Daily fun, facts and arty tales from Val d’Isère.
The World's Best Ski Resort ?
Laura M’s art is inspired by Val d’Isère.
The podcast shares her 35 years of local knowledge
with Val d’Isère’s legions of English speaking fans.
COVID saw her drawing, painting and doodling
the square kilometre around her home.
Laura has exhibited here, notably
“Toutes les Vies se Val", charcoal portraits of “avalins”
and pastel portraits of local dogs.
Including, of course, her 2 demonstrative labradoodles.
Interviews with her were published in 2025
in both Val Mag and le Dauphiné.
2 winters of presenting English news, weather, events and ski reports on
Radio Val d’Isère
sparked her interest in creative writing
and cheeky chatter !
For suggestions / improvements please email me
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There was a rumble and crash of rocks behind Les Richardes yesterday.
Laura continues to enjoy the peace of the interseason, comparing to the chaos of the tube strike next week in London.
She tells a …
Laura has solved most of yesterdays technical problems & all the episodes are now on both Apple and Spotify.
She reminds you that the bike tracks are staying open until the end of September, but as th…
Laura encourages you to keep sending your ideas and gives a brief outline for her ideas for future episodes, while dealing with the podcast-associated -tech, which is all a new experience for her but…
In this episode, the Laura reminisces about pre-COVID interseason times spent in bustling London, contrasting them with Val d’Isère's quiet interseason.
She recounts a tense journey during the early d…
In this podcast episode, Laura reflects on her experience early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Initially planning to attend a friend's 60th birthday in North Wales, she cancelled the trip due to fears of …