Val Thorens Guide

@cycling_podcast @friebos @LloydsBank @TourofBritain @GrahamWillgoss Win yesterday for Juan 'my wayuso or the highwayuso' @friebos

🎤A double helping of The Cycling Podcast this week. Our Vuelta coverage from Spain resumes tonight with Daniel @friebos Early tomorrow morning our @LloydsBank @TourofBritain coverage kicks off with @GrahamWillgoss thecyclingpodcast.substack.com/p/join-us-for-…

@mkj1972 Or the BBC presenters who talk to camera in cars when they should be watching where they are driving.

@BBCPanorama shuts is eyes to the real cause of the carnage on our streets and gets Adrian Chiles of all people to do a provocatively-titled piece on e-bikes bsky.app/profile/hedgeh…. Disappointing.

@eurosport Good win. Was the piste too icy and difficult? A few racers could ski it on the 1st run, and many could not. Doesn't make for the best spectacle.

🇸🇪 Sara Hector WINS in Kranjska Gora! ⛷️ It's a seventh world cup win and her second of the season! 🥇 #fisalpine

@Philbean12344 @theJeremyVine @Ocado Everyone should drive safely, not just a majority. It only takes one or two idiots to put others in danger. And overall, drivers' attitudes & behaviour are not considerate. That's why cycling has a modal share of 2%.

@theJeremyVine @Ocado For Christmas, wifey bought me a helmet cam when riding my bike. I think I will record and post motorists being polite, reasonable, and courteous. In my 35 years of cycling, the positives certainly outway the negatives. But maybe I am not so hypervigilent/hypercritical as some!

Dear @Ocado, Cyclists have priority over your vehicles in cycle lanes. Especially when they are on penny farthings. Thanks so much

Is that Cascades chairlift in the main photo? theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

What's New in Val Thorens 2024-25 valthorensguide.co.uk/what-s-new-val…. The headline item is a new restaurant with rooftop terrace at the top of the Cime de Caron (visual from OT Val Thorens).

Last Go Up has been and gone. The countdown to next Winter has begun.

Lac du Lou, Val Thorens, in late March

Water-skiing across the Lac du Lou is a Val Thorens late-season tradition

Val Thorens - good for late-season skiing and open until 5th May

One of the central restaurants in VT, for a lunchtime or evening bite

View from the top of Saulire, Courchevel, earlier this month

The snow is still good high up - an advantage for the highest ski resort in Europe

The snow line in the valley is quite high after warm temperatures. Still plenty of snow in VT, though, where skiers enjoy a break at La Maison

Brilliant slalom result for Dave Ryding today

@guardianeco 'there is a way out' is misleading in that even by taking all the steps mentioned in the article *now*, we don't undo the damage already done.

The Guardian view on Europe’s heatwave: the door is closing – but there is a way out | Editorial theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@RavReehal @g_gosden Of course we'll never know for certain, but I also feel that D would have done better than E.

Ex-Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Britain has to be honest about the fact that the UK 'shredded' its reputation with #Brexit. #BrexitBrokeBritain #brexitshambles

@g_gosden It's refreshing to hear an intelligent politician dealing in facts not fantasies.

@sorinc03 @PhinHarper Most experts say you need carrot and stick. Plus if driving isn't restricted/discouraged, buses just get stuck in traffic.