Thursday Afternoon and Evening
It snowed!
On our way up the mountain a few little flakes turned into an official blizzard. Visibility was poor and skiing became difficult when the snow settled on the churned up snow from the morning. Unfortunately, this lead to our first main incident of the week. Mrs Major's group were skiing their last run of the day when Lewis M had a pretty bad fall. Ben, the group's instructor, thought it would be best to have a check up at the medical centre and Lewis M was transported down the slope to the village. Mrs Major accompanied Lewis M and Ben skied the group down to the hotel where they were met by Mrs Venables. Mr Martindale contacted parents while Lewis M had an x-ray. Thankfully, Lewis was given the all clear and managed to walk back from the medical centre to the relief of everyone.
Mr Britten's group found the going hard but still managed to ski a red and a couple of blues. James S won skier of the day. At the start of the week he was very much, a beginner. Watching him speed down the red run this afternoon, he is now a fully fledged skier. In other news, Oliver P left his mark on the slopes after getting caught short at a remote part of the mountain. We left the yellow snow behind and caught a chair lift down to meet up with the others.
Mr Martindale's group returned from their ice cream buying excursion to have a full afternoon skiing in the hard conditions. All went well until Alex P did “a Rohan” and broke the same button lift that started “The Legend of Rohan” earlier in the week. Georgia was given skier of the day after performing a textbook side slipping turn after struggling with the move all week. She has asked me to wish someone in her family a Happy Birthday – she's just not sure who!
Mrs Major's group, after their trail along the mountain, did much the same as the morning. The children were also assessed for their end of week presentation. Harvey was awarded skier of the day. He apparently lost his skiing legs on the mountain on Wednesday morning but thankfully found them again on Thursday. I just hope Oliver P didn't find them first.
Evening Meal
Starter Leak and Potato Soup
Main Fish, chips and peas
Dessert Corneto
The evening activity was swimming in Briancon. This was a fun pool with a slide, water jets, rapids and fountains. There was also a standard 25m swimming pool which was completely ignored by all. The coach on the way back played Happy Feet on the TV screens and we all joined in with the songs.
Tomorrow, the children will ski for the last time and have a presentation evening with their instructors.
