I am hoping that August will be the month I pass my Level Five and be signed off to ski on the main slope unsupervised. It has also been decided that if or should I say when I pass it, that we will book a ski holiday for me, no pressure, but I do want to be able to go on one ski holiday.

So it’s just over two weeks since I passed level two on my skiing journey and I am looking forward to my next lesson and wondering what the outcome will be.

Well the time has finally come for my first ski lesson at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead. I am slightly apprehensive am I too old to start learning to ski, will I make a fool of myself or worse obtain an injury. I am relieved that as part of your lesson package you get your ski boots, skis and helmet included, and that you can hire a jacket and trousers as well as purchasing gloves, otherwise I wouldn’t know where to start. As advised we allowed plenty of time so I could collect everything ahead of the lesson. I must admit, which is unlike me, I didn’t do any additional research, other than reading the information provided in the booking email.