Incognito!

I got so carried away with the kerfuffle about leaking pipes, I suddenly remembered, whilst eating a square of the Swiss chocolate I brought back for the girls, that I haven’t reported back after my girls ski trip. We went to Morzine in France, flying to Geneva, with about an hour and a quarter drive to the resort.    There were to be seven of us in total, and a friend and I travelled in disguise with the aim of surprising some members of the ski party who didn’t know we were joining them.    Our mission was to see how far we could get without being spotted, and at one point, in Terminal 1 at Heathrow, we were in the same Pret a Manger as the girls (incognito) and believe it or not we even managed to board the same aircraft, and slipped past them unnoticed down the aisle of the plane, and hid at the back!  I had a handy pashmina that doubled up as a burka which I hurriedly used at one point during the flight, and my friend had an extremely large pair of Chanel sunglasses!  We were secretly giggling behind them at passport control, and made ourselves known at the baggage belt.  Our pelvic floors were put to the test during our undercover operation, but all was good I am happy to report!

We had such a fantastic four day break …  great skiing, snow and sun, lovely food which wasn’t over priced, and a comfortable chalet;  the only thing the trip lacked was anyone who would drink Jager bombs with me!  Sadly the girls, who were all older than me, bottled out literally, so not wanting to appear like a total lush I decided to act like the grown up that I should be, and stuck to wine!  I also ignored a text that I received from the UK when I landed which said “bag yourself a ski instructor”.   Before I know it,  I will joining a book club, hosting progressive suppers, cleaning the village church and learning to play bridge (not wishing to offend many of my dear friends!)

 

And so it is back to the real world of being a domestic goddess ..   muffins, flapjacks and brownies are back on the menu, the laundry is up to date and my lovely family have me back at the helm of mission control!

 

 

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Happy New Year!

Well what an eventful New Year we had!  Jumped on a plane to Geneva, as you do, on New Years Eve for a family ski holiday.  Arrived in Nendaz in time to make the pre-lash vodka jelly shots and canapes, before our New Years Eve dinner, which was then followed by fireworks and an epic snow ball fight!  I can honestly say I have never had so much fun with snow balls in my life, and my pelvic floor was certainly put to the test!  After a seriously alcohol induced, icy walk back to our ‘Pig Shed’ our teenage companions didn’t take much encouragement to strip to their underwear and roll around in the snow to mark the start of 2012!

The highlight or possibly low light of our trip was a very eventful first day skiing, which resulted in a blood wagon to the hospital for one of our powder hounds; this sadly was to be the end to her skiing for the rest of the trip due to some torn ligaments in her ankle.  The snow was amazing, the weather mixed and the Swiss prices over inflated but we certainly had a fantastic time for the next few days. British Airways provided exceptional special assistance for our crutch bound passenger on the return journey, and the pilot did an impressive job landing at Gatwick in gale force winds.

Five days later we are all safely back home, Christmas decorations dismantled, and I find myself in the kitchen again creating some culinary delights for my family!  Just made a nice healthy batch of Carrot and Coriander Soup for lunch, which I will serve with some gorgeous sunflower seed bread from the Kingfisher Farm Shop and some of my apparently legendary, less healthy, chocolate chip flapjack, the recipe of which is in my head … sorry!

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