Resort Nightlife Was Legendary ; the Native Lopsided Wildlife May Be Fictional, but Quality Snow, Top- Class Skiing and a Range of Entertainment Is Very Much a Reality in the French Resort of Morzine, As Anna Mactaggart Discovered

Plymouth Evening Herald, The › November 22, 2009

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THE boy in front of me bangs his ski pole against a tree and the rest of us dive for cover from the falling snow.

We are on a surreal night-time hunt for an imaginary creature and this is how we are driving it from its hiding place. Legend has it that the 'dahu' (pronounced die-you and apparently looking something like a chamois) has two legs shorter on one side than the other, the better to walk around mountains.

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Resort Nightlife Was Legendary ; the Native Lopsided Wildlife May Be Fictional, but Quality Snow, Top- Class Skiing and a Range of Entertainment Is Very Much a Reality in the French Resort of Morzine, As Anna Mactaggart Discovered

Our guide, Damien, manages to combine local history and light exercise on this nature trail with an obligatory stop for vin chaud.

"OK, so we 'aven't seen the dahu yet, so I must offer you some wine," he explains.

It's more civilised than the hunting I'm used ...

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