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 Val
d'Isere gossip
As we say good bye to the Christmas festivities (and hangovers)
in Val, we welcome the New Year and lots and lots of snow. The weather
is continually changing, but if you time it right you can get blue
sky powder runs. The pistes are fantastic and hopefully a good base
is being created off piste.
Take heed
A word of warning though - it is not generally reported in the French
or even International press but there have been avalanches in the
Val and Tignes area, with at least one fatality. If you are coming
out to Val and intend to go off piste either take a guide or make
sure you are with some one who knows what they are doing.
That's it for the serious stuff - enjoy the gossip. This week we
have a wild boar, a new take on baby prevention, handy-men, a new
use for vegetables, and a very cross hotel manager (not uncommon).
Wild boar goes mooooo....
You may not believe this but Val d'Isere has got it's own resident
wild boar (no joke). It seems everyone in town has their own wild
boar story. The latest (from Phil at the Alexandra bar) is that
the boar actually thinks it is a cow. The boar has been hanging
around with cows for so long that it actually moos and follows the
cows into the milking sheds. Pay attention all 'fried breakfast
and diet coke' followers.
 Babystopper
Talking of encounters with the nappy valley girls. Nathan (smurf)
nearly ended 18mnths in the desert when he was introduced to a 'sure
thing'. Unfortunately, after putting in the groundwork by walking
her back to the apartment, when she asked him if had any baby prevention
he produced a pair of windstopper gloves (small) and asked her if
they would do.
Handy-men
Some handy-men have reportedly been fiddling with more than the
plumbing in their chalets. Rob was called in by a guest for a quick
bit of horizontal maintenance and a good service.
Fruit and veg
The quickest way to find out things about your colleagues is to
play drinking games. One such game is 'I have never' which is played
at the Val hotel every now and then. On a certain evening one female
member of staff played the trump card stating 'I have never pleasured
myself with any description of fruit or veg'. The rules go that
anybody who cannot also say they haven't done the thing in question
have to drink; the manager (Essex girl) drank. No wonder she got
three cucumbers for Christmas.
 Anonymous
hotel manager
'If you see that 8 ft tall ski host of mine who hasn't turned up
for work, set him on fire would you?'
Written by the infamous and talented Muckspreader
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