and the sad ironyof it all is that the conditions and the sad irony of it all is that the conditions are absolutely perfect. you can probably see the gorgeous blue skies behind me, there has been a lot of early snow here in the season and with the ferries and flights and trains fully booked, actually, from the uk through these next few weeks, the french resorts were really looking forward to a bumper christmas season, but then came the announcement on thursday from the french government they were pulling up the drawbridge to all but essential travel, saying that 0micron was going to be like a landslide to hit the uk. the french prime minister has now compared it to lightning tearing through france potentially as well. they ve just cancelled all new year s eve firework displays across the country, hospitals are filling up here and even though they 0micron numbers are at the moment much lower than in the uk, they are very worried about the transfer of the variant. that is why, for the mo