Things have been starting to kick off here in the Bourg. We’ve had our first few shifts of paid work – working for a chalet cleaning and maintenance company. Po has been making friends with lots of Frenchies, we’ve both had a bit of a bug, and I’ve been working myself in to fits of nervous anxiety waiting for some mailorder avo gear to arrive (I think sent by La Poste’s Extra Slow Shithouse Carrier Donkey).
The cleaning work has involved getting stuck in to 7 apartments up at Arc 1800 for the pre-season clean. Even with 4 people going at it it still takes about half a day to finish one apartment. Unfortunately I’ve missed 2 days this week due to a bug which may have slowed the process a wee bit, but we’re all back up there tomorrow for a full day and we should see them pretty much all finished.
This coming Saturday I have my first shift with a bus company. The shifts will involve ferrying people between a resort in the valley (Val d’Isere, Tignes, Les Arcs, 3 Vallees etc) and an airport (either Geneva, Grenoble or Chambery). It should be fun as its driving a long wheel base VW T5 Transporter …sick… and it’ll only be on Saturdays – Transfer Day. Anyway, when the season kicks in for good (in a week) we’ll both only be working 1 or 2 days a week. Enough to keep the funds topped. Still getting in 5 or 6 days skiing.
Skip forward a few days…
Its now Wednesday. The shift on Saturday was sweet. An early start at 4:45am; a hoon in 3-van-convoy up the valley to Tignes, just us and the snow clearers working the road; drop-off at Geneve; return.
Sunday, skiing at Val d’Isere with Chris and Myrah.
Bluebird day, not a breath of wind, cold (-15° when we stopped at 4:30pm) and unseasonally good snow had us in smiles all day. The vin chaud at lunch and skis-off might have helped a bit too.
