The last few days have been some of the best yet. The weather's been clear and sunny, and the heavy snow last week has made a huge difference - most of the higher runs are now open and there's been serious powder off-piste.

Friday night began with a great meal in Black's, shared with the manager, Mike. We tried to get into one club (Garfinkel's) but could't be bothered with the queue, so went back to Black's to collect Mike, who'd offered to get us into another club. When that turned out to be a thrash metal night, we gave up and all headed back to the Palace, where we had a very enjoyable evening, chatting away until about 5am.

It's finally snowing. The forecast is for it to snow about 30 cms each day for the next 10 days so we are very exited. It is absolutely chucking it down with rain in the village but it is snowing hard on the mountain. It will be a few days before the top runs have a good amount of decent snow but the lower slopes are not going to get any snow for another month at least.

THE SNOW HAS BEGUN!!!!!

Not entirely surprisingly we began this week much as the last. Only this time we weren't waking up with headaches – we just had them already. The previous night's party was totally mad and turned into an all night affair. The only good thing about Sunday was that Man U beat the dirty scousers at Anfield.

Bob and I began Week 03 with a new-found enthusiasm, and spent Monday riding on Blackcomb then exercising in the gym. Blackcomb's best run was Wishbone, using the Jersey Cream chair. We spent the whole day there, gaining confidence and beginning to practise riding switch (backwards) and popping off the moguls.

The second week started badly. We all awoke from various points on Dom's floor feeling like death and wishing that head transplants were available from the outpatient's dept. Jon was on the white telephone for a little while but most of the day was spent on the Playstation – a trend that was to continue through most of the week. In the evening we went to see Star Wars on the Imax screen, which was really amazing.

Week 02 began as week 01 did, on the floor of Dom’s flat in Vancouver. This time, however, we had a car and a plan, so we set off early (for us), pausing only to visit a massive hypermarket in Squamish for some cheap food. Despite the bargain prices we managed to spend over $700, but consoled ourselves with the fact that we were stocking up for the season.