#149082 - After changing out of our gear and storing the skis and boots we went back to the room that Paula and I shared, to open a bottle of wine before dinner, laughing and recalling the lovely day that everyone had enjoyed. I persuaded my partner Paula to agree to come skiing with me and suggested that her brother Mike and his girlfriend Lisa would like to come along to make up a foursome. I have been skiing since I was introduced to the sport when I was in the army however, at that time it was part of my combat training but once let loose on the slopes I loved the sensation of using the elements to travel at more than thirty miles an hour without an engine and there is no silence to compare with being on a mountain top above the tree line with virgin snow spread before you and then just the swish, swish of the skis as you weave your way down.