Another fast blurry week consisting of work and play, Xmas day feels quite far away now but is well remembered. We had Xmas day off here and quite a few of us decided to go up the mountains and go snowboarding/skiing. I wasn’t sure what to expect when we got there judging by the general incompleteness of the olympic building work in Sochi in general, but this place was actually ok.
We went up on Xmas eve and got up early to hire the kit and by 10:00am we were at the peak. I hadn’t been snowboarding for a few years and wasn’t really good back then, but in the spirit of things and peer pressure i ended up going from the top straight on a blue slope. After a few tumbles and getting up again things started coming together, it was a great day and good to see loads of people away from work.
The rest of the week we were back on nightshift generally spending our time commissioning automation equipment. This generally involves being cold, outside in the middle of the night as Ben demonstrates here below 🙂
In other news our catering has canted from our quirky little “Tin City” canteen to the general canteen for everyone. If the food was free I don’t think anyone would complain but the fact we pay 300r (£6.00) for some mediocre food and dire portions is a bit of a piss take.
I haven’t seen many faces this week but heres a heater face i saw in the control room at some point.
