Happy Christmas, Euphling

Well, we finally made it to Cairn Gorm, where the Euphling was to have his surprise Christmas present (not only to him!), a day snowboarding in the Scottish Highlands.

I went armed with camera, lenses, tripod, gorilla-pod (!), wibbly hot-shoe spirit level (!!) walking boots with waterproof gaiters, in fact everything I might need to capture his adventure for us to look back on in the years to come.

When we got to the top, the cloud was even in the coffee-shop, visibility was almost zero, and he had been whisked away to who knows where.

So here are a load of other peoples children, playing with their sledges on the lowest bit of snow on the mountain, where the temperature was a balmy 8.5C and it was possible to see your hand in front of your face!

View large to see small girl with head in snow!

He had a fantastic time, has learned a lot from his personal tutor, Stevie, and when he was finally returned was both euphoric (naturally!) and knackered. He slept most of the way home.