Since I last posted I’ve had a great weeks skiing in Val d’Isere,  fuelled on cooked breakfasts and croissants in the morning,  post ski vin chaud,  3 coursed evening meals and plenty of wine.   Back home the plan is to eat healthier and get back on my bicycle – which lasted for one day – a good 35miles on the bike,  followed with a wee walk up my local hill,  Dumyat – and then floored with a head cold for the next few days and the only exercise I had was getting to work and back!

But normality has resumed – 39 miles on the bike on Sunday,  another 46 miles yesterday and wee bike ride and hill walk today,  followed by some serious googling and America trip planning.

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Planning is getting interesting – I’ve only covered about 200 miles so far – and I’m not going to give a blow-by-blow account of the planned route as it is quite likely to alter to some degree or another as I find more interesting places to visit  – but I’m currently trying to figure out if it is feasible to have a days skiing at Mount Hood,  Oregon – that would be a few firsts – cycling and skiing in the same holiday,  skiing in America and skiing in the summer – from what I can gather though I think it may only be the black runs that are open – so do I pass on this one or is 2017 the year I conquer black runs??