Goodbye to new friends!

We met up last night for a few anti-freezes (beer); yes the beer does contain anti-freeze, in my case a plain lime soda to say good-bye to our Blue Mountain friends.  They are all leaving tomorrow for various places.

Hamish has been here without the girls for company for the past two weeks but between Staz and SJ (aka mum & dad) taking turns skiing with him (and me trailing along) he has had a fantastic time.  He is an endearing four year old to spend time with and loves to ski.  There is nothing more special than when a child genuinely likes spending time with you.  The past few days he discovered "Angry Birds" on Ben's (the girls dad) iphone and Jim's ipad so when the adults meet for an anti-freeze top up Hamish is occupied.  Last night when the music was a tad loud Hamish says quite loudly "please turn that down", it was interrupting his concentration.  It made us all stop and pay attention.

The past month has been made even more enjoyable for me by spending time with the girls and Hamish (and their parents of course).

I shall miss them all! 

Jim has been joking with the hotel staff every day for the past five weeks asking for the English TV movie channels.  It only took them a few days to play the game with him.  Yesterday, they said the channel is now available and they weren’t joking.  Jim is so happy, to have the three things he loves beer, TV and skiing. 

I have included two unrelated photos just because it is nice to see the many sides of Gulmarg.

What happens when the living tree grows?

I love the house in the background, it looks inviting.