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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
New York Memories
I am sitting in an apartment on the 68th floor of Metropolitan House on 57th street beside Carnagie Hall. The view us all the way up Central Park and North East to the Tri-Boro bridge. There may be one building in this vista higher than this apartment. It is simply stunning. I am listening to Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd on the IPod playing out through a Bose sound system and thinking back to the first time I listened to that album.
It was also in New York almost 32 years ago. I had just been into the City on my own and I had found Sam Goodies record store on about 50th street.
I bought it and Carole Kings Tapestry. I came back to my cousin Joan and her friend Maria's apartment in Woodside in Queens and as they were out I was able to listen to the LP's on their HiFi.
I fell in love with New York in 1976 when I travelled over on a J1 student working visa. I managed through some very far fetched acquaintances to get a couple of "vacation relief" jobs normally reserved for members of the Local 34 Union who were representing doormen elevator operators and other staff working in the offices and apartment buildings of Manhatten. My first job was filling in for the 'supervisor' of a small 8 story building on 14th street. It was a pretty quiet place, for the first week all I had to do was open up the building at 6.30 each morning, sweep down the pavement in front of the building, check that the pressure in the water tank was adequate and some complicated instructions on what to do if it wasn't right! Other than that I operated the freight elevator which probably got called 5 times on a busy day as only 5 of the 8 floors were occupied.
Here's the really funny bit - the building was owned by the Teamsters Union and 3 of the floors were offices for 2 of their Locals (branches). I had a completed my application form to join Local 34 but had been advised to avoid joining if I could as there was a $50 joining subscription. - "Shine On You Crazy Diamonds"
The building is still there - we're both a little different 30 years on - a bit more sophisticated I suppose!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Fashion Norms
I'm just sitting in Banana Republic in Rockerfellow Center, while Mags is looking around (I've already purchased!). She's left me some cardigans that she is thinking about buying. I'm just thinking that it's great to have an area in a shop with a couple of armchairs, so that weary family members can sit and rest while the rest of the party continue to shop - though it's funny how these seating areas are mainly in the Ladies section - even in a politically correct town like New York!
I am admiring one of the cardigans when I notice that there is a card with the word "yarn" on it and about 20 winds of the blue wool thread used in the garment. It's clearly supplied to allow one to repair any damage with the exact matching thread. How bizarre in today's world - nobody would ever think about repairing this cardigan if it was ever damaged, I doubt if the skill exists much any more.
Darning Yarn,uploaded by M+MD.
It's the same as all those spare buttons provided with suits nowadays. It must be my up-bringing, but I have all these buttons in their envelopes in my sock drawer. I am sure they will never be used. I remember when I was young, that my mother had an old Birds Custard tin full of buttons. It was just what you did back then - rescue buttons or buy interesting new ones and always have a spare button for when we kids lost one. Of course Joan made most of our clothes - at least until we were teenagers - so that would explain this behaviour.
But how do you explain the suit buttons today, the winds of yarn on a card? I guess somebody in marketing thought it was a differentiator once - but isn't it just plain silly in the modern consumer world.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Sunday Tribune
17 April 1983 The Sunday Tribune edited by Vincent Browne was re-launched. The original Tribune had gone bust the previous October after just under 2 years in print. I was just 25 and joined the new venture as Financial Controller. John Kelliher then Controller of Programmes RTE (now the Film Censor) was Managing Director, Barbara Nugent was Advertising Manager. The late Tony Ryan then CEO of GPA and later founder of Ryanair was our investor.
They were very exciting times. There were just 20 journalists, 5 advertising staff 3 accounts staff, 2 PA's and a receptionist. We all shared the second floor in the Joe Walsh Tours building in Lower Baggot Street. Over a total of almost 10 years there was great camaraderie, many discussions and arguments and some stunning rows! What I remember about the first few weeks was that after 3 years post qualification experience as the Company Accountant in a printing company in Sandyford it was much more like the atmosphere in SKC where I had finished my training just 3 years before. One of the biggest shocks when I "moved to industry" was that change in the workplace structure - where management was a small group. And you ended up with a very small number of friends in work.
For another thing it was based back in town. Baggot Street was a lively place at the time. Doheny and Nesbitts was just beside us, the Baggot Inn and Toners were across the street. And If you were prepared to travel 50 yards you had the famous O'Donoughoes. The relaunch attracted a lot of media attention. With the exception of yours truly it was a star studded cast: Paul Tansey had been enticed from The Irish Times, Gerald Barry, Deirdre Purcell and John Kelliher from RTE.Of course having Tony Ryan as main shareholder and investor was also big news. The run up to the launch was pretty exciting stuff. We had to make agreements with the print unions, the Newsagents, the NUJ, and there was the small matter of getting a printer for the newspaper!
