24th October 2011 at 07:37PM

Unbelievably, we're almost half way through the camp already, and having finally had our first day off today to take a break from the early starts and the long days on the hill, there's now time to fill everybody in.

So four days down on the hill, another five to go, and so far things couldn't have gone better training wise. We were greeted on the first day to some less than desirable weather - zero visibility and plenty of fresh snow falling all the time - but since then we've had blue skies all day every day, and almost perfect snow conditions. With the snow being as it is, and the temperature being as cold as it is at the moment, the days  feel more like January than October. Having skied GS gates so far this camp with the main focus being upper and lower body separation for the children athletes, both myself and Aaron have been really impressed with all the hard work and improvements going on each day. As we move into slalom tomorrow with 5 days left, there's still plenty of time to see the children continue to go from strength to strength.

The view from the glacier...

Everybody seems to have settled in really well to Haus Tirol, the new Ambition base, with darts board in particular becoming a favourite amongst the athletes at the moment. We're almost all set for the winter now, and what a winter it promises to be... The children's team is showing some great promise at the moment, both from those in their first year of children racing to those almost in their last.

The Gang

With us skiing such long days, and almost always being the last team (along with the juniors) on the training piste each day, we've placed less of a focus on fitness and the like, especially compared to the summer camp. But with no skiing today, we finally had time to see some more of our new home for the coming season, and took a trip to Kaprun to have a go on the 'Meisflitzer', an all-year-round toboggan track that runs down the side of the Meiskogel skiing area.

And here we go with the final stint... 3 days of slalom and 2 more days of GS. Fingers crossed this sunny wintery weather continues...

Benn