Fox Peak

Firstly – the obligatory picture of the Japanese Maple trees in flower along Hagley Park.

Off to Fox Peak for the weekend – with Nick and Heidi and Ruth and Neil. Maaike unfortunately having a little too much work to get done :(

The conditions were.. marginal.. at best.

The hut was lovely – though as it was all powered by diesel it was a little smelly to begin with.

In fact, being honest, I can’t stand the smell of diesel ever since I went on a “sailing” trip with Declan Flood and Co back after finishing university. We hired a boat sailing out of Split in Croatia – and it was in their hottest heatwave in a century. With no wind.

We had a beautifully re-conditioned boat, unfortunately the refitters put the diesel in backwards – or something – and it leaked. So I spent 10 days at about 42 degrees in a boat that stank of diesel. While it was a lovely trip.. I still cant stand the smell. Some pictures from croatia – many moons ago

Anyways… the hut was lovely.. and there’s a postcard at somepoint for the first person who can tell me what is in the picture on the right is.

So, finally, had some .. interesting .. runs with Ruth – while the others were off ski-touring (trying to find snow). The video is Ruth showing how to get on a rope tow..

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Finally.. we honestly did end up on this grass… and you can see how far above the car-park we are. Spring conditions. Perfect.

Sunday was lazy – played 500 and headed back to ChCh early ish.. all in all a good weekend.. but perhaps the end of the snow for this year.