Today a work colleague showed me some photos of her trip last weekend to Switzerland where she is getting married in January. Alas, although they were lovely and I am so excited for her, it has also stirred the annual misery of being stuck in England and a yearning to live in the alps again. It's been 10 years now since I left (!!!!!) and every year it's the same. They do something to you the mountains, get in your blood. It's not even the skiiing/snowboarding, it's just being there. Darn it!!