The Last Day but One

Yesterday was our last day but one, and what a day we had.  Finally, not really leaving it to the last minute or anything, I skied the cliff, my aim complete...and actually it was not as scary as I thought as long as you don't spend too much time looking over the edge before you start.  Ned and Charlie both did it too helped by some lovely friends....Marc to help the boys and Don to guide me down! Many thanks to them both. In the afternoon all the children wanted to go to ski school and so we took a bottle of wine and some cheese and crackers up the mountain and had the most picturesque picnic ever.

This morning all the children went skiing with their favourite instructor, Charmainiac! (as Charlie calls her).... not in a lesson she just took them off for a morning of free skiing. Here she is burying my children outside ski school.!!

And here are the children with the slightly more sane Adam...another favourite.

So that's it...we fly home tomorrow..the end of our Canadian adventure, and what an amazing time we've all had.  Big thank you to everyone in England who helped...Kerry (especially you) for looking after our house, Tom and Mandy for looking after Chilli, Liz for looking after the chickens (and keeping them alive!), Upottery School for letting us come, to everyone who's kept an eye on our house.  Also, new friends here who have helped us so much...Miss Liebel and Mr G, all the instructors at ski school which is an amazing place, to members of the Bird Family but particularly to Don and Judy who have given their time, their patience and their fun to us on the slopes every day.  Finally, thanks for reading.... xxx