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28th January 2018
Hiking - Walking: Morzine Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Sunday 28th January – walk ***** Up the mountain at Morzine – sunny.
Good night in our room with the sloping roof and woke to wall to wall
sunshine, the perfect mountain day:) Now we had a decision to make go
skiing or walking. Seven of our party had bought a whole week ski pass at
a great discounted price from the Rental Agent. Mick and Pauline, Martin
and Marilyn, Hannah, Elaine and Emma were skiing. Sadly, Rob after having
knee surgery last year was not skiing/boarding but looking after Arlo,
while Mag and I were going to get passes on a daily basis as was Dan who
hasn’t skied for 8 years! It was Jay’s first time in the mountains and
she was looking forward to spending time with Arlo and going for some
walks. We also had such a fantastic apartment with stunning views it was
great just being there:) The others had not hired their skis yet and Dan
was knackered from an early start to travelling yesterday so we decided to
have a relaxing start before we packed a picnic and headed up in the cable
car for a walk in the snow. We left the apartment at 11.40 and Rob, Arlo,
Dan, Jay, Mag and myself stopped at a ski shop to buy Arlo some cool mirror
shades before paying a 7.50 Euro ticket to the top. It was fairly busy at
the top with restaurants, chairlifts and pistes leading off all over the
mountain. We found a footpath to the left along the edge of the piste,
across what is in the summer a golf course! It is an easy path and for the
most part free from skiers. After half a mile we passed a restaurant full
of people enjoying the sunshine and found a place at the back of the
heli-pad for our picnic with fantastic views down into Morzine and across
the valley to Avoriaz. We had great fun with Arlo in the snow and I think
Jay enjoyed her first trip up a mountain too :) Hannah, Elaine, Maz and
Emma made a brief visit before we headed back meeting several members of
the party at the cable car restaurant for a drink. Then back to the
apartment for Mag and I to take our turn at the catering (each couple
taking a night) and prepare the evening meal, a well trusted favourite
Tarteflette. Then Rob and Dan went to hire some skies while others went
shopping, I then picked them up in the van with loads of bags of supplies.
The meal was delicious and well received and we can’t wait to get up the
mountain tomorrow, with skis this time. A lovely start to the week :)
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