Lockdown

Now that most of us find ourselves with a little more time on our hands I thought I would sit down and write our second blog entry. Here goes..

All of a sudden it was February, which meant the school holiday’s had begun in Chamonix. This meant both Charly and I were being kept busy cooking for and entertaining the many families from all over France and the world who had come to enjoy what the mountains offered. Unfortunately the Snowfall this season wasn’t the greatest, largely due to high temperatures, which put a little dampener on some peoples moods.

On our days off we managed to get up into the mountains a few times but we also continued to build, plan and establish Soul Fries. With emails and phone calls flying in and out we managed to secure quite a few private and festival bookings and really knuckle down a timeline for what we needed to do when we got back to the UK late April. The upcoming summer season looked exciting and promising.

Sadly towards the end of February the mood changed in Chamonix. Firstly we heard about the North of Italy and before we knew it the rest of Italy being quarantined to try and fight the spread of Covid-19. More and more the news covered other parts of Europe and the world also experiencing outbreaks of this new virus.

When France announced that the country would go into lockdown Charly and I had to make the call to leave our home in Chamonix, earlier than planned, and make our way back to the UK.

The spread of Covid-19 is now having a BIG impact on everyday life in most of Europe, the UK and the rest of the world. With death tolls in Italy and Spain increasing at an alarming rate.

We will continue to plan from our base in the UK and are still hoping to be up and running by June 2020.

For now stay safe, stay at home and look after each other!