Explore europe in a campervan

During the last two weeks we’ve been fairly busy with work - honest!  But we did make time to get out once or twice -

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Last week we were invited to a party with a difference - halfway up a mountain.  The evening almost didn’t happen when we all nearly missed the last chairlift.  We didn’t realise we were driving all the way round to the other side of the mountain - not just to the nearest piste, but we were very lucky that the lifty’s took pity on us and even helped to load and unload all the bedding and other general ’stuff’ that was going up the mountain with us.

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I know we’re not campervan-based right now, but our van is still our transport on the snowy roads so I thought I’d share our experience of the essentials that you need when driving a motorhome in snow.  I guess many of you in the UK are having to think about this in the current Arctic conditions!  Of course those of us travelling in campervans have a distinct advantage - if we get stuck in bad conditions we can brew a cup of tea, blast the heating for a while, fill a hot water bottle and bed down for the night.  Luxury compared to shivering in the driver’s seat of a car wondering why the only food is a packet of mints!

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On my birthday on Monday we took a little outing up to Avoriaz.  I went up on the Les Prodains Gondola, while Simon took the chairlift straight up onto the pistes.  It was a beautiful sunny day - after just walking across the resort my face was hot and my eyes stinging - should have worn my snowboarding goggles!
 
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