XC Skiing 3:00:00 [3]
Best day in ages! Everyone made it up to Ballater, and we drove to Braemar and managed to persuade the ski hire man to find us 10 sets of cross country skis. There was over a foot of super fresh snow and the going was tough when you were leading, pushing very hard to make the tracks for the others. We did quite a bit of skiing and quite of bit of practising downhill - the super soft snow meant I was actually able to control myself a bit better. Still face planted a good couple of times though on the downhills! Kir was a natural and Rob is now pretty competent - it's really cool. A great lunch and some sledging later, and a totally brilliant day was had. Not looking forward to trying to drive back tomorrow! Feeling a bit tickly-throated now, but might run tomorrow if it doesn't develop.
