Monday was a cold day so we ended up not going skiing until about 11am. The tracks were so good and we both enjoyed some more skiing but realised we get out of breath so quickly, not very fit! Late lunch at the Stube nearby was good but as there was a large group in for lunch, we had to wait for over 30mins for food. We enjoyed the sun streaming through the windows and a beer 🍺 while we waited for our soup. Temperature was about -6C by then.
Tuesday morning - weather is -22C warming to -11C later in the day. A day to do some more blogging and later on go down to the post office in Weidach to buy stamps for postcards and find colder wax for our skis! We ended up coming back on a different bus which went down the valley to Mittenwold and then back to Obern and to Weidach again. As the bus driver didn’t realise we wanted to get off at the Gasthof Gaistal, we did the whole trip one hour tour of the whole valley and thoroughly enjoyed it as part of our non-skiing day.
Wednesday, still very cold and Ken only skied for less than 30minutes. I didn’t even go as it was still too cold for me to ski. We wandered down to the local Stube for a warming goulash soup for a late lunch. I have now found how to put a few photos into the blog!! A very painful 😖 process indeed. I will try to insert more when we’re in Ireland with the Shaws next week. Dinner has been excellent every day. My only complaint is that the meals are too large!
Thursday. It has been really good staying here and the mangement organised gluten free bread, bread rolls and cakes etc as well as lactose free milk and yoghurt for my breakfast, really thoughtful. I’ve even had a few sweet muffins etc for breakfast - no way I can eat all they have provided!
Today weather was still overcast but a little bit warmer , -11 to -6C! We took the bus down to Weidach swimming pool area and went off on beautifully groomed trails for a couple of hours, wonderful to have slightly warmer weather and skis running very well too. A great ski! Ken started to cough so we stopped and had lunch at the swimming pool before returning to the hotel in Obern. Ken has now cleaned skis and we have to pack up before leaving tomorrow morning for two nights in Zurich. It has been a lovely week and we have seen the area with lots and lots of snow on the ground, unlike when we were here with the families in 2007 when there was just a thin covering of snow.
There is to be a 44km loppet ski race here on Saturday and Sunday. There are lots of preparations going on - Signs to registrations, start and finish lines and wide open ski trails for the many skiers expected to start. The Ganghofer has classical style 22 and 44 km races on Saturday and there are skating races on Sunday. They expect 1,800+ competitors! Weather is clearing tonight and I see blue sky too, so they may have better weather on Saturday.
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