Today's shop, being our second kind of set up shop to bulk up on goods for the season, was a little easier once we got to the store. It was just the journey down through the Tarentaise valley to Bourg St. Maurice based at the valley floor that was a complete nightmare. The clouds were thick, threatening and very, very low making a normally scenic run pretty hard going. Cars and vans littered the main route in and out of Val. A route that looked more like a country lane than a main mountain pass. The fallen tree didn't help matters! Synchro T5 VWs, Merc Vito 4x4's and even HGVs. It seemed this region's first real dump had caught the local authorities still napping after a long summer layoff. A route that normally takes just under an hour took 2 1/2 hours! The supermarket tills were ringing, not with the regular Jagermeister but with snow chains and snow shovels. 
Halfway up we made a brief stop off to re-fit the snow chains. A local guy pulled in to give us a hand! And it's said the French are in general, miserable types. No way, don't believe it this guy was great fun and through broken French / English we just about got the fact that he loved that we'd chosen his home valley to spend our winter months. With conditions like these it was nice that all mankind were looking out for each other, real nice. As we appeared through the final tunnel we were faced with the village lights of Val. Phew! You could feel the relief throughout the van. Until next week!
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