Well, another week on snow, but we had to go up to the Clash this week to enjoy the white stuff, it’s definitely going in Huntly. I’m hoping for another dump somethime after next weekend!

I managed to get a lift to the Clash for Alice and myself from Eileen Cosgrove and I was very happy I did – the car park was mobbed and there was traffic parked along the verges by the Clash! Much to his wife’s amusement Malcolm Cooper managed to find a ditch to park in (leaving his car at an alarming angle) but fortunately managed to extract his vehicle without too much trouble.

The format of this week’s JDS for the group I was working with was a mini ski tour with a stop for some practice half way through. It was a misty day which made the forest feel very atmospheric. We stopped for lunch and a goof around at the bottom of the slope by Telemark Twist. I managed to fall over twice trying to telemark turns on that bit of hill, much to the entertainment of the children. Arthur commented I had a very good shoulder roll, which I felt was very charitable!

The day was finished off by some beanbag biathlon which was run with the usual semi controlled chaos of the JDS Olympic events. I’m not entirely sure who won..

Alan