Our last day of skiing and it didn't disappoint! The four of us set off together up the gondola and skied down to the bridge and up the Groste Cable car all the way to there top. James, Heather and Ewan set off to ski the black run up there and I skied using the Boch chairlift, using both the red and blue pistes. The red was hardly any steeper than the blue. The weather was a bit cloudier today but visibility was still good and the snow continued to be excellent. I met the others at the top of the Fortini lift where we had a coffee at Refugio Viviani. The others went to ski another black run, the one that you can see from our hotel, and they said that they found it to be hard going because it was 70% steep! Meanwhile I skied down to the village on my usual blue runs, and got the gondola Cinque Laghi up to Raita Natalia where I met James, Heather and Ewan for lunch. And it was a splendid lunch in the attractive restaurant overlooking the snowy mountains. I had herb flan which was absolutely fantastic. Then off we set again for our last runs of the day; I went down the big zig-zagging blue and the others skied the red. What a great day of skiing it was; I have skied for four days out of five (the lifts were off on Tuesday) and I felt that I ended the week on a high.
We did the usual end of holiday routines; returned our skis, went for a last drink to our favourite bar, James, Heather and I went to the spa, and we had a final slap up dinner. Mr Positive from the next table told us that he wouldn't come back to Madonna di Campiglio because he doesn't like the village, the night life or the skiing! Everyone is entitled to their opinion but we have loved it here and I would return like a shot! We spent our last evening in the bar chatting about the holiday and playing Jenga, before finishing the last of the brandy in Heather and Ewan's room.
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