Yes, insomnia is a funny thing. I get it in bouts – sometimes I just wake up and that’s it. No chance of getting back to sleep.

So after waking up around five, by half past seven I thought I should go for a wander. And I was very glad I did because not only is Verbier at dawn rather nice, I also had a nose around the new lift. Which is looking a lot better than I expected.

Oh, and they look like they’re widening the run into resort. And making pretty banks out of massive rocks. Which is actually good news indeed.

So it turns out the storm that woke me up at 3 this morning deposited a bit of snow above about 2700 meters (there was snow on atlas first thing according to Jamie). And it’s rather chilly – I don’t mind telling you I’ve had to put a jumper on.

During a quick walk with the dogs we got caught in a monsoon yesterday. I don’t like to turn Performance into a blame culture, but when I said “it looks like rain” Toby specifically replied “It’ll be fine – we’re only going two minutes down the road.”

How very wrong he turned out to be. We were soaked. And if you think it doesn’t look that wet, have a closer look because that rain was bouncing up about six inches of the road – and the tops of our heads.

Yup, after tropical sunshine we’ve got rain of biblical proportions…

On the lift down to Toby’s and the view’s alright. If you like that kind if thing.

Yes, as anticipated it’s boiling here today. So nipped down to see Kent and check out the new Berglund pad in Le Chable.

And on the way down grabbed a few snaps of the Trois Roc at Medran. From one angle it looks like an impressive development nearing completion. From another angle it still looks like a big hole in the ground…