And I thought it'd be a miserable day!!

How quickly the weather can change in the mountains. I set off driving down the valley early this morning for the weekly grocery shop and it was dismal, thick clouds, fog, mist (are they the same thing?), anyway, general grottiness was abundant and I thought the day was doomed. Two hours later though I drove back and it was absolutely stunning, not a cloud to be seen and just blue

sky everywhere, picture perfect!

A great day for both our guests and all the guys here for the competition this weekend. There are 81 competitors from around the world presesntly in Val d'Isere competing in the Mens Alpine World Championship. This is apparantly being held in practise for next years World Cup.

The actual competition runs on saturday and sunday, but there is all the training which is presently on. The course goes from the top of the Bellevarde all the way down the face, it's quite a biggie. The fastest time today was by an Italian who did it in 2 minutes 13.58 seconds, speedy!!! He claims the snow was great.
Tonight on the snow front from 6.30pm they are giving the racers their bibs and the spectators soup, a special recipe which is also being test-run for next years events!
I'll get on over there and see what it's all about and blog it all after!!