Ever seen a dog on a ski slope? No, you know why? Because they (or at least Dylan) are a massive pain in the neck when it comes to skiing. He just about got used to me skinning up the hill but when I took the skins off and set off down the hill he just couldn't comprehend what was happening and kept trying to jump on top of them and eat them, still he wasn't good the first time we took him running either.
I'm sure he'll get the hang of it next time. All was good apart from as I was walking the 500 metres to the bottom of the hill, along a not very snowy, ploughed and gritted road with my skis on my shoulder, first my neighbour Jimmy came past and looked at me like I was from another planet, I then bumped in to Colin from the bowls team who also couldn't believe that I was going skiing.
I was on my own so couldn't get a photo of myself but so you know - I looked the business, orange skis, orange boots, grey trousers, orange jacket, grey hat (thanks mum), I even had orange logos on my gloves... I looked like one of those super coordinated aging french super skiers that whip past you in the alps whilst blowing smoke in your face that look like they are wearing the same gear they bought in the 80's. Cool.
Happy New Year (again)
--Matt
4 comments:
Hi Matt,
There's other stuff on the A82 which we looked at yesterday but the temps had risen markedly overnight with lots of water running. Good luck with your local route.
Cheers
Martin
Couldn't find a visitor book on the hostel page so thought I would leave a comment here - thanks for letting us (SDMCC) all stay at Invergarry Lodge over New Year, it's a brilliant hostel (one of the best we've stayed at)!
Cheers,
Steve
No worries Steve, glad you all had a good time over Hogmanay.
That was one ace trip - to an excellent hostel!
MJ
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