Ep 94 Val gives Conny Gold, cheese and a calf.

Good morning Val d’Isère Bit of a cloudy day With a bit of snow Maybe 5 centimetres warmish With a maximum of plus three And minimum of minus one Though it could feel Like minus five in the wind. Easterly breeze of 12 kilometres per hour Might suddenly blast you In the face At 65 So have some face protection Around your neck READY Especially if you are on a chairlift. In yesterday’s Downhill….. On our OK piste Lindsey Vonn came third 0.35 seconds off the top spot. Not to be sniffed at At 41 with a partial knee replacement. The bronze will also go well with The gold and silver she won in St Moritz ! 31-year-old Romane Miradoli From Flaine Was the fastest French lady Coming in 12th Just 1.35 seconds slower than The winner Austrian Cornelia Huetter It is Conny’s 10th World Cup victory And first podium Of this season An impressive improvement On 26th and 21st In the training runs She went home with a gold medal A large Beaufort cheese And a Calf…. Never say we don’t spoil our winners here in Val ! Tomorrow the Super G Is the last day of Val’s 70TH Criterium Lindsey and Conny will be going head to head Along side New Zealand’s Alice Robinson And six French ladies Including Tignes Laura Gauché Over the border in Italy In yesterday’s downhill Marco Odermatt came second 29-year-old Nils Alphand From Serre Chevalier rolled in fourth and His baby brother Sam twenty first. Though just a year apart Probably doesn’t qualify for the Baby bro Description! Also in Italy Britains Jasmin Taylor Won a Telemark Gold For sprinting in Pinzolo Her first podium peak this season. Back in the US of A Zoe Atkin Jumped and spun To perfection In the Freeski Halfpipe Bringing A glorious gold For Team GB The 22-year old’s 2 out of 2 podiums in World cup competitions This season. Who remembers Eddie the Eagle Who flew And flopped In the 19 88 Calgary Olympics Our first ever Olympic ski jumper Came a well deserved Last… How has this bird of prey Earned his feathers since Hanging up his skis…. Splashed Sang Danced on ice Interviewed in a Brothel And now…. Drum roll Acting Panto in Beauty and the Beast If you are in Rickmansworth …. With nothing to do…. If you like to plan ahead Way ahead VIP Chalets have a good offer That might tempt you To book For next season Now. Choose and book your favourite chalet And pay At this year’s prices.. Are you living or working in Tignes Do you have an artistic streak Fancy Translating the landscape Into An object of beauty And winning a prize ? Drawing Painting Sculpture Photography To name but a few techniques… Enter Tignes Talent Before the 6th January The works of art Will be displayed in the Espace Panorama From 6 April until 3rd May The winner will have a solo exhibition In July I Have been adding lots of events to the Calendar page. You could try Fat Biking this evening For free And there are plenty of Christmas events in Val Meanwhile Mullit are busy playing Here, St Foy and Les Arcs And There are some good Films at the conference centre On the 29th Don’t forget to book. We love our doodles And feel so lucky to have Avalanche trained dogs here in Val. I have put a link to a short Clip of one such pup Ears flopping in the wind On his first day at work In the episode description. America honours Anne Frank . Did you hear about Val’s Dr Pétri, Who sheltered A Jewish teenage girl during the War He was later mayor And the roundabout As you go into town Just before Chevallot Bakery Is named after him. His family still live here, And a portrait I did Is hanging in the Maison de Val. The building between the Swimming pool and I Conference centre. The book Two Sisters : Betrayal, love and resistance in Wartime France Shares this story. I am off to ski with friends To remember And celebrate the life of a friend Who died in an avalanche Here in Val Thirteen years ago. Will be back with you tomorrow.