So where were we?..ah yes Banff and skiing!

You left our intrepid adventurers in deepest Banff enjoying snow and scenery and about to embark on their greatest challenge yet.....balancing an ever-increasing fool on two planks of wood and trusting to gravity....dun dun dunnnnnnnnn!



Unfortunately we don't have any pics of the actual 'skiing' but it happened and for three hours we progressed from falling down to snow ploughs to erratic turning to slightly smoother turning, all the way back to falling over. Mum and I got the hang of it a bit quicker, but my pride forces me to mention she has skied before. Jacqui eventually conquered her nemesis the magic carpet, especially exiting the same. Dad did not hurt his knee and my ankles are still whole, a resounding success! And we all enjoyed it, a lot, especially after removing anything but socks from our ski boots, I can still remember the blessed relief ahh joy. But our friend Lorna's gleeful warning did come back to us, ski boots hurt and taking them off is the best bit about them.



So Jacqui and and I will try it again, probably in January, and mum and dad have said they'll travel to the dry slope in Naarch.