My company’s holiday period ends at the end of the month and to my surprise and delight I found out that I had accumulated some extra days to my entitlement through “days in lieu” for odd times when I was travelling, what a lovely present! So what do I do with these precious days? Skiing has to be one of my great loves and I am going to go online and look up some ski holiday deals and get myself to the French Alps where the snow is just about as good as it gets at the moment.

Because in my work I spend a lot of time in hotels, and although you get comfort and service in most French ski resorts, I shall be looking for a chalet ski holiday for my partner and myself. Chalet skiing holidays offer just about everything that you could ask for, super meals cooked for you by gourmet trained staff, copious quantities of wine with your dinner and lots of added extras and absolutely no extra charge. Simple things such as afternoon tea when you get back from a hard day skiing with tempting home made cakes. You have breakfast to your particular liking, if you want bacon and eggs then you shall have them, no problem. No quibbling about making up a snack to have when out, unlike many places where taking a piece of bread and meat is almost like you have committed the most heinous crime.

Because I now like to keep in touch with the world through my laptop, I need a place that has wi fi which is so common nowadays that anywhere without it is almost in the dark ages. I love to log on to 888.com to join in a game of online poker and to play the slots or blackjack occasionally, so this will be a must. My favourite ski holiday specialist has come up with a great ski deal in Meribel, so it looks like we will be winging our way there before too long, I will let you know what it is like.