Bashed bonces.......

The post-Christmas hordes have arrived here in Courchevel in time for the New Year celebrations. As yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, we decided to blow away a few cobwebs and have a blast around the slopes. Although there are many many people in the resort (all Hotels and chalets are full), fortunately the slopes weren't too crowded. This may seem strange on the second busiest week of the season, but the reason is quite simply that many people come to Courchevel to be seen rather than to ski! We are certainly not complaining. But it's very fortunate that I wear a helmet, not because I'm tackling anything even remotely extreme, but simply to protect my head on this one week when lift etiquette is not observed in the slightest (and particularly not by skiers of a certain nationality - say no more :-)) - normally one sits on the chairlift, and looks to left and right to see if everyone is ready before gently lowering the safety bar, yet on virtually every lift, random fellow passengers just hauled the metal bar down, on some occasions narrowly avoiding our heads due to us ducking in time, and on others simply whanging us on the head with it (thanks so much trusty helmet!) - what is wrong with these people? But despite this, and other annoyances on this crazy week, we had a wonderful ski in fresh snow and sunshine - what more could one ask for?