Earlier this year, and armed with renewed urges to hit the Follie Douce once again, that memorable week of skiing at Val d'Isère called for a repeat, this time with part of the CP crew on board as well. Didn't take long to establish that the Follie Douce was indeed where it had last been left and that hot chocolate with Chartreuse at 11 am is apparently still frowned upon, though I wonder why. Seven days of skiing, gaining weight and punishing our liver later, sadly came the time to head back. Prior to heading out I heard the kind man of Radio Val d'Isère warn of expected traffic jams between Chambéry and Annecy. Good for you, mon ami, but we have a different plan in mind... This time we would drive along the Lac du Bourget, starting at Le Bourget-du-Lac and bypassing the A41 altogether, before hitting Motz and eventually the A40 at Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.