Any Old Skis Will Do

Tim has told me not to bore everyone by writing quite so much so I will try to curtail my thoughts.

To be honest I only have one incident to embellish the usual ski story of going up lifts, skiing down slopes and eating. After waking to see even heavier snow than yesterday we had another slow start to the day. When we eventually made it up the slope (the gondola takes about 20 minutes) I realised that I had picked up the wrong skis! To make it that little bit worse when I had walked out of the ski shop where we are storing them I haughtily moaned to Tim how they had given me the wrong colour poles (i.e. size). I couldn't understand how blue could possibly sound like silver.... There's retribution for you.

So I hear the UK has snow. Tony - I hope you have managed to ski down Lavender Hill. I could definitely see the young professionals of Battersea joining in. You would have ski rental shops popping up before you could say Eddie the Eagle.

Every day we are realising how friendly everyone is over here - I think I could get used to the same attitude on the London Underground. I have lost count of the number of people who have started conversations with us. I'm wondering if this will wear thin over time but at the moment I am happy to hear peoples suggestions for bike shops in Vancouver and places to see on the way down the coast.

In the wise words of Walt Disney, 'That's all Folks' - time for a beer.