Skiing Abandoned
Technology Woes Continue Tue Nov 30th Our planned early season excursion to Whistler has been canned. We were due to go up the same day as the latest 'Atmospheric River' was due to arrive. Nick was skiing at the weekend as the last weather system went through and gave up skiing Saturday after getting a soaking from rain on the mountain and he didn't ski Sunday. The freezing level Tuesday was around 2,000m, so the snow is going to get a soaking at the alpine level. Disappointing but there will be plenty of other opportunities. We hope to get up there for a couple of days next week before Nick and Lizzie arrive for their weekend up there. Friday onwards its getting colder and more snow is forecast. The lathe continues its reluctance to turn, so I stripped down the head and removed the system board on Tuesday to check it over. Alas, no obvious faults so the shipment of new parts from the Far East is eagerly awaited. One bit of good...