On the piste again !!!!!

As many of you may know I love snowboarding and really enjoy trips up to the Scottish highlands in the winter.  One of the "draw backs" of our 6 month trip, was that we would be down in the southern hemisphere and was going to miss the whole season.  To be honest I was enjoying our trip so much that I never really thought about it too much and had pretty much written the 2011/2012 season off for snow sports.

However having been back for 3 weeks a late dump of snow in the highland's meant that the Cairngorm Mountain resort had re-opened for some spring skiing.  Our friends Nick and Susan both keen skiers were going up for a ski, so I jumped at the chance to go with them.

I would consider myself to be a pretty good snowboarder, but it has been 8 years since I strapped on a pair of ski's and I felt it was time to  take on the challenge and try some skiing.

At first I was a bit apprehensive about the ski's, but with the help of Nick and Susan I soon managed getting down a few green runs, then a red, then a hike to the top of Cairngorm mountain to ski the powder snow off piste.  It was brilliant fun and I remembered how good it is to challenge yourself and try new things.

It was a beautiful day on the mountain and the sun was shining (most of the time), and the views over the Cairngorm mountain's were spectacular.  Finally it felt great being home !!!!

Dean, Susan and some lovely snow on the mountain.

Dean, Susan and Nick enjoying some refreshments.

T for Tanzania !!!

Fantastic conditions

At the summit of Cairngorm mountain, just as the weather closed in !!! (Height 1245 M).

Attempting the slalom !!!

The beautiful Scottish mountains.

I never thought I'd even put on a pair of ski's

Ski Lodge at Cairngorm.

No snow on the lower mountain, just up the top.

Tanzania Ski Team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia  ?