The Second and last Jack Wills Formal Friday of the year!!!

I woke on Friday 26th March and I could tell from that light coming into my room that it was not good weather... Popping my head outside the window, confirmed my suspicions. It was a white-out. God was truly against us once again.

I headed to work with contingency plans in my head of how this day would pan out. I was thinking the Moris may come to our rescue once again. I had a few hours of admin to do before I met up with the reps (well penny) and the Jack Wills boys who had come out (Jonno and Freddie).

We started building a game plan. The weather was terrible, so we called off the Folie Douce. We thought we would focus our efforts at Dicks in the evening and try and just publicize the night ahead at apres at the Moris. So put all the banners up in the club and then I sent Penny to put the Jack Wills flags on the roof.

We heard a screeeeech from the roof.... "Its clearing". We all ran outside to see that clouds were clearing and it had become a glorious day. We were back in business... la Folie was back on.

I headed home, got changed and then headed up in the bubble. The view from my cabin was goooooood



When we arrived at the top, Jonno and I put up some flags at the entrance of the bar. It was quiet at the time but it was early. I knew the place would fill up in time.



The Folie Douce was trying its hardest and even tried to lure people in with flares and smoke.



Formal people started turning up...



And Emily finally did some work...



The place then started to fill up and so we gave out some Jack Wills seasonnaire beanies to the crowd. Jonno led the charge.



Its a little bit like Where's Walley but I count 26 JW beanies in this one shot



Some old friends turned up



and so did the regulars



The rosé flowed (as usual) and so did the JW beanies



But at 5:00pm the music turns off and we head down the mountain. We headed to the Moris for a bit of Mike & Ritchie. As usual they played a blinder and as usual "We had a lot of fun"...





After apres we all went our seperate ways and then met up later in Dicks to continue the Formal Friday in style. Jack Wills had supplied some DJs for the evening and so J. Hannaford and Flyte Mode rocked the house down with a mixture of Dub, Electro and Tech House all night long.



Later that night we announced the winner of our video competition and it was Lucinda that walked away with the 650€ in cash. Well done!!!



A fun night was had by all and many people walked away with pairs of JW pants or beanies. This is their last giveaway for the season but watch out for the giveaways we'll be doing next year.

Thanks... Until next time.

Fraser

Formal Friday with friends from home.

Three of my best mates from home turned up at 2:00pm on a friday and the sun was shining. It was fate. But we were running late. It was the busiest, hottest and quickest folie session of the year. We did 10 bottles of rosé in under an hour and here are the results...







Lucinda wore a little black dress... very formal!!



We spotted some fellow formalers!!



I struck my normal mountain pose!!



We then headed to the Moris for apres where I proceeded to get my friends suitable smashed.



Probably the best 5 hours in resort you could wish to have.

Next week is the second and final Jack Wills Formal Friday of the season. See you all there.

Thanks... Until next time.

Fraser

Fancy Dress St Paddy's Day Snowblading

So it's that time of year again where you dust off those blades you have at the back of the cupboard and whack on some lary outfit. It's St Paddy's day and that means only one thing... "Gayblading".

We met at the bottom of the Olympic bubble lift at 1:00pm and some of the fancy dress was special. We got the bubble up and some people werea little apprehensive.



But then the lunging began and everyone eased into it.



A crack team of 13 bladers hit the slopes of Val d'Isere



Special mention goes to Brossers and Green Beard's onesies...



We headed off to the grand pre and did a casual run down the long wide green to ease everyone into it. It went well. Everyone got their blading legs back. Some more quickly than others for sure. Ali and Will even decided to ride the lift switch (skiing term for backwards)... Solid effort.



Teddy couldnt even get on the lift



After that we decided to do a bit of off piste blading. McLovin came prepared with onesie and beeper... So he led the charge.



Can you ever have as much fun as this... I think not. Saying that, blading in skinny jeans is tough!



We then ran into a punter who was dressed just like us... accept he was not in fancy dress.



Timmy Tarquinn turned up fashionably late to make the party 14.



He led the charge on the blade train to La Folie Douce.



The place was rammed. St Patrick definitely brings out the drinkers.



Obviously a leprechaun or two turned up.



We then headed down the mountain for some apres at dicks. A good day blading was had by all.



Thanks... Until next time.

Fraser

Let the Sun Shine In......

It was formal friday once again and the sun was shining the most it had done all season. The X-Games were on, so many of the seasonnaire crew had headed over to Tignes to watch the final day. I however had a few friends out that week and was not about to let the X-Games get in the way of tradition. So I headed up the bubble to La Folie Douce and was confronted by a sea of people... The X-Games had not won after all.





I had the Bristol Boys in town:



and so were my friends from back home:



It was hot and it was busy... Its fastly becoming T-Shirt weather in Val.



I stepped away from the usual position in VIP and set up camp dancing on one of the many tables scattered around. The view wasnt too bad.



Katy seemed to be having ALOT OF FUN!!!!!!!



I bumped into some old comrades....



I flirted with a girl with a nice bum...



And then got attacked by Kelly...



The music had stopped and it was time to head to the Moris. Katy got carried away with the Nachos and I got carried away with the rose.





After the Moris I headed back home for a slice of pizza and a power nap before heading back out for Carpetface and Audible at dicks. The place was rammed and the boys did an awsome set.





The Bristol boys enjoyed themselves



As did Frosty on his last night in town...



I partied on way into the night enjoying the old school hip hop and beat boxing on offer.

Another great Formal Friday was had by all.

Thanks...Until next time.

Fraser