Skiing in Les Deux Alpes

Well, that was great fun indeed! I’d been looking forward to the skiing trip from the day we booked it and it really didn’t disappoint.

It was me, Tash, Jack, Charlotte and Miles this time — Lewis obviously wasn’t coming as he’s tied up with Frankie and Emily. We had the Friday (2nd Jan) off, which meant we could get on the road around 5.15am and start the road trip down to the south of France nice and early.

Flexi+ served us well as usual, and it was pretty funny that we bumped into Miles’s uncle and aunt (Pippa and Phil) and their kids. We knew they were travelling the same day, but what were the chances we’d be there at the same time?

Driving through France was a pleasure as always — the roads are so good and the toll tag worked perfectly. I drove most of the way, as per usual, but Miles took over for a couple of hours so I could get some sleep. That worked really well and helped keep me fresh for the long haul.

We did hit a snowstorm at one point which was a bit challenging, but once we got through that and further south the weather improved and we were treated to an amazing sunset. Weird weather, but very impressive.

We weren’t staying in Les Deux Alpes that night as it was too expensive, so we carried on to La Grave instead and stayed in a nice hotel there. Got sorted and headed down for dinner, which was good.

It also meant we weren’t travelling through the night and could enjoy the skiing properly from Saturday onwards, which felt like a sensible plan.

Food was decent, we played a bit of pool, had a few drinks (including some chocolate vodka), and then it was bed by about 10.30pm. A long day, but a good one.

Doing the journey during the day made perfect sense — around 14 hours door to door, which wasn’t too desperate, and sharing the driving really helped. When we plan this again, I think we’ll do something similar rather than pushing through the night and then trying to ski the next morning on little or no sleep… we’ll see!

End-of-day reflection:
A long but very well-planned travel day — sensible driving, good company, no stress, and a relaxed evening meant we were set up perfectly for the skiing to come. A great start to the trip.