caleche, on the ground floor of our apartment block that used to be a hotel, gave us a wi-fi opportunity. Sue is now the proud owner of an ipad and joined Facebook a few days ago, so she was drooling over her Facebook activity whilst slurping her drink.
Our hosts, Chantal, Joël, Pierre and Yolaine entertained us tonight at La Trace, where we enjoyed a fine raclette meal. Thanks everyone - it was great.
As perfect a day as they come.
Goodnight.
Sent from La Trace
4 comments:
Facebook! Oh dear.
That looks quite, quite gorgeous!
Hail storm just arrived here... (With sunny intervals)
What's Sue's Facebook addy?
Hope the injury doesn't interfere too much with the trip Martin. Snow, sun and mountain restaurants are great healers! I'm sure Sue will love her iPad.
Oh dear, Facebook!
No idea, Alan. She doesn't seem to know.
Yes Gibson, she loves her ipad! I'm now abandoning her in this stairwell above the café with a hotspot....
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