It all started so well, yesterday he was chuffed to bits having been told he could go up a skiing group to High Fliers, which made him the same group as Ned. So we left him happy as Larry at 9 this morning promising to go and check all had gone well at lunchtime. So, at noon we walked into ski school only to be greeted by Ned shrieking 'Charlie's been put down a group, his instructor got it all wrong yesterday'. Charlie was sat at a table sobbing, surrounded by 3 instructors trying to console him, telling him it wasn't his fault, it was Gavin's fault, the snow conditions were terrible etc etc, but nothing was helping, he kept saying he just wanted to go home. Turns out yesterdays instructor had made a huge **** up and put Charlie and 2 others in a group where they were completely out of their depth, he'd been taken down a black run for the first time and fallen apart...poor Charlie, it always seems to be him!
On a plus note, Lucy did go up a group to Racing Raccoons and is now officially allowed poles....our favourite instructor said 'I don't think anyone in that group should really have poles and especially not Lucy'!! You try telling her that!! Pink poles here we come!!
Off to Kelowna tomorrow to buy some skates for me...if you can't beat them, join them!
Poor Charlie.... he'll be more MAN than boy when you finish this adventure and laugh at the British challenges of Duke of Edinburgh!
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Poor Charlie! Hope it all seems better after a good nights sleep! I am sure the ski slopes won't know what's hit them with Lucy sporting pink poles!!! Look forward to the video of you skating too! X
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