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Monday, 6 April 2015

Bonjour le soleil

The sunshine arrived this morning and James excitedly hustled us all out onto the slopes just after nine o'clock. The mountains and valleys looked beautiful and we could see Mont Blanc. We skied down past the Vanoise express to Montchavin which is the lowest village in La Plagne at only 1250 m (Belle Plagne is at 2050 m and you can ski as high as 2770m). From one of the chairlifts we saw a little squirrel with tufted ears, prancing lightly along on the snow; so sweet. The snow is so good just now that you can ski right down to Montchavin even so late in the season, but it's really weird because it's like Spring down there and the piste reaches down into the village like a long finger of snow surrounded by grass and trees. It was such a great run that we did it twice before heading back to Bellecôte for a pleasant lunch with Jamie and Aisling, who had spent the morning at the glacier. Then Cat and I made our way back to Belle Plagne to meet Jéremie for our ski lesson while the others headed for Montalbert. Again our lesson was both fun and useful. We went up to the top of Roche de Mio and Jéremie pointed out different mountains and runs to us, he showed us Les Arcs in the next valley and Courchevel in the distance. We skied some lovely runs; my favourite is Levasset which is long, wide, and steep enough to go nice and fast while you take in the beautiful views. All the while Jéremie kept an eye on our progress and gave us individualised tips on how to improve. I really felt that it was helping me to ski in a more efficient and therefore more relaxed and enjoyable way. Our pre-dinner drinks were taken in the atmospheric Le Cheyenne and we went back to the apartment for chilli con carne and a relaxing evening. 

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