Evn'n all. Sunday night now, 4 days riding this week and a few nights on the soider makes for a pretty fine first week in NZ methinks. Took about 3 days to get over the serious jetlag but all sorted now; weird thing, your head feels like it's spinning on your neck, you have absolutely no idea what day it is, 4am is the best time to have to resort to going through your phone's menu and finding you have Tetris (and you enjoy it), 8pm is time for Weetabix and 12 noo...

Awesome day on the hill, but Christ, do we get spoiled in Tignes and Val D'Isere?! Made me laugh today, the differences. France - you live on the mountain, walk or get a free bus to the nearest sophisticated funicular / high-speed 8 man chair / gondola, and have the choice of over 300km of groomed pistes and virtually unlimited off-piste powder. New Zealand, Cardrona - you live 45 minutes away from the mountain, the last 25 of which consists of drivin...