{"id":19649,"date":"2016-02-09T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=19649"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T11:46:50","slug":"hammering-rain-on-a-metre-of-snow-le-praz-de-lys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/hammering-rain-on-a-metre-of-snow-le-praz-de-lys\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammering Rain on a Metre of Snow, Le Praz de Lys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome\u2019s being seriously lashed on! A rather loud noise has just echoed around us, having us wonder whether an avalanche just happened, or maybe thunder. He\u2019s up 1500m above sea level, at the ski resort of Le Praz de Lys, and despite being surrounded by meter-deep snow, it\u2019s weirdly honking it down with rain. We\u2019re at the winter aire (N46.14136\u00a0E6.60322), which comes in at \u20ac10 a night (\u20ac8 for the 4<sup>th<\/sup> night onwards).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19659\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19659\" class=\"wp-image-19659 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09963-1024x400-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09963 (1024x400)\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09963-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09963-1024x400-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09963-1024x400-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The motorhome aire at Le Praz de Lys, France<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19658\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19658\" class=\"wp-image-19658 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09960-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09960 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09960-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09960-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09960-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Praz de Lys &#8211; the lower level of the motorhome aire &#8211; packed with French vans in early February<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The place is so well geared up, you could easily spend a couple of months here: the fresh water and disposal&#8217;s working, there\u2019s electrical hook-up for most of the vans, gas bottles available on the aire, and a small but well stocked supermarket and laundrette a 15 min walk away. If you\u2019re skiing, you can ski from and to (almost) your van\u2019s door. Steve, the only other Brit on the aire, told us there were only a few vans here before the weekend, but the French school hols have kicked in, and it\u2019s now packed.<\/p>\n<p>Last night we cooked up our mate Jon\u2019s recipe for Spanish Chicken. He cooks it in the oven, using on-the-bone pieces of chicken, which is without doubt the tastiest option. As we have no oven, other than the double-skillet, and since we want to use less gas, we use chicken breasts cut into inch-sized cubes. The recipe\u2019s a one-potter and simple: brown the chicken in a bit of oil, then chuck in peeled and diced spuds, chunks of chorizo, rough-cut onion, black olives and crushed garlic. Grind over a bit of salt and pepper. Cover and simmer, stirring it when you remember. Jobsa goodun, tastes lovely, ideal motorhome grub.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19657\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19657\" class=\"wp-image-19657 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09945-1024x596-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09945 (1024x596)\" width=\"620\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09945-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09945-1024x596-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09945-1024x596-768x447.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If I can cook this, anyone can!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19655\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19655\" class=\"wp-image-19655 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09946-1024x717-1024x717.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09946 (1024x717)\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09946-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09946-1024x717-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09946-1024x717-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spanish Chicken, motorhome style one-pot grub<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Waking up this morning, I listened. Being in here, with the blinds closed, we could be anywhere. The sounds around us sometimes give the game away. This morning the clues of our surroundings came from the rumbling steel-blue waters of the mountain river alongside us, the occasional car splashing at speed alongside the road, individual drops of rain battering the roof and locals dropping their rubbish into the huge cylindrical communal bins in front of us.<\/p>\n<p>Game over, we got up, showered, ate and set out for here. Down into the valley we rode, through a twisting one-way system and past lines of bright-clad ski-clutching folks waiting for the bus to lift them out of\u00a0the rain to the slopes above. Finding our turning we, ah, turned and started the ascent up through a series of lazy switchbacks. There was little traffic, but I noted a full-sized tanker coming down the hill, and figured \u201cif he can make it up there, so can I!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19651\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19651\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19651\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09947-1024x648-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted on the way out of the vallley: if you fancy a ski lift cabin or your garden, we know where to get you one\" width=\"620\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09947-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09947-1024x648-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09947-1024x648-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spotted on the way out of the valley: if you fancy a ski lift cabin for your garden, we know where to get you one<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shortly after a sign popped up at our next turn-off up to the resort: \u201cRoad Closed due to Landslide\u201d. Merde. We halted to one side in the broad junction and read the sign again. Underneath it said \u201copen every day between 7:30 and 23:00hrs\u201d. Erm? Is it shut or not? Best option: wait and see if anyone else goes up there. A few minutes later, a car, then a van headed up. Leaning forwards, mouth dry at the prospect of a 43 point turn in the narrow road, or the surface simply turning to sheet ice higher up, we ploughed on. Neither happened: traffic lights guided us past the pinch point created by the fallen mud and rock, and the road stayed perfectly clear all the way into the resort.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19653\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09952-1024x630-1024x630.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09952 (1024x630)\" width=\"620\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09952-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09952-1024x630-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09952-1024x630-768x473.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19654\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09955-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09955 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09955-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09955-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09955-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh Merde, again. Passing what appeared to be a closed motorhome aire, satnav requested we drive another 10 minutes up what seemed to be a half-ice, half-road road. This time one\u2019s knuckles went white, brakes were gently but firmly applied, and we came to a halt with me shaking my head. An ambulance, blue\u2019s flashing, shot past. Ju jumped out, reversing camera extraordinaire, and guided me back out. Checking at the aire we&#8217;d just passed, we found it was actually open, and as\u00a0Steve later pointed out the one we were heading for is closed in winter. Phew.<\/p>\n<p>Settling in here we\u2019ve spent our afternoon walking the snow-bound paths around the resort, checking out the approach of our neighbours to dealing with the conditions, and mulling over how much gas and battery capacity we have. Our leccy cable won\u2019t reach the hook-up point, but in theory if we only stay a couple of days, we won\u2019t need it anyway. The weather forecast\u2019s telling is to expect a foot of snow tonight, and -5 to -9\u00b0C temperatures. But at the moment that seems scarcely believable. It\u2019s 6pm and still a degree above freezing outside. The rain\u2019s consistently hosing us all off, not a flake of snow in sight. Somehow the sky-diving water doesn\u2019t seem to be washing the road grime off us though, dammit!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19656\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19656\" class=\"wp-image-19656 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09957-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09957 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09957-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09957-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09957-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie has insisted we get him a dog-sack too<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19652\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19652\" class=\"wp-image-19652 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09974-1024x690-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09974 (1024x690)\" width=\"620\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09974-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09974-1024x690-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC09974-1024x690-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most of the lifts are open, and the resort was busy today with families<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome\u2019s being seriously lashed on! 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