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The reason we came to Japan is because the powder is famous the world over and known as JaPow. Apparently we are only just coming into the best part of the season but the last few days the Japow has Read more

Who knew that Chinese New Year is celebrated for nearly 2 weeks ? Thankfully the main celebrations are on the eve and day of the new moon, so this year the 22nd and 23rd January begin the year of the Read more

The short answer is yes 🥰 The ski school set-up here is very different to how we worked in Bulgaria last season. Bulgaria was essentially private lessons and as such we normally got to “keep” the same students or families Read more

There are some funny traditions that we keep, some we don’t really know why and some that are very important to us. Does letting a dark haired person bring a piece of coal and bread into the house really bring Read more

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

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

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.  I remember thinking that was so amazing but we could never afford to do that.  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

Well after enjoying 9 months of no restrictions on The Isle of man – the inevitable sadly happened, Covid Returned……..   Queue a 2 week “circuit breaker”, 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