Ep 76 Ep 76 Torches in Tignes, to Palermo.
1. Weather 20th November 2025.
2. Tignes is opening on Saturday.
3. Val Thorens wins "World's Best Ski Resort".
4. Olympic Gender Equality improvements.
5. Olympic Torch heading to Naples.
6. Tom Daley knits for the Winter Olympics.
7. Learn to Bobsleigh.
8. Hepatitis A outbreak in Czech Republic.
9. The Savoie has an 81 year old Triathlon World Champion.
10. USA National Absurdity day.
Special Offers I have Spied....
Snow ! Lots predicted...
Tignes Funicular opens on Saturday, and there is a Torchlight Descent and Après fun that evening. Lift pass prices increase from 40 euros a day this weekend to 75 from the middle of December.
From Sunday until Thursday 150 elite athletes are in Tignes for their annual 'Sports Stars' event which focuses on mentoring rising talent.
The World Ski Awards have given 'the World's Best Ski Resort' to Val Thorens for the 10th time.....
Milano Cortina have made gender equality a 'big thing'. 47% of the athletes will be women, and they will compete in 53.4% of the events. Better than the 4.3% women in the first Olympics in 1924, when they could only compete in Figure Skating.
The Olympic Torch will travel 12,000 km across Italy from Rome down to Naples.
Olympic diver Tom Daley's knitting will be worn by Team GBs flagbearers.... From 8th December you can buy your own hats and scarves. BenSherman.co.uk Team GB shop.
La Plagne is just down the road…..And has France’s only Bobsleigh and skeleton track…..try the Bob Raft….or Bob Racing, or learn to be a pilot....
If you are going skiing in Bozi Dar, or visiting anywhere in the Czech Republic, be aware that there is a serious outbreak of Hepatits A. Careful with your hygiene… consider a vaccination.
The Savoie has a new Triathlon World Champion... in the 80-84 year category. Congrats to 81 year old Albert Dulac.
USA National Absurdity Day. Plenty of candidates for people or events to mock....
00:11 - Weather 20th November 2025.
00:37 - Tignes is opening on Saturday.
01:26 - Val Thorens wins "World's Best Ski Resort".
01:56 - Olympic Gender Equality improvements.
02:35 - Olympic Torch heading to Naples.
02:57 - Tom Daley knits for the Winter Olympics.
03:45 - Learn to Bobsleigh.
04:15 - Hepatitis A outbreak in Czech Republic.
04:50 - The Savoie has an 81 year old Triathlon World Champion.
05:32 - USA National Absurdity day.
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Good morning Val d’Isère Snowing today ! Down to 200 metres.. And cold Down to Minus eight Sounds as though We could get quite a lot of snow over the next few days… I have seen a prediction for 25 centimetres At ONE THOUSAND metres By Friday And of course we are a lot higher than that So should Have a lot more.
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Tignes is opening Partially On Saturday ! Their Funicular opens at 9 am. Lift passes are just 40 euros a day this weekend, Moving up to 50 a day for the rest of the week. 65 a day when it opens fully on the 29th And 75 a day from 13th December
At 17.30, so at the end of the ski day on Saturday 100 ski instructors And Tignes club de sports members Will do a torchlight descent Followed by Après-ski celebrations.
From Sunday until Thursday 150 elite French athletes Have their annual Which is all about Mentoring rising talent. |
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The global initiative Recognising, rewarding and celebrating Excellence in ski tourism.. Have named Val Thorens As the World’s Best Ski Resort…. For the 10th time…
Not sure how it works…. I was shocked that we Didn’t feature in the List of nominees Then saw it was just one from each country….
Don’t you think we deserve To win next time ?? |
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Milano Cortina 2026 Will set a landmark For gender equality… More women in more events Than ever before
47 % of athletes will be women 50 of the 116 events will be for women And 12 will be mixed So women compete in 53.4 % of events.
In the first Winter Olympics In Chamonix in 19 24 Just 4.3 % were women, And their only event was figure skating.
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The Olympic torch Will criss-cross Italy On it’s twelve thousand kilometre Two month trip Taking in Tourist hot spots Rome’s Colosseum Venice’s Grand Canal Then to sunny southern Palermo and Naples Where snow is not a Big Thing.
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Say Olympic Diving And Tom Daley springs to most British Minds. For the first time He will feature in the WINTER Olympics…. Or at least His knitting will….. Worn by Team GBs flagbearers Not all knotted by Tom The fashion Brand Ben Sherman Is hand-knitting the athletes Hats and scarves. Remember Tom Was a flagbearer in his last Olympics as he Says You also carry The stories, hopes and identity of everyone Who has made that journey with you.
They have generously Made them available for YOU to buy your own. Have put the link in the episode description. Though you may have to wait until the
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While you are waiting for the Olympics… Fancy trying Bobsleigh ? La Plagne is just down the road….. And has France’s only Bobsleigh And skeleton track…..
try the An automatic four person bobsleigh That goes eighty kilometres per hour…. Or Bob Racing Go with a professional pilot At up to 120 kilometres per hour…. OR……. Learn to pilot it yourself………
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If you are going skiing in Bozi Dar, Near the German Border Or anywhere in the Czech republic Be careful….. With your hygiene…. Remember the COVID handwashing adverts……..
Hepatitis A is spreading Rapidly Fever, nausea, belly ache Jaundice……
Already about two and a half thousand cases And nearly 30 deaths.
Might be worth talking to your doctor Before you travel As Hep A vaccination is very effective.
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The Savoie has a new Triathlon World Champion ! Albert Dulac….. Has won the 80 to 84 category…
Despite his arthritis The 81-year-old Battled over 7 and a half hours in Marbella
Interestingly he took up cycling at the age of 30 On the advice of his cardiologist…..
If he had heart troubles then The advice clearly worked !
Later he took up marathon running uphill racing martial arts cold water swimming
Then joined a triathlon club Just Two years ago.
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USA National Absurdity Day….
Absurd….defined as “Wildly unreasonable, illogical or inappropriate…”
Should be pretty easy this year To find SOMETHING Or SOME ONE absurd In the USA
Doodles and I are off to go And play in the snow…. They roll, run and crawl. I walk !
See you on a snowy Friday. |