{"id":19802,"date":"2016-02-19T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=19802"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T11:50:06","slug":"friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s favourite quote of the day: &#8220;They gave us a motorhome in Canada, but we couldn&#8217;t put water in it in case it froze, so we used the shower to store beer instead.&#8221; Yup, Ju spotted Ed Leigh\u00a0and Graham Bell, Ski Sunday presenters extraordinaire, and popped over for a quick chat, as you do. As per their TV persona&#8217;s, they were top fellas, posing for a photo and telling us they&#8217;d had their wrap-up party for this year&#8217;s show\u00a0last night, so were a bit worse for wear.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19813\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19813\" class=\"wp-image-19813 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00461 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ju with Ed Leigh and Graham Bell at Les Houches, site of tomorrow&#8217;s\u00a0Kandahar, Men&#8217;s World Cup 2016 Downhill finale<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Winding it back a bit to this morning, we&#8217;re still in our freebie parking spot alongside the road leading from\u00a0Chamonix to the Swiss border (N45.92827, E6.87674). Despite having hoofed it down with snow last night, the road was kept open by ploughs through the night, and at this time of year is mad busy. I estimate I got 2, maybe 3 minutes of sleep. Waking (after minute #3) and pulling a blind down this morning, I was entertained by the site of cars driving at speed on sheet ice, in the main without incident.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19805\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19805\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19805\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_092109134-1024x470-1024x470.jpg\" alt=\"About a cm of ice remained on the road until mid morning\" width=\"620\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_092109134-1024x470.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_092109134-1024x470-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_092109134-1024x470-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">About a cm of ice remained on the road until mid morning<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Spanish-registered motorhome a few spaces from us had a bad morning though. Pulling out, inexplicably without actually clearing a great deal of his cab windows, he&#8217;d not spotted the fact a black car was pretty much alongside him. Said black car had no choice but to slide across the road, crashing front-on into a minibus carrying ski-goers. &#8220;What the f**k are you doing!?&#8221; shouted the lass driving the car, not without cause it seemed. No-one was hurt, but as we found <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/a-potentially-expensive-bang-and-garlic-laden-takeaway-mortagne-sur-gironde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">when I smashed a wing mirror in France<\/a> some time back, it took about 2 hours to complete the paperwork. The motorhome was unscathed, but the car and minibus were taken away on a flatbed, a bit mangled.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, back to this here parking spot. It has a\u00a0peculiar set of properties. On the one hand, it is dire. Adjacent to a busy road and trainline, with cars, ploughs and whatever running all night. I worry about us being rammed by someone with similar ice-driving skills to me (there are many, many Brits here). On the other hand, it has the most magnificent view of the ridges of rock running up to the Mont Blanc massif to the East. Vertical curtains of rock, interlaced with cracked, shining glaciers, topped off with razor-edged spikes. \u00a0It&#8217;s a neck-craning. pure-awesome wonder, see:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19817\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00506-1024x411-1024x411.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00506 (1024x411)\" width=\"620\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00506-1024x411.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00506-1024x411-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00506-1024x411-768x308.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is also free of charge, when the car park next door is requesting sixteen and a half\u00a0of your finest Euro-beer-tokens per 24 hours. It also has direct access to\u00a0a wooded landscape behind us, covered with more powder than an ageing drag queen. Oh, and it&#8217;s a 5 minute stagger\u00a0from the centre of one of the World&#8217;s foremost winter adrenelin sports centres. Sweet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19811\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19811\" class=\"wp-image-19811 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00423-1024x547-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00423 (1024x547)\" width=\"620\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00423-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00423-1024x547-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00423-1024x547-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not the quietest of kipping spots in Chamonix, but pretty cracking nevertheless<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19814\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19814\" class=\"wp-image-19814 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00427-1024x543-1024x543.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00427 (1024x543)\" width=\"620\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00427-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00427-1024x543-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00427-1024x543-768x407.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How much snow last night? About a dog&#8217;s shoulder<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19809\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19809\" class=\"wp-image-19809 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00453-1024x543-1024x543.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00453 (1024x543)\" width=\"620\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00453-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00453-1024x543-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00453-1024x543-768x407.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This morning&#8217;s dog walk, yeah man<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19804\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19804\" class=\"wp-image-19804 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00444-1024x528-1024x528.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00444 (1024x528)\" width=\"620\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00444-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00444-1024x528-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00444-1024x528-768x396.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Arve river running south towards Chamonix centre<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With Charlie well and truly walked, we climbed aboard the ski bus to Les Houches, about a 30 min ride down the valley. The Kandahar is on tomorrow, the name coming via a join-the-dots route from an army chap who once marched to the savoir of a besieged force in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and later on became another kind of force in Alpine skiing. Today was a warm-up event, a combined slalom (this morning) and downhill (this afternoon). I&#8217;m not big into skiing, but the buzz was infectious\u00a0as the music was blasted out, flags were waved, the odd cowbell rung and commentators egged us all on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19810\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19810\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19810\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00459-1024x584-1024x584.jpg\" alt=\"We scrabbled our way up the slope to the finish line, up packed snow turning to sheet ice\" width=\"620\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00459-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00459-1024x584-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00459-1024x584-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We scrabbled our way up the slope to the finish line, up packed snow turning to sheet ice<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19806\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19806\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19806\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00471-1024x585-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"Later on the race start was delayed after someone had a 'minor' accident at the same spot we'd decided was too dangerous for us fools, requiring the helicopter to come in \" width=\"620\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00471-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00471-1024x585-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00471-1024x585-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Later on the race start was delayed after someone had a &#8216;minor&#8217; accident at the same spot we&#8217;d decided was too dangerous for us fools, requiring the helicopter to come in<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19807\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19807\" class=\"wp-image-19807 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00463-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00463 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00463-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00463-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00463-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guess who&#8217;s sponsoring the event? Fire up the Quattro!