We have just had Denise and family from Bradford upon Avon to stay in the chalet and they seem to have had a good time.They said a week wasn't long enough to do everything.

Jonny and I went mountain biking this weekend with some friends. It was a great day out and we finished off by coming down from Arc 1950 to Villaroger and having lunch at La Ferme with the girls.

Here are some photos from the day.

On Sunday it was Ste Foy village fete and it was a very hot day. They had apple bobbing, throw the bale of straw as far as you can, and a pond where you could catch your own fish and cook it on the BBQ. We went down with some friends who have a house in Macot.

Another thing was to climb up the church tower and zip line down. Anneha had a go at this and did really well, as did Dan and Nile.

Below are some pics of her:-

Afterwards we all ended back up at ours for something to eat and they all jumped in the hot-tub.

We've got the Watkinson family out tomorrow, so looking forward to seeing them.

Its the Tignes wine festival next week along with the Villaroger Fete, so lots going on.

Will write again soon.

Only 3 more days until the girls break up from school,we cannot believe how quickly the summer is going.

We have been busy re-doing another bathroom in the chalet. We have re-tiled and put in a new shower so its looking good.

We have been going down to the Lake when the weather has been good and the kids have loved it in the sand and catching the frogspawn/little frogs. Fi bought a new fishing net especially for that reason.

Here are a couple of pics from there.

We went over to Park Walabi(inbetween Chambery and Lyon) with some friends. Its a big theme park with a water park as well although we didn't have time to make it into the Water Park.Everyone had a great time and we then had a BBQ back at our friends' house.

The lifts are open in les Arcs for the mountain biking. We have Johnny Henstock and the boys here with Phil Watkinson and some more boys joining them. The weather is great at the moment and there is still snow on the peaks.

They have loved the mountain biking, especially the descent down into our village.They said they have ridden the best single tracks ever!!!

Jonny has ridden out with them a couple of times, they rode one day from ours right up to Arc 2000(over 1000m of ascent) in one morning!!!!

We are going to Majorca this Wednesday so looking forward to that.

Will write again soon with more photos of the lads once i've downloaded their pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a good trip back to the Uk and it was great to see all our family, especially our new little nephew who was born in March. We tried to meet up with as many friends as possible, but as ever there were people we didn't manage to catch up with, so hopefully will do in July. Unfortunately the weather was not too brilliant, it always seems to happen to us when we step off that plane.

The girls are back at school and I have been doing the flowers for the terraces and some gardening. Im trying to sort a patch of garden thats on a slope and very rocky. Its slow going but im hoping it will be worth it in the end.We planted some bushes last October and they are now starting to flower and look lovely.

Everyone in the village is busy planting their vegetables and flowers, and always there to give you advice on whats best to put where. Below is a picture of the village.

I am helping at Annehas school with the swimming lessons twice a week. I thought I was just going to help out with the little ones but have been allocated a group of 8/9yr olds , whos aim this summer is to master front and back crawl.
Its ok but all they want to do is dive in and pick things up from the bottom so its a challenge getting them to do a few lengths of practicing.

We have been down to Plan D'eau with the girls and their bikes. The Lake is now filled up and the cafe open at weekends. Here is a picture from the other day.

I met up with a few friends at the restaurant Chez Marie, the one where you can eat in the garden and then spend the rest of the afternoon in their outdoor pool. Its gorgeous and this is a picture from that afternoon

The Col de Petit St Bernard over into Italy opened yesterday so im sure we will be heading over in the next week or so. Apparantly there is a fabulous food market there once a week so will have to make the trip.

Here is a picture of a stag that we saw at the back of our house the other evening. It had a mate with him but we were not quick enough to catch both of them.

The weather has been beautiful, although we have had 2 big storms early evening for the past 2 nights, which seems to clear the air for the next day.Its been cloudy today and I think it may rain tomorrow , but we do need it for the gardens so one days fine with us.

Anyway will close for now but will write again soon.