Dawn in the alps

It wasn't much of a day for skiing today. High winds meant many lifts were closed and when we did go up in a gondola we spent a few scary minutes dangling and swaying when the car stopped 30 metres from the end. Then we were ice blasted on the way down, often having difficulty avoiding being blown over.

But the big excitement of the day was that my daughter's boyfriend proposed to her on the slopes, so the afternoon was for celebratory drinks anyway.

We're expecting a very white Christmas tomorrow as the big storm reaches us.