I can remember attending my first of many meetings with Vincent and the Dublin Print Group of Unions. This was a constituted council with a chairperson and secretary who had representatives from st least 6 unions involved in the Printing and Publishing in Dublin. It seems incredible now but they determined which days newspapers were printed! The 6 Unions I remember were the NUJ (journalists) NGA and IPU (printers and compositors), WWU (bookbinders), ITGWU no. 16 branch (delivery drivers), ITGWU no. 2 branch (clerical workers). Each union had normally 2representatives and then there was Vincent, John and me. The meeting usually ended in impasse - either with Vincent holding out for something or the unions insisting that this new paper would not get launched unless it paid terms and conditions enjoyed by the previous Tribune staff. There was a strongly held view that the weekly costs in the old Tribune had run at 75k which was at least 50% more than we planned to run it now. The main difference was in numbers of staff but rates of pay and work practices were a big part of it also.
Its also hard to imagine the pre-computer world we were required to live in at the time. PCs were around a couple of years and word processing was well established, but journalists in Ireland and England were using manual typewriters, their copy was edited and marked up manually and then passed to compositors who re-typed everything into long columns or galleys which had to be cut up and stuck down onto pages before making the film which would then be made into metal plates at the printers.
There were many exciting changes in the 10 years at the Tribune:
- We spent three years in an almost permanent state of crisis;
- Tony Ryan left us (or did we leave him) after just 1 year;
- Cash to pay the printers each week became a weekly obsession from mid 1984 until April 1986;
- In October 1987 we launched on the Stock Exchange - listed just a week before the Stock Market crash;
- The following year we introduced "direct input" where the journalists typed their stories directly into the production system on onto PCs which transferred it directly to the production system. We were the first newspaper in Ireland to do that thanks to the genius, negotiating skills and force of character by Vincent Browne - but that's a different story for another time.
- We launched a weekly upmarket free. Newspaper with 8 local editions in 1990 Independent Newspapers acquired a 29% stake in unfriendly circumstances and effect - it neutered the paper as a commercial operation thereafter.
Great friendships great fallings out. I spent my last year as Finance Director where the Editor Vincent would not speak to me unless he had to! It takes 2 to tangle so maybe he had cause!
Last Friday Vincent arranged for 8 of us to get together as a reunion to mark 25 years since the relaunch. Tina Roche couldn't make it but the rest of us were there - Vincent, Barbara, John Kelliher, Paul Tansey, Gerald Barry and Barry Connolly. It's strange but it seemed like we were having conversations simply continued from 15 or 20 years ago! We met in Foleys in Merrion Row - a neutral venue! Vincent of course was late! We went on to dinner in The Unicorn. The time flew and when we were thrown out because we were the last people left in the restaurant it was after 2.30.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
A Fair Exchange
Leinster 21 Munster 12 RDS
Look at those eyes!, Uuploaded by M+MD
Leinster beat Munster 21-12 in an all penalty affair in the RDs to-night. It's a valuable scalp for Leinster and almost secures the Magners League. It is a disappointment for Munster, but its a fair exchange - they will swop that loss for a win against Saracens at the end of the month and a place in the Heineken Cup final in Cardiff in May. As I have my tickets for Cardiff - I'll go along with that.
The nearest thing to a try in the game came from a first half break by Contepomi followed by a second break by Jonathan Sexton who passed out to Rob Kearney who dithered in the face of Doug Howlett and was pushed out over the touchline. Look at Howlett getting ready to pounce!
Doug stops Rob Kearney, Uploaded by M+MD
Friday, April 11, 2008
Joe Jackson Concert - the YouTube clips
Finally got my act together and have uploaded the video taken at the Dublin concert on Friday 29th of February. The first is the cover of ABBA's "Knowing me Knowing you" The second is Different for Girls The final clip is On Your Radio Read my review. Joe Jackson in concert, Olympia Dublin - 29th February 2008 See the photos on Flickr. Joe Jackson Set
And just as a treat for Joe Jackson fans have a look at this from You Tube - Must be more than 25 years old - Joe looks younger but Graham Maby looks almost the same - must be the hair! Is She Really Going Out with Him
Thursday, April 10, 2008
CHEF RONAN’S RECIPES FROM MORZINE!
