When I applied for a job as a ‘Kitchen Porter’ for a ski season, I didn’t have much idea what it actually involved. When actually I got hired as a Kitchen Porter… I still didn’t have much clue what it entailed, or importantly, how much time I’d be on the slopes! Well, I’ve been out […]
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Painful Lessons: First time snowboarding
Always keen to try out a new experience and particularly snowboarding which I’ve wanted to give a shot for a while, when the opportunity to sneak out for a few runs before dinner with some friends arose, I nearly bit their hand off. Like virtually everything, snowboarding is one of those things which, when done […]
What is a ski season Christmas like?
I love Christmas, but as a seasonairre it is an entirely different experience! If you’re contemplating going on a winter season, you’re probably asking yourself ‘what a ski season Christmas is like?’ – this post will hopefully leave you with no misconceptions!I realised that things would be slightly different this year quite early on, as I […]
Tignes Transformation Tuesday!
I know there’s a few people heading to Tignes in the next few weeks who read this blog and have seen me criticising the snow (or rather its absence). Well, this one’s for you. I’d finished another shift, my 8th day in a row, beginning to feel like I was never actually going to ski. […]
Week 1 – Ou est la neige?
I’ve now been in Tignes a whole week, during which time there has most certainly been a common theme. The astute French-speakers may have picked it up from the title of this blog post but if not, allow me to translate: Where is the snow!? I’m currently gazing at the mountains which are bathed in […]
Where is the flipping snow at?!
Yesterday was the 29th of November, a day which should have been the opening day of the season, transforming Tignes into a bustling town, high in the snowy mountains, packed with open slopes enjoyed by many by day and equally busy bars by night. That day will come, and hopefully, fingers crossed, it’s maybe, possibly, […]
Goodbye England, Oh Hi there France!
On the train to London It was there again. That familiar feeling. I’m off, off for 5 months, and I don’t know a single person I will be meeting in that time. It’s a nervous feeling, forced to embrace the unknown, with no idea what to expect or how things will pan out. Some people […]
29 hours to go: Final thoughts from the UK
Tomorrow I leave on a ski season. I wrote this post to capture the excitement and emotions I am feeling. I failed. I didn’t even come close to conveying my excitement… but please, read it all the same! The end of a long countdown is swiftly approaching. I can tell you the exact moment I […]
Superhuman Danger Awareness: Achieved
I know there’s some other people on here who have done or who are doing a ski season so hopefully they’ll back me up here. Getting injured is usually a pretty daunting prospect, and something to be avoided, but, as the leaving day for a ski season swiftly approaches it seems to take on universal importance, […]
