Pip Luscher wrote:
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:21:15 +0000, Colin Irvine
wrote:

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:40:25 +0000, Pip Luscher squeezed out the
following:

I didn't think tumbleweed was an Alpine phenomenon.

Quiet in here this year, isn't it?
They're probably all skiing. *******s.

In that case, I'll be a complete ******* in a couple of weeks for a
couple of weeks.

We had a couple of days in Tignes with daughter on the way back from UK
at Xmas (2 days whiteout then glorious sun & powder), then I had a week
in the Allos valley (1 day whiteout, then 5 days sun, but v. cold, -25C
with windchill) with some old friends a couple of weeks ago, and we
skied last Saturday in Terminillo where I first put skis on some 34
years ago. Resort hadn't changed much except all the drags are now
chairs. Snow was wonderful, sunny, and very quiet despite only being an
hour from Rome. We passed all the Romans driving up there on Sunday as
we were driving Romewards to see the Italy-England 6N game. Trip also
included staying in Rieti where waife and I first met and lived for a
couple of years. Nice seeing old friends and places.

We will have some day trips to Limone in the next couple of months when
the snow/weather is favourable, and also a weekend trip end of April,
possibly to Engelburg.