Adventures, road trips, music & gigs.
Skiing ‘can’ be expensive, but we have managed to find a few ways to keep these trips to a reasonable price.
There are a few trips here that are obviously ‘lower’ budget than others.
Great snow, quiet runs, and a few unexpected adventures along the way. Travel Snapshot Where: Les Arcs 1800 & La Plagne, French Alps Ski Area: Paradiski (one of the largest ski areas in Europe) Duration: 4 days Flights: Lyon – £30 each way (including baggage) ….read more
As long weekends on the slopes go – this was just about perfect. We booked a budget flight to Lyon for £35 per person per flight, hired a car and drove the 2.5 hours to the huge ski resort on Italian/French border known as ….read more
This was our first visit to this central region of the Austrian Alps, just a 90 minute drive south of Salzburg. Being so early in the season, a ski holiday was always going to be a bit of a gamble, but on balance it proved ….read more
Four days into the New Year and a fantastic ski trip involving most of our kids, my sister, their partners and friends. Thirteen in total. We arrived just about in time to catch the Christmas market in the village before it closed on 12th night. It ….read more
We are back in Gargellen, a picture postcard Austrian village, the jewel in the crown of the Montafon valley and just a stones throw away from the Swiss border. This place is almost always above the snow line and this year being no exception, and as ….read more
With the temperature range between -1°C and -17°C the snow that had settled on the day of our arrival stayed around all week, creating near perfect conditions for the rest of our stay, especially when the sun came out after the second day. We stayed at ….read more
Of all the Alpine villages of this region, this has to be one of my favourites. At the top of a valley half way up the Montafon you’ll find Gargellen. This tiny picture-post-card village sits above the snow line at this time of the year ….read more
Undeterred by our aborted Ski trip to Austria (on account of Covid entry rules for youths) Natty and I decided to travel by car to Italy where the entry rules are a lot less restrictive. Our accommodation was quirky to say the least, an old ….read more
It’s been another amazing blast with Natty in the Montafon region of Austria. This year we were joined by Emma, her first time skiing for 23 years! Conditions could not have been better with two fantastic fresh powder days and lots of sunshine in between. ….read more
This little corner of Austria is not to be found in most British ski tour guides – so I am thankful to my Godmother for marrying a “local” and moving here back in the 1970’s, else I’d have probably never found it. What has made ….read more