NICE TRIP

Our group decided to go to Lech today so we all headed over there this morning. However we all went at different times and some of us went by Bus and the more hardcore people Skied there. We did find a few people we knew though but as we were still getting to grips with Skiing we stayed on our own and went down the slopes together. They have really wide runs in Lech and you can go really fast but we didn't get to do that because me and Ali stayed with Dad to help him out and make sure he was OK. Ali seemed to be less confident today and he just stayed slow but i was desperate to race someone down the mountain just to see how fast i could go. Dad was better today but still learning. He said his legs hurt today but it might be to do with his tense posture. On our second run down we were taking it slowly but Ali got his Ski's twisted, fell forward and landed on his wrist. I thought it was bad becasue he didn't get up and a few people came over to help him and see if he was alright so i walked up the hill to help him up. We got to the side of the slope so we weren't in the way and we helped Ali get his Ski's back on but he lost his balance and fell on the same wrist! So we are assuming that it is a sprain as he can't move it very easily or put any pressure it. Our Snowboarding friends say that a wrist support is essential next time we come as it is easy to sprain a wrist when you fall over. Anyway that put an end to our Skiing for the day so we walked to the Bus stop and got the Bus back to St. Anton. I kept falling asleep and my head was just bouncing up and down when i kept waking myself up and the two people next to me were laughing because i must have looked like a nodding Dog! 

I have to tell you about last night when we went Sledding! It was mental! Very expensive also which we were not expecting so only me, Ali, Kirsty, Vicky, Owen and Bill went and we were all as scared as each other! We had to get the cable car up the mountain to where we had been having our Skiing lessons which is quite high up. The Sledges we had were proper old fashioned wooden ones with absolutely no way of steering them or stopping them so again i stayed with Ali and was constantly worried that he was going to fly straight over the edge. Within two minutes we had already crashed but it was Owen and Bill who flew straight into me and Ali who were standing up at the time. Luckily we didn't get hurt but it showed how dangerous what we were about to do was. Ali found it hard to pick up speed and turn so we came down slowly and tried to get out of the way of other people. There were ice barriers around the track but you could easily fly over the top if you had enough speed. It was also very icy so we spun a few times and we all managed to crash backwards into a wall but eventually me and Ali got to the bottom where we met the rest of the group who were beginning to get worried as we were about 10 minutes longer than the others. I would have loved to have gone down as fast as i could and raced the others but i couldn't leave Ali. It was really fun though and completely unsafe but worth the money. Once was more than enough though.

Only two more days! We have a lot to pack into tomorrow but it's going to be a really fun day!

Salut.