Team Adventure weekend in Chambery - 21-23 December

I flew into Paris on Friday afternoon to meet the rest of the Team (apart from Audrey and Joelle who had University commitments) on the train down to Chambery in the South of France.  Sophie Creux who is also one of the riders in our team organized and eventful weekend for us girls!  Saturday morning we headed out up the Mountain to the top of the Ski slopes.  I could not believe the snow haven we were about to embark on especially coming from ground level where there was no snow in sight.

Below: Me, Christine, Fabienne and Sandrine on the Ski slopes

Most of the girls have Skied before apart from Beatrice, Melodie and me so we had to spend some time getting used to the two large objects attached to our feet that are very different from cycling shoes!   We had a good 10 minutes! practice before we hit the snow trails.   I think I must of fallen over a good 8 times and so did most of the other girls apart from Christine and Sophie who are pretty good at Skiing.  Everyone enjoyed Skiing, it was great fun especially skiing down the hills trying to stay upright but the hardest thing was the technique.

 After some lunch we headed back to the Ski centre but this time to get our snow walking boots on as we were about to embark on a Ski trek across the mountain tops.

All the team on the Ski Slopes

Jacques the Team Manager was encountering some teething problems with his snow boots so out came the Blister emergency pack which did not last long as most of the girls reached for some emergency aid! Luckily I did not get any blisters and judging by the looks of their blisters I was very happy about that.  The trek across the mountains was really stunning. Of course the Trek would not of been complete without the obligatory roll in the snow and snow fight!

      After all our hard Ski efforts of the day we were treated to a tradition French dinner that was like a potato Gratin coated with a Special Chambery cheese, it was really yummy!

Sunday Morning we were treated to a morning hike up the mountain but this time with normal walking boots.   We reached the top of the mountain after an hour or so of walking up hill through mud and snow. The views from the top of the mountain were stunning as you can see below.

At the top of the Mountain above the clouds! It was a beautiful view.

Below: Christine and Me above the clouds.

Sunday afternoon we headed back to our hotel to get ready for the evening adventures.   First up we had a go at indoor Rock climbing which was a lot harder than it looked! I think we were all tired from the mornings trekking!

After Rock climbing we headed into Chambery for some fun packed laser shooting games!   This was one of my favourites activities alongside the Nordic Skiing.  We were in team of two, red against blue inside a maze like dark room with music blaring to get the fighting spirit going!   We had to kill the other team with these special laser guns, it was a mad evening killing each other!     After that we headed to a local restaurant for some much needed food and then hit the sack.

Above: Me and Natalie  pose rock climbing!

Monday morning we headed to the Ski slopes for some Nordic Skiing which we really enjoyed.  The slopes were really hard and Icy this morning which played havoc with us Novice Skiers but again crashing was worth it for the feelings of exhilaration you get from skiing!

I am sure we are all aching from head to toe but what a Fantastic adventure weekend we all had.  A big Thank you to Sophie for organising all the activities! and to Jacques for making it all possible.                             

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