ROAST LAMB TIP
• Crush few cloves of garlic together with Rosemary and/or mixed herbs and mix with melted butter. • Brush all over lamb before putting in hot oven.
COURGETTE TIP • Peel courgette into strips • Stir-fry and add Soya Sauce at end • Add (if want to) Worchester sauce also
LIME SYRUP (for Tropical Fruit Salad) [Made this yesterday and it worked!] • Add circa 200g of sugar to circa 200 mls of water in a saucepan • Turn heat up, stirring occasionally • When comes to boil, let boil for 2 mins exactly and stir • Take off heat and let cool down completely (put in fridge) • Grade zest of 1 lime into cold syrup • Let fruit sit in syrup for about 1 hour before serving
GINGER POTOTOES [Successfully executed by Domestic Goddess, Deirdre on Sunday 6th April 2008!] • Peel potatoes and cube (as many as you like, I found 2 big potatoes was enough for four of us) • Put in pot of cold water and bring to boil. Boil for two minutes and strain off water • Add tablespoons of sunflower oil and 4 crushed cloves of garlic and grated ginger (a piece 4inches long) • Mix all above together with salt, put in baking tray in 190/200 degrees • Takes half hour/40 minutes
BLACKCURRANT SAUCE (For Duck) • Use trimmings from duck (not fat) and chop finely • Chop up some onion and carrot • Heat sunflower oil in the pan until smoking and throw trimmings in • Cook until starting to caramelise and than add vegetables • Keep heat up and stirring until turning golden brown • Add quarter a bottle of white wine and let that reduce down until thick liquid around the vegetables. • Add half a litre of stock and reduce it down again until quarter litre and add ‘blackcurrant’ puree (c half a mug full) and start tasting • May need to sweetening up with any ‘berry’ jam. • Add sherry vinegar and salt to taste.
CARAMEL SAUCE • Dilute about 300g of sugar and dilute with c100mils water, keep on low heat until completely dissolved. • When dissolved; turn the heat up and stand and watch occasionally and will take quarter/half hour to caramelise. • Once the colour starts changing to brown, keep watching…..Tilt the pan and if it dark at the bottom, add half a litre of ‘hot’ (not boiling) double cream and add slowly (make sure pan is big enough!) whisking at the same time. • Add salt and vanilla essence to taste • The sauce can keep in the fridge for two weeks after.
SWEET POTATO SOUP • Sweat 2 chopped onion in butter and olive oil • After two minutes add cubed sweet potatoes (3 reg sized) • Cover with greaseproof paper and keep heat low (checking and stirring every few minutes until potato begins to soften) • Add c2teaspoons of curry powder and cook for another 2 minutes and add 2 crushed cloves of garlic • Add hot chicken stock (c1 litre) • Keep cooking and turn up to medium heat and let simmer for half and hour • Stick handblender in and turn up to full • Add about 200mils of cream and pinch of salt
RISOTTO (Pumpkin/Avocado) • Melt butter and olive oil in pan • Add chopped onion, cook all the way through (until opaque) and add rice (c500g Arborio rice) and turn down heat • Cook rice and stir occasionally (keeps grains separate) • When grains turn translucent and golden, add 2 cloves of crushed garlic and half a bottle of white wine, keeping heat and medium/low. • Let wine get absorbed • Add 1 litre of stock (chicken) very slowly. • After each addition test the rice and see it getting softer and softer so if not want to finish straight away, stop and turn off heat. • Add final moisture (stock) until fully cooked and stir in a little butter at the end • Depending on flavouring, can do roast pumpkin/avocado, just make make flavour and add at the end.
CHOCOLATE FONDANT 200g butter 200g chocolate (dark at 70%) 200g sugar (caster) • Melt butter on low heat and add chocolate and soon as chocolate is melted; take off heat and add sugar. The sugar will cool it down and then let it all cool down. • Add 6 beaten eggs and stir in together with 4-heaped tablespoons of plain flour and vanilla essence. (the mixture itself can keep a while) • If cooking individually, add to pate tins and brush inside each one with butter and put coco powder inside and sake around until coated (helps get it out of the mould) • Fill each mould ¾ with the mixture and bake at 200 degrees for between 10/15 minutes (test as rise up in the middle with give in the middle) • Run round edge with knife to ensure turn out ok. ☺ HAPPY COOKING!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Leinster V Munster next week-end
After their magnificant win 16-3 against Gloucester on Saturday evening Munster now face the more mundane challenge of playing Leinster in the Magners league on Saturday next. But don't get me wrong it is a challenge that will be taken lightly by either side. For Leinster it is a chance to secure the Magners League by beating the only team with a chance to catch them; its a chance to take the scalp of a Heineken Cup Semi-Finalist and so make some amends for their own miserable performance in the Heineken Cup - especially in the games against Edinburgh; and of course there is the old rivalry between the provinces, it's a local derby - and of course the ongoing rivallry between O'Gara and Comtepomi (remember the pat on the head in the World Cup?).
