J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by felthorpe

Tony_H wrote:

felthorpe wrote:Wanderer, Yellow is coming back in as a colour for ski wear I understand. Just goes to show that if you hang on to something long enough it will come back into fashion!

My OH wanted to buy yellow trousers this year but I pointed out that with his black jacket he would look like a wasp, so he opted for bright green (I am not sure that is an improvement) :shock: but we can see him for miles :D

Why bother with black at all, and mix the green and yellow?

Because he is not colour blind!!! :lol:

brooksy wrote:
To be honest its not hard to beat the UK lifestyle the way it stands at the moment & the main reason I left 10 yrs ago. Here all is about outdoor living, sport, good food, fresh air & healthy climate & when I go skiing its the same deal without the heat. 8)

But you do miss a take away curry eh Brooksy -)

Sorry, wibbled right off thread there :oops:

Wanderer, Yellow is coming back in as a colour for ski wear I understand. Just goes to show that if you hang on to something long enough it will come back into fashion!

My OH wanted to buy yellow trousers this year but I pointed out that with his black jacket he would look like a wasp, so he opted for bright green (I am not sure that is an improvement) :shock: but we can see him for miles :D

When going to a new resort I think the hosting service provides a valuable opportunity to orientate yourself at the start of the holiday. I was grateful for the hosting in Tignes in January, although after day 1 I and several others chose to form our own group. We did have someone with us still (one of our own) who knew their way around and this made life so much easier. Otherwise we may have stuck with the hosting for longer.

I personally found the ski hosting a bit fast and furious because they knew their way around so well they went everywhere at break neck speed. However some in our group enjoyed this and skied with them all week. But there were places they took us to that I would have struggled to find on my own, they showed us what they considered was the best skiing in the resort and which routes to take, which we may have missed otherwise.

I think whether you take up ski hosting or not depends on what you want out of your holiday but the option to go with someone who knows their way around should still be left available to us.

I do not agree that this French ruling is all about safety. I think the points made on here about skiing in a group being safer than on your own are valid. if I had been on my own in Tignes when I came a cropper I would still be hanging by one leg from the netting. This is enough to convince me that skiing alone is not for me.

I fully accept that I need more lessons but I also want to be able to get around the resort efficiently when not in ski school. I also want to learn about the facilities that are available and be shown the best places to eat etc. For this purpose the ski host is perfectly qualified because they have local knowledge. No ski host, no matter how pursuasive is going to teach/tell me what to do or make me ski faster than I feel comfortable with or go down a piste I don't want to. As an adult I have to take that responsibility myself.

Elf and Safety have gone mad in many parts of our daily lives and one of the most common grumbles on here is the looming possibility that helmets may be made compulsory in the future. I wish the French would let us act like grown ups when it comes to ski hosting and be responsible for our own safety, not try to ban it like we were children who can't be allowed to make these decisions for ourselves. Where will it end?

Thanks Dave, they were appreciated and this little gift broke the ice and got the group off to a good start. So thank you for your generosity.

You should PM AllyG who is organising our J2Ski Group Trip for 2014. We have lots of solo skiers in the group of varying levels.

jastem wrote:"Hopes that work will start on the £300m SnOasis project next month have been described as 'laughable' by campaigners against the scheme" - according to my EADT today. "But Godfrey Spanner, manager for the SnOasis project said he was confident that once a business plan on the new railway station on the site in Great Blakenham, near Ipswich, is completed, work can start and will be finished by 2016. Mr. Spanner who was declared bankrupt in March last year and forced to resign as a company director, said.....We are behind schedule. I'm desperate to start digging by the spring and hoping it will be finished by 2016. I'm doing nothing else."

(Perhaps if he's so keen to do some digging, he could come and do my garden instead!)

Sadly, I think I will be past it by the time this place is built (if ever) and I have difficulty taking a guy called Godfrey Spanner seriously! :roll:

I'm so clumsy I wear a helmet because I would injure myself far more than I already do without one (my bruises are legendary)! Ask the J2Ski holiday buddies who rescued me from my net dangling incident. It was a 25ft drop onto rocks. I have to say I wasn't thinking about the fact I was wearing a helmet at the time but I am glad I was. Poor Brooksy who broke my fall probably needed a helmet more than me that day, but he still doesn't wear one!! It's entirely his choice and I respect that, as long as he doesn't mind me falling on him from a great height :lol:
Oh and just to stay on topic, I don't think it is a Brit thing either.