EP 63 Disappointments, cancellations, openings and parties.
1. Weather 6th November 25.
2. French Team Training in Tignes.
3. Clarisse Brèche out of the Olympics.
4. Swedish World Cup moguls cancelled.
5. Val slowly opening up for croissants and beer.
6. Tropical Cyclone Montha causes Trouble on Everest.
7. Adidas kits out Team GB for the Olympics.
8. Kurts Rozental's "Edgy" Video lands him a 2 year ban.
9. Taxi driver cleared of stealing from David Lammy.
10. Parties on the Podcast Calendar Page.
11. War and the Environment.
Special Offers I have Spied....
French team training in Tignes, but without Cyprien Sarrazin who is still recovering from his crash last December.
Clarisse Brèche is also out of the Olympics, following another knee injury.
The World Cup mogul competitions are looking for a last minute venue after financial problems cancelled the event on 12th December in Sweden.
Val is gradually warming up for the winter with Chevallot, Hibou, B Bar and XV all open.
Montha the mean cyclone has dumped a lot of snow on and near Everest, causing a lot of work for the rescue services. Lucky tourists to have people look out for you. Shame about the helicopter that crashed in a storm.
Adidas is kitting out Team GB for the Olympics, and 11 other teams...
Canoeist Kurts Rozentals isn't hiding his disappointment well.......but posting a video of "a sexual act on a plane" was never good for Team GBs image....just not very British !
Airport transfers can be expensive....for good reasons.... the taxi driver who drove David Lammy and his wife 600 km has been cleared of stealing from them.
Please look regularly at the Calendar page so you don't miss out..... amongst the events listed for the next week or so..... Ski sale in Bourg, Halloween Party and Novemberfest.
00:11 - Weather 6th November 25.
00:20 - French Team Training in Tignes.
00:43 - Clarisse Brèche out of the Olympics.
01:12 - Swedish World Cup moguls cancelled.
01:34 - Val slowly opening up for croissants and beer.
01:47 - Tropical Cyclone Montha causes Trouble on Everest.
02:33 - Adidas kits out Team GB for the Olympics.
02:54 - Kurts Rozental's "Edgy" Video lands him a 2 year ban.
03:58 - Taxi driver cleared of stealing from David Lammy.
04:56 - Parties on the Podcast Calendar Page.
05:31 - War and the Environment.
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Good Morning Val d’Isère Yesterday afternoon was HOT. Today will be sunny With a few clouds and a gentle breeze.
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The French team are training in Tignes Making full use of The glacier and Le snowfarming…. Slaloming towards the World Cup in Levi on the 15th November.
Sadly they are going to have to manage without their speed champion Cyprien Sarrazin…. He has still not fully recovered from his horrific crash last December.
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BAD news for the French Ladies team 24-year-old Savoyarde Clarisse Brèche From Courcheval has damaged an ACL while training…….
You will remember she Had been off since a knee injury in February And was looking forward to Returning to the World Cup Stage For the Slalom in Finland.
So disappointing for her Her Olympic dream is shattered……
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Seriously sad news from Sweden…
The World Cup Mogul And dual mogul Due to start on the twelfth of December… Have been cancelled Because of the Financial failings Of the local organisers.
The FIS Are looking for an Alternative venue………
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Val is slowly opening….
Starting with Chevallot And their crispy croissants…
And Bars… For beer
Hibou B’Bar XV
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Montha, the tropical cyclone Has dumped a lot of snow on Everest … Tourists got stuck A helicopter sent to rescue them In a storm Skidded on landing Into snowdrifts And overturned. Thankfully nobody was injured.
Three British and Irish tourists and the dozen Nepalese guides and porters Looking after them Were stranded for three days In freezing conditions. Weather was too bad for helicopters So a rescue team had to trek up One foot in front of the other To help them all Get down safely.
Once again Thank you to Anyone Any where That works for a rescue service.
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Team GB Is one of the twelve teams Adidas is kitting out For the Winter Olympics… Bold designs Fonts And graphics
Variations For the opening ceremony Competition Podium And in the village
And of course, A selection for Supporters to buy and wear.
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We Brits have certain standards. If you are selected to represent Great Britain, It is not unreasonable To expect you to respect those standards.
23-year-old canoeist Kurts Rozentals is obviously Disappointed That he has been banned From competing For two years
Arguing that the video He uploaded Of a sexual act on a plane Wasn’t “explicit”, as Paddle UK describe it, But “Edgy”……….
Shame that he irritated the Governing body Even more By claiming that He was suspended because of his Only Fans account Where he earned a cool One hundred thousand pounds In four months
That certainly helped Pad out the Sixteen thousand annual grant From Paddle UK.
He is still hoping to make it to the 20 28 Olympics. Somehow.
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One tough thing about Val Is the distance from An airport….. This is GOOD for ME Because we don’t get Overcrowded on the weekends. It does however mean That transfers Can seem expensive….
If I collect someone It is a good seven hours Of my life…. If the traffic and weather are kind… Fuel, tolls and parking Are very expensive…..
So have some sympathy For taxi drivers…. One has just been cleared of stealing Luggage and money From Tottenham MP Justice Secretary And Deputy PM David Lammy
He had driven Mr & Mrs Lammy More than six hundred kilometres After an Italian trip with the King So they could ski in Flaine.
On arrival they argued Over the cost of the fare…..
It was a long way….. It was always going to be expensive……..
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I am always adding to the On the podcast website
please look Regularly So you don’t miss out….
This weekend is the first Ski kit sale in Bourg…. Friday the 14th Is the Halloween party Here in Val’s Conference centre AND The next evening In the Club des Sports
Our firemen are Treating us to Novemberfest…
Music, food and Drink Inspired by a More traditional Oktoberfest.
Sounds like any Old excuse For a party !
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