Of course I get the chance to shout for my team (Munster) against the team I go to see every fortnight (Leinster). My season ticket neighbours in the RDS will probably be surprised to see me in my Munster jersey! Senan of course will be in his Leinster Blues! It will be interesting to see the team selections. Leinster will certainly select the strongest team available - Munster will want a win but won't want to risk injury with the semi-final game against Saracens at the end of teh month.
I am hoping to see Doug Howlett in action.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Morzine 2008 - Day 8 Going Home...
Morzine Sunday 30th March
We had ordered pancakes for breakfast and a lie in until 9 again. We got a good chunk of packing done before breakfast. Peter from Highlife helped with the bags!
Our pick up from the airport was not until after 12 with our flight sometime around 4. The Saliba's flight was not until 9.30 pm so they had arranged another day of skiing! It was another glorious morning even warmer than yesterday. Chris is determined to do at least the Red if not the Black run the top of Mont Chery on the other side of Les Gets.- Deirdre on the other hand is not so sure.
"How many for pancakes?" asked our chef Ronan. "Six" we agreed, except I said that I would have five (Pancakes.... to eat.... by myself.... I meant!). When all the pancakes were served there were just five portions - my smart-alec-ness had backfired - everybody else got their beakfast but me! Ronan kindly offered to make some more.
Here are just a few more snapshots - see more on Flickr.
After breakfast and after we had finished packing we went on a brief tour of the other chalets. Lolana is the most interesting with a very intriguing layout and design. Its like something out of Lord of the Rings. With lots of balconies and timber features and couldn't help thinking of Rivendale! We made a quick journey down town. It was a beautiful warm sunny spring morning.
On Route
Soon enough we were back and loading up the bus and bags for the hour back to Geneva. We had a pleasant journey with some spectacular views across the Alps - only interruption was that one of the other family's kids got sick! Soon enough we were in Geneva. We did the non EU duty free shopping - nearly a years supply of gin! Soon enough we were in the air and again some great views over the Alps and down to Aix Les Bains. Everything was ontime and by 6 pm we were back in Rathmines - a little weary and sore but invigorated and enthusiastic about going back again next year!
Well done Highlife - a holiday to be recommended.
Check out the Highlife web site.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Morzine 2008 - Day 7 Saturday 29 March
We had a lie in until 9 and we needed it was too. After breakfast we called the shuttle and headed for the ski shop. As I was walk up the hill to the bubble with my skis on my shoulder and my boots on I felt a twinge in my right knee and thigh - I suddenly realised I had forgotton my magic knee bandage and thigh strap. There really was no point in going on the last big day's skiing without all the help I could muster.
Morzine From Above, Uploaded by M+MD
Especially as today I was going to conquer my Nemesis from last year - that simple blue run called Crocus. I had done it with the class on Thursday - but it nearly killed me again - or so it seemed at the time.
So the others went on ahead and Mags and I said that we would meet up with them later. We gave Highlife a call and they gave us a lift to back to the chalet. I got what I needed and Highlife left is back directly to the ski-lift. That's service. As we were getting on the ski-lift I realised I had dropped my goggles when we were putting on our skis. What a morning and we hadn't even started yet!
We agreed that the best solution was to ski down Piste B - now that is a sure sign of progress. Piste B was the scene of many of my falls on Monday and also quite a few of my scary moments! But now I was ready to go on down first thing!
We had an uneventful run down - it is quite a long run and on reflection not so difficult the last mile is just a pleasant run down. But after all that - no goggles - "c'est la vie". We got the ski lift back up and we then got the Beledere lift again because I now felt warmed up and brave enough to take on the Crocus run down to Les Gets. We rang Deirdre - they were heading for Les Gets my a more roundabout route. So we arranged to meet in half an hour or so and the Chavanne express lift.
