Winter Hangover Cure II

A recent family trip to the ski station at Gourette after a good night out produced a surprisingly effective hangover cure. Today, after having spent an enjoyable afternoon in the pub with only George Orwell’s novel “1984” for company, the mountains have thrown up another remedy for one beer too many. Unfortunately scrabbling around on my hands and knees in the wet sludge at 11PM digging out a snowed in car using only a small red hand shovel was, despite the positive medicinal side effects, not very glamour (it is at times like that when I realize how little common sense I really have). On the upside, and there are three, at least the car was my own, it should also hopefully mean that I can escape for the day tomorrow to ride my horse in Orthez, and finally it will also allow me to pay an outstanding traffic violation fine in Pau…that’s what happens when you entrust the little Renault Twingo to the Kiwi au pair!