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19812\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19812\" class=\"wp-image-19812 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00483-1024x593-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00483 (1024x593)\" width=\"620\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00483-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00483-1024x593-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00483-1024x593-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great viewing spot wangled. We had to leave early though, as the start was delayed 75 mins and we had Charlie to come check on<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19815\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19815\" class=\"wp-image-19815 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00469-1024x575-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00469 (1024x575)\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00469-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00469-1024x575-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00469-1024x575-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What does this guy have on his CV?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19808\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19808\" class=\"wp-image-19808 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00460-1024x548-1024x548.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00460 (1024x548)\" width=\"620\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00460-1024x548.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00460-1024x548-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00460-1024x548-768x411.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pisten Bully! We love these machines, they&#8217;re all driven by wizened old fellas half-hammered on pastis, allegedly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The trip home was characterised by the world famous &#8216;bus push&#8217;. A phrase coined by Ju to capture the movement of ski-carrying folks attempting to fit onto a bus which is already full. Even leaving early, the bus push was in full effect. One English chap loudly berated the\u00a0snorting,\u00a0charging wildebeest as we all\u00a0hoofed our way onto the bus &#8220;I say, there are people trying to get off you know&#8221;. Charming stuff, a small culture clash in full evidence, only the English queue.<\/p>\n<p>Right, minus 12 tonight chaps. Tally ho! And yes, we did tell Ed and Graham we have hot water, a non-beer shower and central heating. Wusses that we are.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19803\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19803\" class=\"wp-image-19803 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_102605695_HDR-576x1024-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160219_102605695_HDR (576x1024)\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_102605695_HDR-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_20160219_102605695_HDR-576x1024-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ju on solar-panel clearing duty. We shifted maybe 4 or 5 inches of the stuff over a couple of sessions, and were rewarded with a few amp-hours of leccy for the heating.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cheers folks! Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s favourite quote of the day: &#8220;They gave us a motorhome in Canada, but we couldn&#8217;t put water in it in case it froze, so we used the shower to store beer instead.&#8221; Yup, Ju spotted Ed Leigh\u00a0and Graham Bell, Ski Sunday presenters extraordinaire, and popped over for a quick chat, as you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[417,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorhome-blog","category-france-motorhome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix - Our Tour Motorhome Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix - Our Tour Motorhome Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s favourite quote of the day: &#8220;They gave us a motorhome in Canada, but we couldn&#8217;t put water in it in case it froze, so we used the shower to store beer instead.&#8221; Yup, Ju spotted Ed Leigh\u00a0and Graham Bell, Ski Sunday presenters extraordinaire, and popped over for a quick chat, as you [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Tour Motorhome Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OurTour\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-19T18:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-02T11:50:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jason\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ourtourblog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ourtourblog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jason\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jason\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/28b4763ac800fdf951974d671ed33d28\"},\"headline\":\"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-19T18:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-02T11:50:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1009,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\",\"France\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix - Our Tour Motorhome Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-19T18:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-02T11:50:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":512},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/\",\"name\":\"Our Tour Motorhome Blog\",\"description\":\"Touring Europe and Beyond by Motorhome\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The OurTour Motorhome Travel Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/OurTour-Logo-Square-no-Strapline-small.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/OurTour-Logo-Square-no-Strapline-small.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":206,\"caption\":\"The OurTour Motorhome Travel Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/OurTour\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ourtourblog\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ourtourblog\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCKAWyrFnDzaZ5xJxCWHskmQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ourtour.co.uk\\\/home\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/28b4763ac800fdf951974d671ed33d28\",\"name\":\"Jason\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix - Our Tour Motorhome Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix - Our Tour Motorhome Blog","og_description":"Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s favourite quote of the day: &#8220;They gave us a motorhome in Canada, but we couldn&#8217;t put water in it in case it froze, so we used the shower to store beer instead.&#8221; Yup, Ju spotted Ed Leigh\u00a0and Graham Bell, Ski Sunday presenters extraordinaire, and popped over for a quick chat, as you [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/","og_site_name":"Our Tour Motorhome Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OurTour\/","article_published_time":"2016-02-19T18:00:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-04-02T11:50:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jason","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ourtourblog","twitter_site":"@ourtourblog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jason","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/"},"author":{"name":"Jason","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/28b4763ac800fdf951974d671ed33d28"},"headline":"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix","datePublished":"2016-02-19T18:00:50+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-02T11:50:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/"},"wordCount":1009,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg","articleSection":["Blog","France"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/","url":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/","name":"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix - Our Tour Motorhome Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg","datePublished":"2016-02-19T18:00:50+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-02T11:50:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg","width":1024,"height":512},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/friday-and-a-bit-of-ski-sunday-chamonix\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friday, and A Bit of Ski Sunday, Chamonix"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/","name":"Our Tour Motorhome Blog","description":"Touring Europe and Beyond by Motorhome","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#organization","name":"The OurTour Motorhome Travel Blog","url":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/OurTour-Logo-Square-no-Strapline-small.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/OurTour-Logo-Square-no-Strapline-small.jpg","width":300,"height":206,"caption":"The OurTour Motorhome Travel Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OurTour\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ourtourblog","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ourtourblog\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCKAWyrFnDzaZ5xJxCWHskmQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/28b4763ac800fdf951974d671ed33d28","name":"Jason"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC00461-1024x512.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19802"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34676,"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19802\/revisions\/34676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}