Meanwhile in France, the terrific Alex Casey who taught The Boy to ski has been arrested and thrown into a police cell for teaching whilst unlicensed. He's been teaching for a decade and a half, but the French have decided to enact a law that mean his qualifications no longer count. Half the French instructors of the local ski school are also, therefore, unqualified too, but have not been arrested and marched off the slopes in handcuffs. Some would call it protectionsim, others would say it's just the French being French. C'est la vie. You can read about it here