MegèveSki

More preparation...

We've bought a pay as you go SFR sim card from 0044 so that our mobile phone bills whilst we're away are sensible and so that we can get the number before we go. We'll probably pick up another sim once we're out there, apparently SFR isn't the cheapest, but at least this way we get the number before we go...

Once we got the mobile number we could get our MegèveSki business cards printed; we got a decent deal from www.surfprint.co.uk; more details when they arrive. We're not intending to work during the trip but, well, you never know when a business card might come in handy...

I've finally located someone in the UK who understands about winter tyres and who's actually prepared to quote for fitting them... Event Mobile Tyres have quoted a reasonable figure for coming and fitting some Pirelli Ice and Snow to the Rav4. Looks like most of the 'standard' people, like Kwik Fit, etc, are useless if you ask for things outside of their 'standard range'... More details once they’re actually fitted.

Today we both visited Profeet in Fulham. Miche bought her boots from them a couple of years ago but all of the recent chiropractic work has adjusted her hips, straightened her stance and shifted her weight around, so she needed new custom footbeds done. It was interesting to see the new pressure scans showing that she now actually uses her right heel rather than just hovering it above the ground; it used to take 3.75% of her body weight when in a ski position and now it takes around 13% (so I have to stop the 'walk on water' jokes...). I also had a scan done and then had some custom footbeds made so that I have more even weight distribution in my ski boots (I had a dominant right foot, now I stand on both feet...). Interesting stuff, I'll report back after our warm up week in Verbier...