J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Snapzzz wrote:Blimey, boarders sitting down. Without the pic i would never have believed it.

Boarders don't spend all their time sitting/kneeling down, though :)

Here's a photo of Ade73 in Meribel, the day most of us went to Orelle and Val Thorens. He managed to get all the way to Courchevel and back to Orelle that day, and on the way he stopped for a bit of fun in Meribel (his photo):

Admin wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:£100 for 10 rolls of woodchip wallpaper

At last! An easy way of comparing ski holiday value...

You simply have to ask; "would you like to go skiing for a week, or have 60 rolls of woodchip wallpaper?" ...

Shouldn't that be 100 rolls of woodchip wallpaper? I thought we'd pretty much established that it costs at least £1,000 per person to go ski-ing/boarding for a week if you include everything ...

OK I have added in the new ski holidays :)

Here is the Sleeps List updated to today, Sunday 8th February. If you want to go on the list, or you see any mistakes, please post up on here.

Wanderer going to Vigo di Fassa Dolomites in 6 days on the 14/02/2015
Huwcyn going to Seefeld in 7 days on the 15/02/2015
Dobby going to Hemsedal in 7 days on the 15/02/2015
Biki17 going to Wengen in 13 days on the 21/02/2015
Blackpool-Skier going to Les Deux Alps in 20 days on the 28/02/2015
Far Queue going to Soll in 20 days on the 28/02/2015
LOTA going to Nendaz in 22 days on the 02/03/2015
Gareth Fair going to La Thuile in 24 days on the 04/03/2015
Tony_H going to Somewhere in 27 days on the 07/03/2015
Flat Country Skier going to La Thuile in 28 days on the 08/03/2015
Ade73 going to Tignes in 28 days on the 08/03/2015
Wanderer going to St Anton in 34 days on the 14/03/2015
Old Andy going to Somewhere in the Dolomites in 34 days on the 14/03/2015
Voodoo 1976 going to Les Gets in 35 days on the 15/03/2015
Flat Country Skier going to Zell am See in 48 days on the 28/03/2015
Michelle63 going to Les Deux Alps in 49 days on the 29/03/2015
LOTA going to Engelberg in 71 days on the 20/04/2015

Lizzie-B wrote:Lovely photos and Little Wickers is growing up so fast. Thanks for sharing them.

It was very handy ski-ing with a full film crew! ;)

Piste Paul's son was amazing because he managed to ski all day without poles and holding a camera in one hand, ready at any moment to take a great photo - like when one of us fell over! Most of the photos I've posted up were taken by him or his dad - so thanks very much to both of them :)

Luckily I never remembered they were filming me, and anyway I couldn't tell when those head cam things were running, or I'd have gone all self-conscious!

Before I organized the first J2Ski group holiday, I'd never skied with a group before - well apart from group lessons. I'd only been with family, or a couple of friends. And the first time we went, to Tignes, I didn't know any of them, apart from typing to some of them on J2Ski.

So I was very pleasantly surprised at how well the group holiday worked out :)
We soon sorted ourselves into smaller groups who generally skied/boarded together, and usually there are a few people who move about from group to group and we often accidentally meet up on the slopes or in cafes etc. :)

Here's a lovely photo of Old Boarder's young son, and our advanced snowboarder Ade73, who spent some time boarding together in Sauze on Friday when it was snowing. They'd never met before but got on really well :)

(Piste Paul's photo)

Here are some more photos that Piste Paul took of us ski-ing:

Felthorpe:



Her husband:



Brooksy:



Billip1:



Me (I'm not sure but I think this is possibly taken just after I'd finished having a little rest on the red Asters piste in VT, as you can see the others below me):

She definitely got to Sauze somehow, and in one piece, because here she is (Piste Paul's photo):

OK Biki17, I've added you now :)

Here's the Sleeps List updated to today, Friday 6th February. If you want to go on the list, or you see any mistakes, would you please post up on here.

Wanderer going to Vigo di Fassa Dolomites in 8 days on the 14/02/2015
Huwcyn going to Seefeld in 9 days on the 15/02/2015
Dobby going to Hemsedal in 9 days on the 15/02/2015
Biki17 going to Wengen in 15 days on the 21/02/2015
Far Queue going to Soll in 22 days on the 28/02/2015
LOTA going to Nendaz in 24 days on the 02/03/2015
Gareth Fair going to La Thuile in 26 days on the 04/03/2015
Tony_H going to Somewhere in 29 days on the 07/03/2015
Ade73 going to Tignes in 30 days on the 08/03/2015
Wanderer going to St Anton in 36 days on the 14/03/2015
Old Andy going to Somewhere in the Dolomites in 36 days on the 14/03/2015
Voodoo 1976 going to Les Gets in 37 days on the 15/03/2015
Michelle63 going to Les Deux Alps in 51 days on the 29/03/2015

Go of course! :)