Day 2 in the snow...We woke up to another perfect day, brilliant blue sky no cloud and not a breath of wind. We decided to give snowboarding another go, to see if we could really master it. This time Kenny (our friend from Auckland) decided to give it a go as well, but without the lesson! I have to say he picked the going down the hill up really well, he was almost to the bottom of the slope before I'd even got going. The only thing was 
no-one had told him how to stop, so very painfully for him he had to fall to stop himself. He's been suffering ever since with sore ribs, its cruel to laugh at someone else's misfortune but it was one of the funniest sights ever - well so far that day!
no-one had told him how to stop, so very painfully for him he had to fall to stop himself. He's been suffering ever since with sore ribs, its cruel to laugh at someone else's misfortune but it was one of the funniest sights ever - well so far that day!After a couple of hours we decided our aching bodies could take no more of the snowboarding and headed much higher up the mountain on the ski lifts for some lunch and sight seeing. The 
views up there were amazing and the ski runs looked pretty scarey - not sure I'll ever be good enough to give them a go.
views up there were amazing and the ski runs looked pretty scarey - not sure I'll ever be good enough to give them a go.After lunch and a few photo opportunities we set off back down the ski lifts. I've never been too keen on travelling on the ski lifts, it makes me nervous having to jump off while the chairs are still moving. What happened next has made me even more scared of going on them. As we approached the bottom of the slope, a huge 
queue of people were waiting to go back up. I jumped off and tried to run to the side out of the way of the chair but got the toggle of my coat stuck in the chair. I shouted to the guy operating the chair that I was stuck but instead of stopping the chairs he asked if I could take my coat off, all this whilst I'm running alongside the chair in the snow. In a mad panic I managed to get my coat off doing a stunt man type roll in the snow at the same time. Much to the amusement of my family and friends and the 
huge queue of people waiting!
queue of people were waiting to go back up. I jumped off and tried to run to the side out of the way of the chair but got the toggle of my coat stuck in the chair. I shouted to the guy operating the chair that I was stuck but instead of stopping the chairs he asked if I could take my coat off, all this whilst I'm running alongside the chair in the snow. In a mad panic I managed to get my coat off doing a stunt man type roll in the snow at the same time. Much to the amusement of my family and friends and the huge queue of people waiting! I did get a bit of an applause for my efforts and the guy helping people on to the chairs managed to get my coat for me. So apart from a bruised cheek all ended well!
After that we headed back up to Auckland. Its one week on now and I've only just stopped aching. Harry can't wait to try it again but the ski season is pretty much coming to an end so it will be next year before we go again. Unless we go to the indoor ski centre at Snow Planet - mmmm...i might just watch!
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