What would be on your list?

How about a bottle or two of that Nikwax (other makes are probably available) re-waterproofing stuff for washing your salopettes and jacket with? If you're skiing loads my guess is you'll need to re-do them a few times while you're out there and it's cheaper than buying new gear.

Something for cutting hair - a set of clippers for Tim's hair - learn how to use them well and it's a money spinner.
Make sure your ski gear is waterproof - it will rain!

Extra tip - Don't leave your windscreen wipers on the glass overnight, park down hill in reverse with the hand brake off.

Trencher wrote:

NellyPS wrote: Although saying that one year we had a 'punter' day

Is that like a "holiday Harry" day? :wink:

That's the one :lol:

Taking a car, I would take guitar, banjo, oil paints ~ you can't take these on a flight, so hence the restriction to watercolours....I digress. Loads of tools. French grammar/tuition books, even if you are fairly fluent. Loads of good music.

With apologies to the long term J2skiers, who have heard my stories before,....all true.....

In my first season, heading south in my old Transit van, en-route to Niederau. I gradually picked up my 5 co-passengers, none of whom I had met before. We called in at the cash and carry, easy, 6 people, 100 nights, 600 meals.
Thats 200 tins of Irish Stew, 200 tins of cooked chicken, 200 tins of Spam. 300 packets of Smash powdered potato, 300 packets of Rice. A few 5 kgm cans of powdered soup, oxtail was the favourite, it had some taste.
On day 2 of our arrival, it was discoveredI had bought packets of Rice Pudding instead of Patna rice. We had no spare money, and it had to be eaten.....

Mmmmmm rice pudding. A happy accident in my world 8)

Not wanting to put a downer on all this chat however you are only going to France and not a 3rd world country! :shock:

Seriously though so long as you have a spare change of clothes and ski gear what more can you need?

I travelled the world for a year encountering all four seasons with a bag weighing in at 15kg when I left the UK and 9kg when I arrived back. :twisted:

If you are a big tea drinker then I can understand the need to take tea bags out with you but after that I am with Ian - "living in France... live French!" :lol:

Brimster wrote:Not wanting to put a downer on all this chat

C'mon brimster... we're all so jealous of snowb4ndit's coming season we're trying to ensure her car is too overloaded to get off the drive when she tries to leave! :lol:

Now, what about gym equipment? Very difficult to get cross-trainers in France...

Admin wrote:we're trying to ensure her car is too overloaded to get off the drive when she tries to leave! :lol:

In that case you may want to take a few washing machines with you snowb4ndit! :twisted: