April 2018

View from The Ramsholt Arms across the river Deben, Suffolk      

30 March - 8 April : Les Arcs 1800
We all had a fantastic seven days skiing in Les Arcs, blessed with excellent pistes and sunshine - except for Thursday, when we woke to 10” of fresh powder.... Tom and I shot into the hire shop and swapped our skis for “freeride” planks; what an epic day!

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Jake & Annie

7/8/9 April : Les Arcs - Geneva - Kent
We skied on Saturday in glorious sunshine and empty slopes (changeover day), and had a delicious Savoie ‘death by cheese’ lunch at L’Altiport up above Les Arcs 1800.  We then drove to Geneva where we deposited Jake & Tom with the Howells, so that they could catch a flight to Bristol in the morning, and Jess, Ben, Annie and I pushed on to our motel in Bourg En Bresse.  The blast up France on Sunday to the tunnel went without a hitch, and we had supper and an hilarious games evening with Jo & Andrew S-B in Leigh; return match?!


9-15 April: Harlyn Bay, Cornwall   
We collected Annie’s friend Mabel, and drove to Cornwall - stopping for a quick hello / lunch break at the Fentons in Dorset.

L-R: Annie, Mabel, Chris, Ben & Jess above Harlyn Bay

Despite the supposedly crappy forecast, we had seven glorious, super-active days in Cornwall: long walks, surfing, tennis, body-boarding, runs, BIG eating and even a sand-castle competition!  Harlyn  Bay out of season is a most wonderful beach - and we were super lucky with the surf. Ben, Annie and Mabel even had a surf lesson.

Chris, Annie, Ben & Mabel

Ben

Annie

Tom, annoyingly, can surf properly!! 

15-22 April: Cornwall - Iver - Canterbury - Suffolk
Back from Cornwall - with a night at the Briggs’ in Iver en route. Ben back to Kingston Uni, then Annie back to school in Canterbury.  The belated spring heatwave arrived

Beach hut sunset, Tankerton (Whistable)

After a very relaxing three days with my parents - including long morning walks and sunset drinks in the pub (see opening pic of this post!) - Dad kindly gave us a lift to Stansted airport, and we headed to Poland for a few weeks of exploring.

Krakow blog next...