Heading for Crocus, Uploaded by M+MD
I passed the spot on Crocus where I came a cropper last year. and just continued on down. There is a slope at the end of the Crocus run that is wide and a a little steeper but this time it was not a problem, no side-slipping just turns and traverses and soon we were down. Then the Piste joins another Blue run - Bruyere and there is a tunnel under a road followed by a long straight run which does speed up. But its a nice run and at the end there is a with a steeper slope just before we arrive into Les Gets. This was a little troublesome earlier in the week. It was where I took my skis off and walked the last 100 metres. Today it was ok, just a little nervous but I just side-slipped out of trouble and soon we were down.
We took the skis off and walked down to a café to wait for the others. It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and blue sky. Fortunately I had taken the light warm jacket that we brought in Whistler last year. My eyes had coped with the glare without goggles but I thought I had better get a pair of sunglasses. There was a sports shop beside the café and I found a nice pair there. We talked to Dee on the phone and she suggested that we go up to La Rosta for lunch. Peter had told us about a lovely restaurant at the top. So we left the café and put back on our skis and waited at the bottom of the slope. It didn't look so bad from here!
Soon they arrived and we all headed up the Chavanne Express chairlift.
Chris Arrives with Style, Uploaded by M+MD
We reached the top and Deirdre and Chris guided is down the Blue run Violettes. Its a nice run that bring you down to the top of a valley with five lifts going up two opposite ridges. We took the lift for La Rosta whic is higher than Pleney at 1665 metres. The lift travels over the Black run called Yeti. We could see that we were a long way for bering ready to even think about a Black run! The real problem is the mounds of snow called moguls. From the top of La Rosta we skied down about 50 metres to the restaurant which Peter and Deirdre recommended. We got these enormous sandwiches each sandwich was a huge bun containing two burgers and a load of chips!
There was a big crowd of fellow Highlifers there, including the sister-in-law of a former house-mate in Dublin and her husband who had been a colleague of mine in The Sunday Tribune - its a small world. After lunch we headed back down to the 5 lifts down Campanule a supposed Blue run. However to get to the Blue part there is a short steep slope full of moguls. The problem with moguls is that all of the skis don't all touch the ground - you can be left bouncing on air and as a result turning is even harder than usual. We made down that bit and thereafter it was an easy if rather narrow, run down. We then took the Ranfoilly Express to the mountain on the other side. Le Ranfoilly is 1850 metres high. There is a fantastic view of Mount Blanc from the top. Deirdre was just standing minding her own business and she made some movement and just toppled over!
From Ranfoiilly we took the narrow Blue, Genfiane which goes all the way down to the top of the Chavanne Express. Next we had the Indian Run - a nice easy run for children of all ages.
We even stopped for warpaint and photographs. Deirdre managed to take me out with a sneaky side attack! The we went up our first button lift where you sit on a button seat and get dragged along on your skis. In fact the truck is not to sit but to stand and hold on. It was a short lift which allowed us to go down the Buffalo run. At the end of that run we we back up the La Croix chair lift again to the top of the Chavanne Express and from there we went down the wide Bruyere run which leads down to the bottom of Crocus. It's a great run with a long straight part where you have to allow the speed to build up, because if you run out of momentum near the bottom there is a lot of pushing or walking. At the end there is that steepish bit going down to the Folliets chairlift.
A Long day - Crocus done - ready for home, Uploaded by M+MD
This was to bring us back to Pleney. We then skied down Piste N back to Nabor and down Piste B all the way to the bottom. I was pretty knackered, but why not it was after 4.30 and we had been skiing all day. Piste B - so difficult at the start of the week - was easy now, even though I was tired - it's such a shame we are going home to-morrow. At the bottom we will have to say goodbye to skiing for another year. We were on the home stretch on Piste B when one of the bindings on Lisa's ski sheared right off the ski. She was doing some fancy manouvre, with a jump in behind a pole, at the time. She fell over and instead of the bindings coming off the boot, they came off the ski. Its pretty much the same effect - they are designed to come loose (rather than break your ankle!). She wasn't hurt, she was just so disappointed not to get the last 500 metres of the last run home.
Saturday Evening, Morzine, Uploaded by M+MD
We had less than 500 metres to go and we were skiing like experts. Luckilly there was a path down to the road. We took her skis and poles and she walked back to the ski shop. By the tme we finished and were down at the shop she was waiting for us. We returned our boots and skis. Deirdre and Chris have a late flight home to-morrow and so they extended their gear for another day.
