Wednesday 16th April 2008 – Powder at the Neiderhut

Today was another fantastic powder day. We woke up to heavy snow falling, however by 10AM it had stopped and by 11AM the sun was out. We were one of the first to hit the slopes so were skiing virgin powder for hours. The resorts are so empty that we were still finding new powder to ski after mid day.

The sun was in and out all day and the temperature had dropped slightly so the snow stayed perfect for much of the day.

We felt a little tired by late afternoon, so we had a coffee at the five star hotel in Hochgurgl and then headed back to Obergurgl to meet some chums in the Neiderhut for a Tyrolean knees up from 3.30PM. The hut was up to it’s usual standard, although the musicians have loads more kit to play with now. They sound very impressive and had a good bop with Mark, Andy, Pam and Graham.

Pam taught us some Tyrolean dance moves that resembled the Adam's family! Mark started the Schnapps rolling, but we managed to stay relatively sober!



We were back home for 7.30PM, rested, bathed and then headed down for dinner with John and Jade. We talked politics with John and then went to bed to watch the Apprentice. Sir Alan made another bad decision. You can tell we didn't have TV for the 11 weeks in France!