No Geilo ski mojo

Day two of skiing today and we decided we didn’t need to catch the early bus so we could have a bit of a lie in. We all reluctantly got moving when the alarm went off so we could stand around in the cold waiting for our bus, I was starting to detect a bit of a pattern. We got to the slopes and they were quite a bit busier than yesterday, nothing compared to French standards though so no problems there. I was feeling a bit stiff and sore from yesterday’s exertions (and falls) so was taking it easy to start with to warm myself up, at least that’s what I told myself as I zigged and zagged the full width of the slopes. The girls and Jess were waiting for me at the bottom and I found out that while waiting Jess had been dishing out relationship advice, something along the lines of ‘don’t marry a man who can’t ski’. We spent the morning skiing and I wasn’t warming up very quickly, I was still taking my time and holding up the girls who were zooming off at every opportunity and Jess who was patiently waiting for me and making sure I was making it safely down the hill, I think she is quite happy about her life choices, no matter what she might say to the girls. We decided to grab some lunch after one last run, it was my nemesis slope from yesterday. I am not sure what happened but one fall was fairly quickly followed by another, luckily caught on camera by Ruby who was hoping to capture my redemption but instead captured me uncontrollably sliding upside down and backwards as actual capable skiers zipped past.
Lunch was definitely on the cards but with few options and busy slopes we wasted a bit of time searching and waiting before settling on the place we had been at first of all. After lunch there wasn’t loads of time left so we just wanted to get a few good runs in before finishing for the day but our plans were slightly scuppered due to a boy somehow managing to come of the button lift and sliding down the path we were all being towed up. Olivia managed to avoid him but Leggy tried to help him, only to be bowled over herself. She then took a ski off to untangle herself at which point the boy started sliding again and taking her ski with him. So she had to make her way to the bottom of the run to recover her ski while we were all waiting for her at the top. Jess got to do one super fast descent to make sure Leggy was all good, which she was and then we could finally get those last few runs in. By this point, whatever skiing ability I had once possessed had left me completely so I just took it easy and did what I had to do to get down, Jess helped me as much as she could, and the girls zoomed off for a last couple of runs, I think at this point Lily also had a fall, although nothing like mine. We had to return our skis and boots and swap them for some others as tomorrow is our first attempt at cross country skiing so we did that, got the pasta essentials for dinner plus some cookies essentials for our snack and waited for our bus. We had been more efficient than anticipated and the bus was a bit late again so we were standing waiting in the cold again, although not for nearly as long as last night. A very non strenuous evening followed as we are all very sore and tired and need to rest up for tomorrow.Read more