So home we went, tired but buzzing from what had been a fantastic day's skiing. We travelled an amazing 25+ kilometres on skis that day and if you take in the ground covered by skilifts, its probably double that. We had our last Hot-Tub and Sauna. It wasn't really a case of being sore by now - we were over that - it was just that we were tired after a long day of exercise.
Dinner tonight was roast pork and again Ronan excelled. We started some packing and had a last reasonably early night - we were real too tired for much activity! I awoke early on Sunday morning - it wasn't yet dawn - there was just a little light in the clear sky and I caught the crescent moon above the snow slope - MAGIC- just like this week.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Morzine 2008 - Day 6 Friday 28 March
Woke up at 6 to a blue bright sky. I took a couple of early photographs - interesting light early mornings.
Dawn Light, Uploaded by M+MD
Dawn Morzine, Uploaded by M+MD
Called at 7.30 as usual. Still a bright sky. It looks like weather-wise we have had it all this week - snow and sunshine. We have the usual breakfast but were slower than usual getting started and by the time we got to the bubble the queue was not so long.
We arrived up to find that our class was gone! We were only about 5 minutes late. Lisa and Senan had gone up the chair lifts and arrived 2 minutes after us. There group was also gone. They headed down for the Belvedere lift with intention of heading over to Les Gets as that included going down the dreaded (psychologically) Crocus run, that was not for us. In any event we would just slow them down. So we went down to the Nabor lift for an easy run around.
We were both pretty wooden and un-coordinated and were finding it just a little scary! Our legs wouldn't do what the brain instructed and the brain wasn't sure what to do anyway, so maybe the legs were right!
Mags stopped to fix her boots ad I took off my skis and walked the 50 metres to the top of Pleney. At 1550 metres this little hill is taller than our Carantoohill - the highest mountain in Ireland! It was a beautiful vista all around and today we could see Mount Blanc - its about 15 kilometres as the crow flies, but it is usually covered in mist. I took some pictures and headed back to Mags.
Just a little puzzled and unsure of ourselves we made our way to the end of the Belvedere lift and enjoyed the view some more. Then we stopped at Le Vaffieu and had a coffee to collect ourselves. One thing sure it was a blessing that we had missed our class because by know I would have been in the horrors with this brain and these legs. After coffee we did the run down to Nabor lift - our old familiar warm-up run. At Nabor We felt brave enough to try the Piste D run down to Les Mouilles.
Taking it Easy, Uploaded by M+MD
We went back around to do it again and we met up with our class! "Just in time for the test" said Joseph. They had been down in the direction of Nyon. So we joined them down the familiar Piste D almost to Les Mouilles and then traversed across to Piste C and around to the Atray ski lift. There ESF Ski School had the award ceremony. Of course we all had passed and the test was nothing other than keeping up with the group or just enduring the 5 days! Then we had some Kir and cheese and sauscisson (salami). The kids hadn't found their group but most of the ESF groups were there. We located their instructor and collected their certificates. Then we rang them and they skied down to meet us.
Graduation over we headed back to the top on the rickety Atray ski lift. It stopped for a few minutes near the top. Mags had gone on ahead and I remembered that she had trouble with this lift on Wednesday.. When we got off we found out that the reason for the stop was not Mags but the bar had bounced back down as Lisa and Senan were getting off and the footrest had caught Lisa by the neck. She was not hurt though she was shaken. Senan had fallen hard on his bum. I think that is the end of Piste C for us. The newer chairlifts have a much better design - the balance of the bar almost carries it up by itself. We stopped by Pleney for cocas and beer and I had a sandwich. We heard from Katy - her exam had gone well.
After lunch we were ready for more skiing. The tiredness was going away and the stamina increasing. I even managed to take Piste B home! Chris took this video of Lisa going down a small part of the Piste B stretch.
Friday night we were invited to Deirdre's friends daughters 18th birthday celebration. They are in Les Gets for 10 days. We had Champagne in their friend's Tim and Sue's chalet and then we walked down to the restaurant with some snowball skirmishes on the way! There were 18 of us for dinner. We had a lovely meal including what Roisin called "Hot Rocks, Hot Rocks" - steak self-cooked on the stone. The birthday cake arrived with candles that were more like fireworks. Lots of signing of happy birthday in a couple of languages. We finished up with the men settling the bill over a interesting local eau de vie called "Genepays".
We got a taxi back to Morzine at about 11.45. To-morrow is our last day skiing.
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