Well I am here! Found an igloo and crawled inside. It was not very warm so had a pernod for medicinal purposes. Next I know it is Saturday night and it is snowing. My mobile is frozen and I can't see any of you. So now what?

Eleanor x

VERY refined Jean.

I presume you wrote that while wearing nothing but a pink sparkly bikini and hiking boots?

Well girls, you`ll be relieved to know that thankfully, Amanda and I have been released from custody!! We had to bribe the officers at the jail, but it was easy enough to do a quick dance for them, though the music was a bit hard to dance to since we`ve never danced to the accompaniment of yodelling before, but we must have done OK as they let us out. We have collected tin trays and the snake, and are on our way to join you at the ice hockey finals.

I can`t think why Barbara ended up in rehab - we were all doing our best to be refined, but when Jean and Doreen started throwing books about instead of balancing them on their heads I think Barbara got a bit upset, especially when Amanda got the wine out to jolly things along.She was only trying to help.

For goodness sake, don`t tell Barbara about what Lyn was trying to carry at the airport, or she`ll never get out of re-hab. She might not realise that Lyn was only trying to help, even if the ski socks and pink sparkly wellies looked a bit daft. I`m sure Lyn meant well, and that`s the important thing.

Eleanor, if you slept in the igloo for that amount of time you must have had more than one pernod!! If your mobile is still frozen, try breathing pernod fumes onto it, and that should do the trick. Did you bring some cake with you?

Kathleen x

Well, we are now altogether minus our two star members, Barbara and Amanda. I'll give her peace and quiet to drink her wine! I am visualising the two of them sitting there in comfort sipping in a gentile fashion while the rest of us are roughing it in igloos while practising winter game events! You don't know what you are missing - correction - yes you do having been on a number of adventures now! Lyn has been working well on her tray manouvres and has almost caught up to the standard of Doreen. I am still recovering from a night in an igloo but am coping well thanks to dear Lyn and her good supply of 'medication'.

Mary and Jean have entered into the spirit of the games and are well occupied teaching dance moves to the men's ice hockey team thanks to our excellent cheer leading at the game yesterday. Well done Lizzie in getting us involved in that. It was great fun! How are you after your somersaulting ? I do admire your efforts in the spirit of competition even if you actually disrupted the actual competitor who was entered into the competition. You must have been exhausted after running carrying all that gear and with all the officials chasing you!

That snake was busy pooing when I last spotted it at the ice hockey final. Goodness knows what Kathleen was feeding it but it was not my cake. The poor thing was exhausted after the effort and , thankfully, has been curled up inside Lyn's pink sparkly wellies ever since. I actually think that it is trying to eliminate the screech of Kathleen yodelling! She has been at it since her release and it is dire!

Why have Amanda and Barbara returned to England? What on earth has been going on before I returned to the fold? And, where is Jenni? It's not like her to miss and adventure.

By the way Amanda, I think we should all have pink sparkly wellies. Lyn looked so fetching in them with her over top ski socks. I managed to get a job lot of ski socks in TK MAX which I have brought with me along with the remainder of the cake Kathleen.

So girls, what a good rehearsal for the actual day we have had and a bit of healthy exercise as well.. We haven't lost our touch!

Eleanor x

Ooooh Eleanor!! What a good idea to bring a fresh supply of ski socks!! I only had my reindeer-patterned pair, and they really do need a wash.

How impressive was Lyn with that double-pike whatsit? I`d no idea she was so agile. Wait until she cracks the full twist, there`ll be no stopping her. Jean & Doreen will be green with envy.

Is it the night in the igloo that`s given you that bent-over look Eleanor? Never mind, extra limbering up will soon have you nice and straight.

It`s really hard work practising all these moves in the snow - Lyn has really set the benchmark with that pike thingy. I suspect she`s using Jean`s superglue to keep her tray in place, makes my back-flip into cartwheel look quite tame.

Has anyone come up with an idea to combat our hands freezing to the practice poles? My fingerless gloves don`t seem to have much grip, and I can`t be doing with sliding at the wrong time.

Where did Lizzie get to after the ice-hockey match? Has anyone seen her?

I think we should send a post-card to Amanda & Barbara, as they really don`t know what they are missing.

Kathleen x

Eleanor, hold on there I'm here with an iron; we'll soon have that kink straightened out. It's not good to go about kinky over here, people will be getting the wrong idea By the looks of that glue though I think we might have to give you a quick haircut too (or perhaps an amputation?). So, if you'll just hold still ... no, really I'm not going to hurt you!!! Yes I know the iron's hot ... how else are we going to get the kink out?

Still no sign of Kathleen. I do wish she'd collect that dratted snake. My feet are starting to get cold without me fancy wellies and I daren't touch that ugly brute of a thing! Thanks for the extra socks Eleanor but I feel mighty silly wearing 12 pairs at once to keep my toes cosy

I'm going to see if I can catch some more trout (and chips ), we can then have a smashing fish and chip supper when/if Amanda finally makes it!

Lyn x

Thanks for returning my wellies Kathleen I'm really pleased to see those again, especially without the snake enclosed! I can get all these extra pairs of socks washed now and pegged on the line, although how long they'll take to dry?!

I'd love a ride on your new bobsleigh, it's rather nice isn't it?! I reckon that was a good exchange for a buckled tray but I don't think we should hang about in case he realises it wasn't actually a hyper-powered slippy slide speed toboggan just a plain old push along with your feet job Perhaps we could use the 'bob' to transport the trout back to the igloo then we can start cooking up the feast; 'fraid I can't do mushy peas they're all frozen . I'm afraid Eleanor is none too happy with the impromptu hair cut but like I said it will grow ... in time!!! More than can be said if her left hand had had to come off! She might be cheered up with some extra chips, what do you think?

The misses 'Sophisticated and Refined' are really letting the side down. And they want me to use decorum etc. etc.!!! Really, invoking snowball fights with the locals is almost like football hooliganism. Well, mark my words it'll end in trouble and they'll miss their fish 'n' chips!

Whoa what's that horrible noise ......

WELL, "THEY TRIED TO SEND ME TO REHAB,... AND I SAID NO, NO, NO!!!!!" But guess what they got me.... because I'm not just a "secret lemonade drinker" I've escaped for a few days and have broken my license. On my last escape, yes there have been others, Amanda and I ended up at Samantha's night club and I fell disgracefully into the heart shaped swimming pool, and got carted off again. Believe me where I have been there AIN'T no posh people, I'm hoping that you girls will arrange a breakout for me so that I can get on with organising the party. Need to get back to rehab, think of me whilst you're having fun, but come soon, I can't take much more of this.....

The detox has been pretty hard going, but I will be on pills when I get out......

Eleanor, I promise to get the girls in order and will make sure the party goes down with a bang

Oh my goodness, do I? Never seen anything like it before and never want to see anything like it again. I'll leave it to you to draw your own conclusions.

I'm afraid I haven't been on here much for a few days as I've been perfecting a new winter sport. The details are still under wraps but if I mention unicycles, sparkly wellies and skis (all together) you may begin to get a glimmer. Unfortunately, I have spent much of the last week in various hospitals as the practices haven't gone too well. Mary and Jenni have been very unkind in trying to sabotage my efforts. 7 pairs of wellies have already gone the way of all flesh, two pairs of skis have buckled and as for the bikes - forget it! Doreen did pop in with Kathleen to say "hi" on Saturday, but they didn't bring me any grapes! Mean so and sos!! Thank goodness for Amanda - the wine was wonderful!

Love to you all

Jeanxxxx