Chamonix: a year on…warts and all
It’s been nearly a year since I packed up my Peugeot 107 and drove off into the Alpine sunset and having had a few people asking me about how it’s […]
Tag Archives: skiing
Adventure skiing film premiers: Shane McConkey and more….
With anticipation building for the coming ski season ( I’ve just bought my Mont Blanc Unlimited season pass!) there are several new films being released this month in London to […]
End of the Ski season….? Go Paragliding…or running with Dwain Chambers
It’s the end of the ski season in Chamonix and plenty of people who live here, year round have been taking their holidays, so the town has been fairly quiet- […]
Skiing the Vallee Blanche… finally!
My latest blog for the Ski Club of Great Britain – Skiing the Vallee Blanche
March madness…
March has been an incredibly busy month with me whizzing from resorts in Austria to Switzerland to Austria again and back to France and Chamonix. My first port of call […]
Skiing the Gliere Bowl
My latest blog for the Ski Club of Great Britain can now be read HERE : The guide book said the ‘Col de la Gliere’ wasn’t too far off the […]
Becoming a “Bond Girl” – Biathlon and Nordic skiing in Lake Annecy
My latest piece for the Daily Mail Online is out: “Bond girl in training: How I tried to become a shooting, skiing biathlete in idyllic Annecy.” Read more about my […]
Avalanche Awareness in the Chamonix Valley
Living in the ‘off-piste’ mecca that is Chamonix, I thought it would be a good idea to refresh my knowledge of avalanches and how to avoid them or deal […]
Langlauf and Powder in the Chamonix Valley
I’ve been in Chamonix for nearly three weeks now and it feels like it’s been snowing for almost an eternity. Apart from Wednesday the weather has been pretty bleak, despite […]
A December day in Courmayeur
Well, I’ve been out in Chamonix for almost two weeks now and have managed to ski twice as there has been loads of snow. Below is a link to my […]
