Saturday morning I reviewed Chris' plan and gave it the final seal of approval. Roisin was a little spooked from yesterday and she and Deirdre decided to leave it a little later before heading out. The rest of us headed off after breakfast. The slopes were very quiet because Saturday is change-over day for most tour operators. This was a great bonus for the final day. The first step was the Tougnete cable car and there was no queue. We then had the "Perdrix" run down to Mottaret where we were going to get the 3 Plattieres lifts to Mont de La Chamber before skiing down to Val Thorens.
However my thumb had swollen up again overnight and my left hand turn was not working! What a pain. I was skiing ok but I was slow and nervous and holding everybody back. Given the big plans we had for today, this was not a good idea for anyone. As we approached Mottaret I suggested that they go ahead while I headed for a better warm up slope and see what I can do. Mags decided to stick with me. So while they followed the plan, we headed back to the Chaudanne via the east Green "Truite" run. I was slowly settling down. We headed up "Rhodos " and stopped for coffee before doing a couple of rounds and the run down to the centre. In the meantime we called Deirdre to update her on our change of plan. They were already on the move. We met up with them at the Chaudanne about 5 minutes later.
I fancied the long run to St Martin again. Deirdre hadn't been there. So we took the cable car and chairlift to Tougnete and took the same route as yesterday. I was skiing a little slower than yesterday but was enjoying myself and kept up with the others. My thumb hurt, but life was good, zooming down the white snow, under blue sky and bright sunshine.
St Martin de Belleville, Uploaded by M+MD.
We had a similar lunch to yesterday. The queues for the cabin and chairlift were very light compared to yesterday. On the way back up in the cable car Roisin entertained us (and the others in the car) with her story of Chris' reaction to yesterday adventure! It's unrepeatable - but very funny! We made contact with Chris and the others when we reached the top. It seems had also abandoned the plan. They had found a bigger better snow park at the top of Plattieres 2 and were having too much fun to continue any further.
We were ready to bring Deirdre down the "Chocas" run and we decided that we should make the final run home. We rang Chris and the others to let them know. They were heading up to do the same - but were about 20 minutes away. We decided to go ahead - they would probably catch is before we got home!
Start of the Home Run, Uploaded by M+MD.
The run was lovely. It was almost 4 and they were closing the run as we arrived at the turn-off for La Raffort. Not that anyone who knows it takes a blind but of notice of that! We were about a third of the way down when there was a shout behind us. Chris Katie Lisa Katy and Senan came flying along. They had had a great day. We skied back to the lane near the chalet. There is a little ski bump just at the end. We had a little fun to finish off.
Our skiing over we got a lift back into the ski shop so that we could return everything. We had a look around the town. We collected the photos and Katie Roisin and Senan went ice skating for an hour. It was getting cold and time to go home. Dinner was wonderful. Deirdre even managed to persuade Sol to part with some of his recipes! We got some of the packing started and also swopped some digital photos onto Laptops.
Deirdre thinks we should all go skiing in Breckenridge Colorado next year. It sounds wonderful. But I think another year in Meribel would do very nicely, recession permitting - that will be the biggest challenge.
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