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Future champions of La Clusaz 27 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
If there’s one thing La Clusaz is good at, it’s producing champions. In the past 15 years, the resort has produced world-class mogul skiers, cross-country skiers, downhill racers, extreme skiers, free...
The lost cemetery of Le Grand Bornand 23 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Here is a cemetery you won’t read about in many places. It’s the cimetière des miliciens, and it has no legal standing. On 24 August 1944, some 76 miliciens were executed in the Vallée du Bouchet aft...
Skiing on plastic with wooden skis 16 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
The trampoline competition wasn’t the only event in the Aravis last weekend. La Clusaz hosted the annual Fête du Reblochon (cheese festival), and this year, I recorded some of the skiing action. Yes, ...
Controversy hits St Jean de Sixt 12 Aug 2013 | 01:48 pm
Last weekend, St Jean de Sixt held its first ever trampoline competition. At first, it was boring due to a long delay before the action started, and then it became a real insight into French culture. ...
French Alps and banana plants 3 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Every fancied living in the French Alps? What a high-altitude paradise it is, with all that snow, the furry wildlife, the hot summer sun and crisp summer nights, and the fields of banana plants. Eh? B...
Injured in France? You’ll be fine 29 Jul 2013 | 11:25 am
That’s my foot, complete with an infection after I slipped over last week. By Friday night, I could no longer walk without a lot of pain, so I went to the doctor, and he gave me this assortment of obj...
Benefits of living in a holiday spot 25 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
Before I moved to La Clusaz (and subsequently St Jean de Sixt), I didn’t realise how busy this area is in summer. After all, La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand are ski resorts, where people go to ski in w...
The Tour de France effect 19 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm
The Tour de France races through Manigod, La Clusaz, St Jean de Sixt and ends at Le Grand Bornand later today. I took this photo this morning while the course is being set up. Traffic is only allowed ...
Visiting a French dentist 8 Jul 2013 | 09:44 pm
Apologies for the delay between blog posts: I suffered eight days of toothache after a root canal went wrong. The experience made me realise I don’t often talk about the more mundane aspects of living...
Buy a French ski resort! 25 Jun 2013 | 03:16 pm
I heard on the radio this morning that a ski resort has been put up for sale in popular French ebay-style site, Le Bon Coin. Sure enough, you can buy an entire ski resort for just €550,000, complete w...
