Strolzing on a snowy day

Today the forecast snow arrived, on schedule and in quantity. This is very good news for the ski industry in Lech because they haven’t had any new snow for a couple of weeks and this top up will make sure that they continue to have plenty of snow into their peak season of February. Visibility was low and I decided to err on the side of caution and refrain from skiing today; hopefully the conditions will be more to my liking tomorrow. Instead James and I strolled down to the village and did a little shopping in the famous and very upmarket Strolz skiwear and gift shop. On choosing our item (which I can’t mention because it’s a gift) we were given a chitty with its details, and when we arrived back at the front desk we exchanged it for a beautifully gift-wrapped parcel. How delightfully old-fashioned, I loved it. We then decided that we deserved a restoring coffee in the Arlberg Hotel, indoors in their lovely lounge this time. Just as we were finishing our coffees we received a text from Heather and Ewan suggesting an excursion onto the pistes and James was keen to give it a go, so he hurried back up the road while I did a bit more shopping. I arrived back just as the others were leaving, suited and booted, and I had a relaxing couple of hours reading and watching the last episode of “The Duchess of Argyll” which was very good but all rather sad. When James arrived back he said that he had enjoyed himself but had found the conditions “hard going” so I felt that I had made the right decision. And now I had better get out of the bath in time for pre-dinner drinks in the cosy hotel bar.