Took R up first thing for a ski - he had his brave legs on and was off up little Routes off piste. Stopped for cappuccino & chioccolato caldo con panna at la Coche and then he and C had another lesson with Fede. The grownups kept skiing for a bit and S & D went back down to sign boys over to whizz & J and I had another couple of runs. We ate at Montsoleil for the last time and then skied home. Took wee boys out for a short slide before dinner.

Still rubbish weather And low bus in places but colder and so the piste was much better today. We had a good morning skiing and a good lunch - Suzys was best - antipasto mista gnam gnam! Went down after lunch and J & D took big boys up the hill - which was apparently a bit hard work and Suzy and I took the little ones out. Then stocked up the fridge with a rainbow of vino - which we are now sampling!

4am start - eek! But v smooth journey, no queue to check in and no delays. Arrived in resort 1.30. S been a delight all day, he fell asleep on bus and is in bed trying to get to sleep just now. R good too but a bit overtired and over-emotional in places.J,R and Macs gone out exploring.S & I done in- too early start and too much sun/vino!! Discovered fizzy red wine with strawberry - I liked it but was in minority.we are struggling as our fridge has melted so n...

S went to bed last night as usual but managed to find and put on Js helmet before falling asleep - See picture of how we found him! The first thing he cried on waking was (my helmet!) Skied over to France this morn and got freezing chair up the back then skied down a mental steep and icy slope - marked with red poles but we discovered it is labelled black on the map! Not a great start to the morning. However we then skied chalvet a couple of times which was good...