Ready to throw the towel in and end my ski season here.

I think I am getting to the point where I am going to end the season here and go home...

In the last few weeks I have had a string of bad luck which has included boiler breakdown at home and a huge repair bill, tortoise hibernation problems so we have lost one of our tortoises and the others are all now out of hibernation, they have incurred an huge vet bill and now need lots of attention for the rest of the winter. My eldest son seems to have abandoned the house and has been staying on London so I have no one at home to monitor the lodgers and now to top it all I've gone and lost my car key and I don't have a spare! Apparently I have now got to get the car towed to dealer and pay out a fortune to get a new key...I feel like crying and am almost on the point of booking flights (Because my car is now grounded)and going home.

Just when I get over one problem and begin to relax and enjoy myself again another one comes along...I love skiing and have given up so much to be able to do it but I am finding it so difficult to enjoy myself when all these things are going wrong.

Anyone know a good locksmith in or near the Morzine area?

So sorry to hear your bad news, so hope it does not result in your coming home. You must love it you would not be doing a second season if you did,nt. I so wish I lived near your house I could have looked in for you and helped with the tortoise. So hope things look up for you. You are doing what I just dont have the courage to do just yet.

Hi Snowbandit,
I'm really sorry to hear about the problem with the tortoises - I know how much you care about them. Let's hope the other ones are okay.

And I sympathise with you about the other problems as well - unexpected huge bills are a real pain!

Best of luck with finding your missing car key before you have to pay that enormous garage bill. One of my friends is always losing her car keys so I gave her one of those key-card finding alarms for Christmas - the keys don't half make a racket when you push the button on the card in your wallet!

I hope you're feeling more positive soon and you don't chuck it all in just yet and return to the U.K.

I'm feeling pretty terrible myself at the moment - I've got a simply shocking cold and I had to go to a funeral yesterday, and I can't do any work. So I've been amusing myself by thinking of naughty double entendres for the romance thread :wink:

Ally

Thanks Rose for being so kind. :D

I really don't want to go back to the UK and if I do it will be to sell up and make a permanent move to the Alps. My plan is to do that in the summer, but right now I am feeling deflated and am also going to be completely skint by the time this car is sorted....If it can be sorted? If it cant get done then I am definitely going home, no way am I doing my job on foot and buses! I'm not sure I want to be out here for the next three months with no money at all either.

Everything was so carefully planned and now with all these events taking place it's a wash out.

The snow is amazing too! :-(

AllyG wrote:Hi Snowbandit,
I'm really sorry to hear about the problem with the tortoises - I know how much you care about them. Let's hope the other ones are okay.

And I sympathise with you about the other problems as well - unexpected huge bills are a real pain!

Best of luck with finding your missing car key before you have to pay that enormous garage bill. One of my friends is always losing her car keys so I gave her one of those key-card finding alarms for Christmas - the keys don't half make a racket when you push the button on the card in your wallet!

I hope you're feeling more positive soon and you don't chuck it all in just yet and return to the U.K.

I'm feeling pretty terrible myself at the moment - I've got a simply shocking cold and I had to go to a funeral yesterday, and I can't do any work. So I've been amusing myself by thinking of naughty double entendres for the romance thread :wink:

Ally

Sorry to hear that you are feeling bad at the moment and sorry about your bereavement. The funeral puts things in to perpective somewhat!

I'm still feeling crap though...Maybe I'll feel better again after a day on the snow tomorrow and you'll feel a bit better after the day on the sofa.

Not sure if this can be done where you are. But I have heard that if you have a four digit number from your key you can order a spare much cheaper. If not someone who knows what they are doing can break into your car and find the number. If you can get this done it could save on tow costs.

I think you are talking about the VIN number which can also be found on the log book. This will enable the dealer or locksmith to cut a new key. The key will open the car but not start it as the car has to be programmed to the key. Something to do with the immobiliser.

Sorry, I hope the key turns up.