Well what a day of drama and excitement. As you read earlier we woke up to overnight snow but undeterred we set off for our first day skiing after a boiled egg, ham and cheese breakfast. After the excitement of getting changed into our ski gear and the 'fun' of loading all our gear onto the coach we set off up a snowy road. Conditions soon deteriorated and passing a car that had slid into the side we got a little nervous. We didn't need to be because Glynn and Bill our expert drivers guided us slowly and carefully towards the tops.

Before we knew it we were stuck behind stranded vehicles in Warth but the adults happily got out of the coach under the pretence of helping, but really they wanted a  taste of the snow. Once on the top road conditions worsened as the snow came down heavily. Visability dropped to metres and we missed our turning for the ski school. We had to wait for a turning point in Schroken but by now the road conditions were so bad that the drivers took the decision to put on the snow chains. This would take forty minutes.....

With the chains fixed on, the coach edged back up to the top road passing abandoned vehicles along the way. We arrived two hours late to the ski school but nobody minded and the Scouts had shown great patience. Nobody struggled with I spy with my little eye something beginning with 'S'.......

Once our ski school guides got started they made up for lost time and before long everyone was slipping, sliding, skiing and falling.

Everyone had a fantastic two hours learning the basics and some even moved onto a green slope. We had a further hour under our own steam and as the crowds went home we finished the afternoon going up and down the slope. The snow stopped just as we left.....

The day has finished with spam sausages, cadbury's creme eggs (thanks Gillian and Phil), an Easter Egg hunt and a lot of tired, aching legs. What a day!! The forecast for the next few days is much sunnier so out comes the sun tan cream and hopefully no more drama getting to ski school.