I booked about the last seat (fold-down seat at end of carriage) on Eurostar on 1230 from St Pancras on Friday and continued from Paris to Geneva by TGV, arriving Chamoniux just before midnight. (Gare du Lyon was absolutely solid with people in evening rush hour.) I think I'm very lucky - though a bit poorer. Many others are stuck.

James and I had a good day's training today, testing ourselves on all the various snow conditions and steepest slopes we could find. Our last run was from Grand Montets (3,300 m). The picture features the Chardonnay glacier up which we will be climbing 600 m on Tuesday.

Philip