Today is the penultimate day of a
fabulous working week in the French Alps we stayed with our special friends the FT's.
A jam packed week of laughs, wine, food and adventures.
On arrival we were picked up by Dave and drove to Annecy - we strolled through this beautiful town by the lake and savoured local cuisine. After a spectacular drive through the mountains we arrived at our chalet in Le Bettie.
After a much needed good nights sleep, we walked to a local peak called Roc de la Luae - with spactacular views to the snow capped mountains we could clearly see the Mont Blanc massif.
The next day we walked up to the snow line, at approximately 2000m. As the scorching sun beat down on us we took a dip in a high mountain lake (Lac de Lou), which was chilled by the snow melt water that tumbled into it - now that was cold so it was only a couple of minutes before we had to get out.
Jerry and myself even managed to make a small snowman. Whilst walking down I rounded a corner, and there, in the path was a Marmot, we looked at each other for a couple of minutes and then he scurried away.
The rest of the day was work - tidying up the chalets at Reberty a few miles away up the valley from our chalet.
Day four saw us spending the day, cleaning, sorting rooms and varnishing tables - it wasn't to hard really, as the view outside was beautiful.
On day five the promised rain came in the morning, but seeing a window in the weather the boys went canyoning while the girls strolled down the valley to St Martin. The canyoning was great fun, wet, slippery and challenging.
Today was chill out time, a bit of a lie in then it was up the mountains to a delightful pasture restaurant called 'Chez Pepe Nicolas' in Les Menuires, a lovely meal surrounded by snow capped mountains.
An absolutely blessed week - loved it.
On arrival we were picked up by Dave and drove to Annecy - we strolled through this beautiful town by the lake and savoured local cuisine. After a spectacular drive through the mountains we arrived at our chalet in Le Bettie.
After a much needed good nights sleep, we walked to a local peak called Roc de la Luae - with spactacular views to the snow capped mountains we could clearly see the Mont Blanc massif.
The next day we walked up to the snow line, at approximately 2000m. As the scorching sun beat down on us we took a dip in a high mountain lake (Lac de Lou), which was chilled by the snow melt water that tumbled into it - now that was cold so it was only a couple of minutes before we had to get out.
Jerry and myself even managed to make a small snowman. Whilst walking down I rounded a corner, and there, in the path was a Marmot, we looked at each other for a couple of minutes and then he scurried away.
The rest of the day was work - tidying up the chalets at Reberty a few miles away up the valley from our chalet.
Day four saw us spending the day, cleaning, sorting rooms and varnishing tables - it wasn't to hard really, as the view outside was beautiful.
On day five the promised rain came in the morning, but seeing a window in the weather the boys went canyoning while the girls strolled down the valley to St Martin. The canyoning was great fun, wet, slippery and challenging.
Today was chill out time, a bit of a lie in then it was up the mountains to a delightful pasture restaurant called 'Chez Pepe Nicolas' in Les Menuires, a lovely meal surrounded by snow capped mountains.
An absolutely blessed week - loved it.
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