Lara and Ellis had gone down to London to go shopping for brides maids dresses for Tallie’s and Chester’s wedding – I was not invited ( thank god!!!, that is to the shopping not the wedding).  I decided the night before that the weather looked good on the Friday for a ski.  As it being a Friday I could find no one to play with so thought to hell with it I will be a billy no mates and went alone.

I drove over to the Creag Megaidgh car park after work and arrived around 10ish.  I had decided to live the life of luxury and had bought a 4 pack of stella on the way and thought it was time to treat myself!  I sat up in the van under the stars drinking my beer and reading my Grandpa’s book (which if you read this grandpa I think it is brilliant!) with my headtorch. 

I woke in the morning to find that it had snowed over night…. excitement levels rising!  Above is the view form my bedroom door.  I struggled out of my nice warm sleeping bag that was lovely and comfy and into my ski clothes.  I had never been into this corrie before and was looking forward to going somewhere new.

I set off around 9 ish and the walk took me about an hour till I turned into Coire Ardair and was greeted with a cracking view and the excitement level rose even higher.  I wanted to try and ski Easy Gully (I) which is the obvious gully on the picture leading left up onto the snowy col top left.  There was a lot of fresh snow in it so was a little careful at the bottom and dug a pit to see what the snow was like.  No real obvious layers apart from the fresh snow of last night which would do no harm – so I decided to go for it!

I have decided I will never be a TV presenter!  Never done that before with my camera, as always, I hate the sound of my own voice so might not do that again.  The climb up was pretty hard going through all the fresh snow, I just kept of thinking of the descent and it would all be worth it.  When I got to the top of the gully the norm happened…..

Yup the weather came in and I couldn’t see a thing!  oh well.  I waited about for a bit and the weather started to lift enough for the descent.  I didn’t want to hang around too long before I talked myself out of it.

The ski down was superb!  Once I had gotten over the scary wind lip that half collapsed as i went over it and into the gully proper – there was 6″ of scotland’s finest powder all the way down to Lochan A’Choire at the bottom.

half way down – very hard to take pics on your own of yourself.   In the pic below you can just make out my tracks.

The sun was out on the way out and I had been clever and bought my headphones and was walking out listening to some good old rock and roll playing the solos on my ski poles as and when it was required.  The one other person I saw that day passed me at a rather lively performance to a guitar solo on my ski pole- he looked at me like I should have been locked up!

A great day – I found it a little harder than when I ski these sorts of things with other people.  Being by yourself and doing this sort of thing made it that little bit more concentrating and aware of the risks than with friends.  Anyway, snow is again falling so hoping to be able and get out skiing again this weekend!  LET IT SNOW!!!!