The Cliff!

This is The Cliff.  It is a double black diamond and is allegedly the hardest run on the mountain, just the name of it strikes fear into many a skier, although admittedly it doesn't look that scary in this picture but believe me it's pretty steep! It was my goal before we came here for our adventure that I would have improved enough as a skier to get down it without breaking my neck in the process!  So you can imagine how I felt on Friday when I picked up Ned from Ski School to learn that it was him and not me that had been the first member of the Carr family to ski The Cliff.....way to go Ned!  I asked him if he was scared standing at the top looking down and he said that it did look a bit steep but it was too late to back out now!  He also managed to get down without even a stumble... so now the race is on, if I don't get my act together soon and get down it then I'll be beaten by Charlie as well, and that really would be embarrassing!

Farewell to the Kennell Family who made their way back to Blighty yesterday.  We have absolutely loved having you all to stay and do hope you enjoyed your first skiing experience, we will all miss you very much.  As you can see by this photo there is a very important omission....poor Kerry hurt her back in a bad crash on the Tuesday of the second week and it didn't recover in time for her to get back on the slopes.  I really hope it won't put her off as everybody falls over skiing (Jamie more than most!) but it's very unlucky to suffer an injury like that.  We hope you had a safe journey home and in only 6 weeks we will be back there too.
Just to add...Charlie has gone up a skiing group...he is now a High Flier and in the same group as Ned although Ned has only one more thing to complete before he goes up too.  Lucy has made it all the way to the top and is a Junior Hotshot, the highest group in the 4-6 age group, so is very young to have made it this far...congratulations Lucy!