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So it is a little bit more of a back to nature and resourcing and just enjoying the peace and quiet of the mountain as well. my name is daniele, i have been a ski instructor in chamonix- for 20 years now. so the lift closures have changed a lot of things in the valley, - you can imagine, because chamonix valley is very, i very famous for downhill ski. so people came here in the holidays for the last christmas holidays - here in chamonix, and the change of ski came here with— the cross—countr...

In scotland have closed their ski lifts until the current lockdown is lifted. elsewhere in europe, many ski stations have simply shut down for the season or remain open only for the locals. chamonix is one of the oldest and most famous ski resorts in the french alps where, this year, theres a lot of snow but very few tourists. this the aiguille du midi lift station. it is the highest lift in western europe. normally this platform area would be absolutely buzzing with people waiting to take the l...

To enjoy their time here. were from australia but we live in lyon. we dont get much snow in australia so this is my first time seeing snow. its pretty beautiful. its a shame we cant go up on the mountain and ski but we are making the most of it with our snowman and everything. well have to come back next year hopefully when things i are a little bit more normal hopefully. i for others, the closure of ski lifts has been a way of rediscovering other things to do in the snow, like sledging.

Square was closed off by the security forces, so the protesters went out onto the frozen sea ice to continue the demonstration, there were arrests here, as across russia, but still people turned out to protest, knowing the risk they faced. translation: i was here last week, | i came again today because i want i navalny to be released, i want the country to be free, i want it to be pleasant to live here. translation: i decided to come out i because either i have to come out | now or be afraid the...

One of the schools i have responsibility for, fantastic place, serves a very deprived community, only 30% of those families have access to broadband in that area. only 30%. this is digital poverty in a really extreme way and it means that many children, despite the very best efforts of schools and teachers, still cannot connect with that learning. this warehouse is getting laptops to kids, more than 800,000 so far. but not every child will have somewhere quiet to work or parents able to give the...

In the snow, like sledging. because the alpine skiing is not possible, we have had customers who have been asking for the new things, and the new thing is touring skis. this is a touring skis with a proper binding. you have got pins on the front which helps the boots to go like this when youre climbing. and then you put the skins on the skis like this, and like this its going to help you climb the mountains.

Some people will come back to cross—country skiing next year, too, because they enjoy it. you see where we are — look at the snow, the snow on the trees. it is much more quiet than downhill skiing. you have got always got the noise of the lifts and the chairlifts, its very noisy. here its — its a totally different atmosphere, so i think they enjoy this a lot. welcome back to london, city in lockdown will be getting used to sing deserted streets. last year, before the current travel restric...

My name is daniele, i have been a ski instructor in chamonix for 20 years now. so, the lift closures have changed a lot of things in the valley, you can imagine, because chamonix valley is very, very famous for downhill ski. so people came here in the holidays for the last christmas holidays here in chamonix, and the change of ski came here with the cross—country ski. it was incredible. we had so many people here on loop, many, many skiers in chamonix. i have never seen that, never. we had so ...

I have been employing only four seasonals instead of 21 normally. at the moment, our clients are the locals and we have also people coming from switzerland — a few of them. but there is no more foreigners in chamonix and this is how we live normally with the foreigners and for the moment, we dont have any. although we found one group of foreigners who seem to enjoy their time here. were from australia but we live in lyon. we dont get much snow in australia so this is my first time seeing snow....

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