1. Fantastic inversion from the top of the Stubai Glacier last week - it's just over 3000m (and watching all the jumpers go through the snowpark was a lot of fun too!)
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2. My hotel room had a bath! I thought everyone's did, but upon further investigation, discovered I was the only one so blessed. I think I had three baths in the week we were there. Fab for the old achey muscles.
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3. Neustift, the town where we stayed, looked very beautiful, particularly as the sun was setting.
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4. I made it through the whole week without having to wimp out! Definitely fit enough to cope with the skiing, passed navigation and leadership with flying colours, scored 94% on the mountain hazards paper....unfortunately my skiing wasn't quite confident enough. So, I got a deferred pass, and that means I have to do more skiing. What a pity! - and then do a one day reassessment in spring, somewhere in the UK. Perfectly happy with that, considering I was afraid I wouldn't get through the first day.
5. There are now ten ducks on the school pond! I walk past them every morning and it makes me super-cheerful.
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6. I am well on the way to writing my first official textbook. Chapter topics and planning done...now just the content.
7. On Monday I have an exam board meeting in Bristol that doesn't start until 9.45am. LIE. IN. And then a bit of afternoon shopping round Cabot, FTW.
8. The fact that November is stretched out in front of me, devoid of a trip to Malaysia. This might sound a bit weird, but since the past two Novembers have been a frantic whirlwind of paperwork, setting cover, avoiding mosquitoes and recovering from jetlag, this feels like a bit of a luxury.
9. I got it right with the trick-or-treater. I use the singular, because we had only one, and she was halfway down the path by the time I managed to answer the door. I duly gave her a bag of iced gems, which I had selected for a change. Her eyes went big. "OOOOHH, my FAVOURITE!" she exclaimed. This may have beena ruse, since I nearly gave her another bag for being so grateful; but it was nice, nevertheless.
10. This great video!
It's November, so I am going to be attempting to post daily. I am suffering a crisis of confidence and think I am getting a bit dull, so don't feel you have to read it all.
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