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Zagan the motorhome is making the most of the\u00a0free motorhome parking in Le Grand Bornand (N45.94141 E6.43631) by stopping the full 48 hours that he’s allowed. Last night I slept like a log, we all did. To keep Zagan as toasty as possible inside all his\u00a0window and skylight blinds were closed, his silver screens were across his cab and his curtains were all closed. The result of this was that not only did we keep warm, but no light could get in either, so we didn’t wake until nearly 9am.<\/p>\n

Squinting out of the window into the glare of a new day, the sun had just risen over the mountains behind us – mountains that were covered in cloud yesterday. In fact all around us new mountains were peeping up above yesterday’s cloudline while the sun warmed us through\u00a0patches of blue sky. Around\u00a0Zagan the snow was alive with\u00a0identically clad groups of Nordic Skiiers racing around a\u00a0circuit that starts and finishes\u00a0by our door, those guys can really get up some speed.<\/p>\n

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After showers for everyone, including Charlie’s first waterless shower, we’re all\u00a0smelling a bit sweeter and took our time to choose from our freshly laundered clothes selection. Jay and I ventured the 100m or so over to one of the sledging areas. Initially Jay opted for some off-piste action but the icy conditions made the snow super\u00a0slippy, so after nearly hitting a chalet (twice) he was persuaded to join me in the safety of the kids slope.<\/p>\n

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Note the close proximity to the chalet!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Not great at steering I manage to hit the nets on the kids slope.<\/p><\/div>\n

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An afternoon wander around town was perfectly timed with locked o’clock, lunch hour or two. We were both amazed at the number of cars here, a smattering of British number plates amongst them. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised, the motorhome parking has been mainly full of cars today as the car parks are all full. It’s the French and English school holidays and the resort is in peak season, full of people staying as well as those here just here for the day – a strange concept to us, but we’re beginning to get used to it.<\/p>\n

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Meltingpaint.com have done loads of murals around the town.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Old style air hockey, without the air. Jay won!<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the local photographers a series of old photographs show Le Grand Bornand when it was just a small cluster of buildings around the church, now it has crept up the slopes and along the valley, new buildings being added as I type this. I wonder what it will be like in a 100 years or so, I suspect there might not be room for us motorhomes parked up for free.<\/p>\n

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Tonight we’re tempted by the Ice Skating Extravaganza at the local ice rink, we’ll it’s free and there doesn’t seem to be much else in terms of nightlife that we have found yet – I guess everyone else is shattered after their days on the slopes. I do feel that we are missing out a bit by not taking part in any of the winter sports, but that may be something for another winter – for now we’re just finding our snowballs by being here.<\/p>\n

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