Ste Foy, then up to La Rosiere

Tuesday 2^nd Feb

I was up at 7.30am to make tea as we were moving today, first to Ste Foy to ski with our friend Sue, then onto La Foret campsite just below la Rosiere. Busy day ahead. We met up with Sue at the bottom of the Ste Foy ski station road where we could easily park the van. Skis into her 4x4, we were soon parked up beneath some of the chalets her company manages. We skied for a bit on mainly deserted pistes before meeting up with her family for lunch in the sunshine. Very pleasant and nice to meet up with them all again.

After a post lunch ski Sue deposited us back by the van. Quick change of footwear and we were driving back down the mountain to Seez where we turned right and headed back up towards la Rosiere. The van is just too big to use the shorter road which cuts across between the two . We were given a very warm, friendly reception at La Foret when we arrived at 5.30pm. This definitely was caravaneige – camping in the snow. Lots of snow piled up and some caravans still semi buried! We pitched up, managing to get the van reasonably level on our snow covered emplacement before the light faded too much. No sat signal so we enjoyed a DVD before retiring to bed – pooped again after such a busy day.

Weds 3^rd Feb

It’s snowing! The forecast and much anticipated snow started falling about 8am and has been falling heavily all day. The temperature has dropped to a much more normal for Feb – 3 deg C. After a leisurely breakfast we kitted up and walked up through the winter wonderland to the ski station above us. After a quick internet session in the Tourist Office we bought cakes and found a café to have a coffee with them. This is normal in France and causes no problems – try that in the UK!

walk in the snow - lovely

it's getting deeper - better get the shovel out

It was a total whiteout so the streets were quite busy, as most people were not skiing. We browsed in a few shops before walking back down to the campsite. The fresh snow was now 20cm deep around the van. A good excuse to use my snow shovel.  I also got our folding plastic step out and retracted the electric step as they can get frozen solid when it snows then freezes.

Tonight is curry night – we have brought a take away with us, frozen of course. Boy are we looking forward to it.