At 8:30 we were waiting at the chairlift for our first ride up the mountain. The temperature was -2c and sunny. After more than a week, my wife and I are starting to have good ski legs, and the slops were fabulous. A perfect ski morning.
We quit at 1, after more than four hours of skiing we had enough, and the slops were getting progressively more crowded and the snow less pleasant. Also, we don't want to break anything at our age!!!
In other news, the UK government continues to try to disrupt trade from Europe. Several weeks ago, our wholesalers warned UK producers that they expected import disruption following the implementation of new goods import rules. The short-term impact (2/6 months) would be a massive increase in the price of leafy greens and other vegetables. In December, our wholesalers asked us if we could increase deliveries as product shortfall was a real risk. For our farm, it is relatively simple, we raise high tunnel temperature, thereby accelerating plant growth. Notionally, this is expensive, even for us, as we take into consideration the "cost" of methane, as opposed to buying energy from the market. However, the forward prices more than justify our additional costs. We are getting nearly twice what we got late last year (our costs are also higher) in the forward market (which is about 50% of sales).
On the other side exporting to Europe has remained unaffected.
It all seems planned to make things worse for British consumers. It is not entirely clear what game Whitehall is playing here. European producers forwarned have slowed shipments and diverted deliveries to continental clients. It seems that Whitehall is doing everything to cause inflation...nuts, simply nuts.
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