The ice that the slopes are currently suffering from has made us realise that our skis needed a bit of a service. Due to the good snow cover recently the skis haven't picked up any gouges in the bases so I've just been using spray wax on them every so often; I've ignored the edges as the quality of the snow has meant that we could get away with slightly dulled edges without problem...
I got my books and files and file guides out and set about sharpening the edges. It seems to be a relatively straight forward job. I guess we'll know tomorrow if I've done it correctly or not...