This week has been absolutely hectic. On Saturday we started what seemed to be an age of level 2 ski instructor examinations, finally finishing them on Wednesday. The test itself wasn't as hard as I thought it may have been and I found it was more nerve racking than anything else. When we finished the exams I was absolutely ecstatic even though I had no idea whether we'd passed or not just because the exams were so high pressure. When we sat down to receive our...

This week has been absolutely hectic. On Saturday we started what seemed to be an age of level 2 ski instructor examinations, finally finishing them on Wednesday. The test itself wasn't as hard as I thought it may have been and I found it was more nerve racking than anything else. When we finished the exams I was absolutely ecstatic even though I had no idea whether we'd passed or not just because the exams were so high pressure. When we sat down to receive our...

Monday 19th, FIFA 10 arrives in the Peak Leaders household. To say I was confident of being the best would be an understatement, never had to write a letter and had become a fifa fiend in my absence of schooling. I was completely and utterly sure of myself, until now. Gordie went and bloody beat me 5-0 didn't he. I've never been so determined in my life for revenge, a dish best served bitter. On a more positive note, skiing is once again going swimmingly thoug...

Sorry for the delay, have been rather busy skiing and what not. The past few weeks have been fairly fun, though watching arsenal getting destroyed by Messi was something that I regret missing skiing for. The house has become a silent abode after everyone decided that playing computer games is still cool even at 19, or 26 for Jack whom I believe to be addicted to Super Mario 64. Yesterday we did our avalanche-training day, which was to put it kindly, a complete ...

Football update. On Sunday 21st Peak Leaders FC embarked on their first 5-a-side football game of the campaign. The rules were simple, first goal wins or it's a draw after 4 minutes with 4 teams rotating over a 2 hour time period. PLFC played 20 games overall, with their top scorer, Smith, scoring 4 goals. They won 4 games. Losing 16. Other than the football the week has been a fine one. I took on 4 days of grueling skiing examinations, with tasks no mortal...