At the beginning of February I had my first attempt at snowshoeing, thanks to my friend Marianne. We only went across one of the golf courses (in 2 feet of snow) so I could get the hang of how to walk with these contraptions strapped to my feet.
It requires an interesting gait, a cross between marching and walking but I soon got the hang of it. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that the following week I spent an afternoon walking the nature trails at Lost Lake. It was a beautiful, sunny day and I felt like I was the only one walking through the trees as the snow muffled all the sound
Time for a selfie
Knees and Clive joined us for a time and Mark has already blogged about the skiing. I joined them up the mountain one day and saw there was a lot more snow than this time last year
Blair joined us for a few days and gave Mark a run for his money. Well, he's about 15 years younger and way fitter than Mark so they covered many ski runs in 3 days. Mark's got the advantage of being 'gravity enhanced' so can easily keep up, As Blair left, Kevin arrived and is here for a couple of weeks. The pair of us went snowmobiling yesterday and left Mark to a fast day on the slopes.
We picked a great day for it and had a lot of fun on the frozen lake and blazing the trails on Sprout Mountain
We've spent many a Friday afternoon enjoying apres ski at a bar called Merlins, singing along to a local duo called The Hairfarmers.
We're seen as locals now and enjoy the atmosphere. Dancing on furniture is also a requirement as it is in many ski bars we've been to in Europe. Well, wouldn't want to let the side down now would we?
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