Lake district low water desperation boating

We had a visit to the Lakes scheduled long in advance, surely something would be running in mid Feb, prime UK boating season....

Well no... Pretty much everything in the Lakes was dry, so it was the fallback option ... The mighty Kent!!!

The lowest I have ever paddled it, it was a bit scratchy in places, but all the gorges were worthwhile, and was probably the only place in the lakes that had any water.

Cheryl and I were joined by Goodsy and Jonny Laud... Good to see Goodsy has 'retired' the Queen Mary......

Heading into the first Gorge below Prizet bridge

The first slot

The upper gorge

Force Falls.....

So the river was low, but at least it was paddling, and hopefully the next time we're up there we'll catch it at more classic levels...

Snowboarding in Tignes

Suffering a lack of the white stuff, we headed out to Tignes in the French alps. Luckily plenty of snow had fallen just prior to our arrival!!! Tignes has a great reputation for off piste, and it didn't dissapoint.

The view from the Hotel was just stunning...

Beautiful hidden valley gorge run.

Andy finds the only tree on the mountain....

Miles and miles of Open snowfields and glaciers, and onlya few draglifts.

Park action from Cheryl

Some serious off piste, and exploration.... Huge mountains to explore... Thanks Andy and Steve for joining Cheryl and Simon!!