Tales of a telecabine

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The stories I’ve heard

from all corners of the globe

would make Satan blush

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by Scooj

By a frozen lake

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Snowflakes tap,tap,tap

on my unfolded piste map

yellow-billed coughs sing

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by Scooj

Three weeks to go

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Ski holiday booked

lurking on snow forecast sites

addicted to hope

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by Scooj

High

View from Pic Blanc, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2024
View from Pic Blanc, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2024

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Intoxicating

longest black run in the world

ready to ski off.

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by Scooj

Snow report

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Obsessive checking

snow reports for Alpe d’Huez

unbearable wait

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by Scooj

Inversion

Inversion, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2023
Inversion, Alpe d’Huez, France, January 2023

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Islands in the mist

towns and villages submerged

angel dust falling

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by Scooj

 

 

Injury to insult

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Hyperextension

sustained walking down mountain

after skis were pinched

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by Scooj

Not skiing 🤬

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Stopped for mountain lunch

some pillock ‘borrowed’ my skis

long ski-boot walk home

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by Scooj

Arcadia

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A view of the alps

listening to Beethoven

with a cup of tea

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by Scooj

Addiction

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Surf the internet

obsession for the white stuff

ski weather reports

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by Scooj