Over the Edge!

A wonderful first day skiing. I had remembered more than I thought and by the end of my first lesson, my body was pointing in the right direction (which apparently has been my problem all along!)

After lunch we picked up the kids and then took them out for an hour, so that they could show us what they had learnt.

All went well, until we were approaching the hotel. James was already tired and had taken a few tumbles. The approach to the hotel's ski-in area, is quite steep and because he knew where he was, he decided to stop doing his lovely turns and just bomb down the slope. It's a tight turn and he didn't quite make it and disappeared over the edge!! Luckily he landed in soft snow but he was really shaken up and I can't tell you how horrid it was to watch... I was behind him!

After a hot chocolate, a swim and a movie in our room with his friends, he's back to his old self, but it may be trickier getting him back on the slopes tomorrow!