People always ask if it is really magical to be in a ski resort over Christmas. Perhaps as a guest, it may be. Definitely for kids from Singapore or Hong Kong that have never seen snow before. They are so Read more…
So, what is it like to be in Japan and how is it different from home? The first thing you notice is how polite everyone is – the bow and say hello, and this continues no matter how many times Read more…
It was funny looking out the hotel window, whilst doing some menial “no snow” activity, at all the kids who’d just arrived and had NEVER seen snow. They were lying in it, trying to make snowmen etc having just arrived Read more…
So this winter we decided we needed to get back out there as ski and snowboard instructors before we got stuck in a rut on the island and never did it again. We got the heads up for an opportunity Read more…
So this is Janet and I’m about to try to sum up my summer in a few paragraphs. We have actually had a really dry summer (making up for it since September) so there has been lots of sea swimming, Read more…
Or wow are you guys still here ?? Thought you’d be off globe trotting by now – these are some of the ways we are being greeted when bumping into friends š TBF we have been away quite a lot Read more…
We decided that Sun Peaks is a small version of the Isle of Man. You just keep bumping into people you know and everyone looks out for each other – a great community. Without organising it, we saw loads of Read more…
So the end part of the adventure is a week in SunPeaks, where the ski/snowboard instructor dream began 3 years ago, before all this covid schizel stopped play….. We loved our previous 12 weeks in SP and wondered how it Read more…
With Rik & Emma (owners of The Wintersports Co) driving themselves to Revy, we found ourselves on a transfer with Cam and Bridget who had both been in Panorama on snow-patrol training. The 3 hours gave us a chance to Read more…
After not a lot of snow fall and some spring temperatures we suddenly received a snow report forecasting some fresh snow (much needed) followed by some cold temperatures. I guess winter had made a come back. So the day before Read more…
Four years ago we were talking to a Canadian friend who celebrated his son’s 16th birthday with a heli skiing trip.Ā I remember thinking that was so amazing but we could never afford to do that.Ā And yet yesterday that Read more…
It’s been a fun week of training with the focus at the beginning of the week on our ski development (read lots of bumps, moguls, using ski edges and a scary odd cliff) but also lots of carving, fast skiing Read more…
Wow, we have had a fun packed week. Training began on Monday and as there had been some snowfall overnight it was straight into off piste, between the trees and through moguls. The instructors call it “terrain assisted learning” but really Read more…
Jet lag and very disturbed sleep aside, our first few days in Pano have been amazing. We have been free to ease back into skiing while everyone else has been taking their Level 1 exams this week. There has been Read more…
Back in October/early November, things with covid started looking up and we started thinking about what we could do in 2022. We had ruled out a season in Bansko as they still had the borders shut to UK residents. Then Read more…
So I (Pete) turned 50 in Aug 21 !!!! I don’t feel any older, my sliding southwards belly might disagree !! So due to covid restrictions we have been quite happy to spend time on the Isle of man doing Read more…
Well after enjoying 9 months of no restrictions on The Isle of man ā the inevitable sadly happened, Covid Returnedā¦ā¦..Ā Ā Queue a 2 week ācircuit breakerā, a few weeks freedom and now Lockdown 3.0 which, it has to be said, Read more…
Pete here for his 3rd blog…. Well isn’t 2020 a weird old year ?!!? Tbh we are so glad we were travelling around the USA and Canada last year in the van rather than this year !!! That would have Read more…
So our prolonged stay on the Isle of Man has allowed us to catch up with lots of friends, do our hobbies and visit places we, shockingly, had never seen before. One such trip of mine was to a site Read more…
Great news! The Isle of Man has succeeded to have no new cases of Covid 19 for 28 days, therefore social distancing has now been totally removed. What does that mean? Well, I got to hug friends on Monday evening Read more…
After our two weeks of quarantine we eased into life in lockdown – the only difference being that we could go to the supermarket and deliver groceries for Pete’s parents and vulnerable neighbours. So not too much difference really. However, Read more…
I’m glad to say that we made it back to the Isle of Man, just one day before they closed the Manx borders to non-residents, two days before Easyjet stopped flying to the island and four days before they also Read more…
What a bizarre end to the season! After struggling for snow for most of the season we had started to enjoy the sunshine and spring temperatures. Teaching beginners was more like teaching water skiing but the social side was good. Read more…
We have been working now in Bansko for three months during which time we have each had two days off in total. Both of us have lost weight so the regime of at least six hours skiing and snowboarding a Read more…
No one likes to be poorly and it always seems worse away from home. Unfortunately in a holiday resort once a bug takes hold, it does the rounds pretty quick and just keeps spreading with all the new people arriving Read more…