New beginning

Unbelievable!
Just got news from Brecqhou that my visa has been approved
Yay!
A weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
We received the news whilst up the top of wispile, just before our big sledge run of the day.
We had already been down Eggli twice and were starting our third.
Great news, a great day. A new start. It's all good.

Hard at work

My first day in Gstaad.
Met with the boss, DB.
I think he's pleased that I'm here
I arrived last night after a long days travel, about 12 hours.
Directly from night duty.
So, I was a little tired, to say the least
Mark picked me up from the train and then straight to the pub.
Introduced me to a few of my colleagues who work in service.
After meeting up with DB. we went out for a coffee.
And then hit the slopes.
Sledding. My first time on a proper ski slope.
Awesome!
A few major wipeouts but no injuries.

Nights

Yawn!

So bloody tired
Am on nights this week, only five more after tonight.
I have done a lot in the past few days and will have a busy couple of weeks ahead of me.
Saturday, I visited the island of Brecqhou. To complete forms, get info and get everything ready for the visa application. Upon returning I realised that I should probably get myself some decent clothes that reflect the position I'll hold. So a suit and shirts were in order.
Sunday, off to cobo tea house with a few of my housemates.
Monday, the weather was awesome. So, Nicole and I took a bit of a trip. My favourite cafe before heading out to jerbourg point, petit bot, and a bit of a ride along the coast.
Tuesday, I met up with Glyn and sold my Piaggio scooter. I rarely rode the thing and am actually glad it will go to a loving home.

It has been decided that I should fly out to Switzerland next week and spend the week with Mark & Sir David to learn a bit about his routine and get a handover from mark.
Hence the suit buying. Hey, he's picking up the bill.
Lets hope the visa comes through soon and I can hand in my notice.

It's almost 5am, only 2.5 hours to go.
I'll sign off now, get some work done and post more later.

Winter

Winter came and was white, cold and now has essentially moved on.

There was one night of snow.  That was about it.

At the same time, It snowed in the UK and Everything came to a stand-still

There is no coping.

It's been a very mild one. and maybe that's it.

(oops: but then again, who am I kidding.  

Looks like the cold is coming back, with a vengeance.)

I've got March off and hope, weather permitting, to head over to Europe on Nicole.

I would love to Travel over to Australia, but am waiting to hear from the Barclay Bros' company regarding a job interview I had back in December.

Might have to head to Switzerland for "handover"

But, as with everything...we will see.

as For what I've been up to.

January was pretty quite, but I did get to Liverpool to see Niki off.

She left work here in Guernsey and is off to New Zealand for at least a couple of months, with some of her mates.

Here's hoping that I can travel somewhere nice in March

I'll write more about the job on Brecqhou when I know more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecqhou

Purdy morning

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