Ellie and I headed over to Fort William for the weekend for the Scottish Childrens Alpine Ski-racing Championships. It was certainly quite a weekend, the Saturday dawned wet and windy and we were up at 6.30 and arrived at Nevis Range at 8.00 only to be told that the wind speed up at the top of hte mountain was too high to run the races. So what to do on a wet day in Fort William? How about the Ice Factor indoor climbing arena in Kinlochleven.........no, closed due to a recent fire, how about the Cruachan power station................no closed for routine maintenance, so the kids had homework club in the hotel (although I remain unclear on how much homework was completed) and the parents went shopping in all the mountaineering shops (of which there are quite a few!). In the afternoon we all went ten pin bowling and great fun was had by all.
Sunday dawned brighter but the temperature had gone up by 10 degrees and left some very soft snow which made conditions very difficult for racing slalom. Ellie was one of many racers to crash out of the course due to the deep ruts that were building up but despite this we had a good days skiing anyway!
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