J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Andy,
It's quite simple - we do the pub/restaurant crawl, but we don't actually drink any alcohol ourselves :lol:

Perhaps it would have been clearer if I'd expressed it like this:

The first Sunday there will be a reconaissance expedition on skis to gather information concerning the quality and price of food and beverages offered by the various mountain restaurants of Tignes and Val d'Isere. There will also be an attempt to gauge the 'ambience' of said restaurants and ascertain the magnificance, or otherwise, of their mountain views. This information will be required by the main body of the troops when they reach the ski slopes on Monday :lol:

OldAndy wrote:
Got a headcam Ally - I'll catch your Sunday falls.
:thumbup:

Well, isn't it a good thing you decided to come with us Andy :roll:

But remember the first Sunday is the pub/restaurant crawl around Tignes and Val d'Isere via the ski slopes :lol:

Iceman wrote:It was my birthday yesterday and none of you sent me best wishes :( :cry:

Happy Birthday for yesterday Icy :D

Did you get any decent presents?

verbier_ski_bum wrote:Ally you seem to be such a great organiser! Was following this thread with great insterest. Very well done. Looking forward to trip report...

Thanks Verbier_ski_bum :D

I think there may well be a trip video, if Brooksy has his way :oops:

He's already planning which way he's going to catch my most spectacular fall on film, and he's seriously worried that it might happen on the first Sunday before he's there to film it for posterity/J2Ski :lol:

OldAndy wrote:So ....
Yesterday got a room
Today booked a train!!
:roll:
Be interesting to see how this goes. Not much longer door to door than flying (excluding any delays with the bucket shop flight operators) and with the monstrous advantage of a full 8 days skiing.
So on a £££££ per ski day or mile or kilometre or pratfall I reckon I am the winner.
:thumbup:

In Andy's case the train is actually cheaper than the plane, once you factor in £60 for the chalet transfers from Geneva, assuming the return flights would have cost £100. The return train tickets cost him £130.

He's going on the Eurostar from St Pancras to Paris, and then changing to the French sleeper train to travel to Bourg-St-Maurice, arriving just before 8 a.m. on Sunday morning.

He and I will then both catch the Altibus coach at 8-15 a.m. in Bourg and arrive in Les Brevieres at 8-55 just in time for a late breakfast in the Bonjour chalet. And then we will get changed, dump our luggage, and go off ski-ing!

Catp may well join me in the hotel in Bourg on Saturday night and join us ski-ing on the first Sunday.

Andy will only have to pay 15 euros for the return bus tickets from Bourg to Les Brevieres. He's going back on the sleeper/Eurostar on the evening of the second Sunday - hence 8 days ski-ing, the same as me :D

OldAndy wrote:Can I go on the list please.....
:mrgreen:

OK Andy - since you asked so nicely this time :wink:

And if anyone else wants to go on this list would you please say so and tell me the date and resort, and Excel will work out how many days/sleeps you have before you go.


List of J2Skiers off ski-ing/boarding in 2012/2013

Verbier_ski_bum going to Verbier in 33 days on the 01/12/2012
Bandit going to Grimentz in 42 days on the 10/12/2012
Geno68 going to Davos in 53 days on the 21/12/2012
Colinlambert_1 going to St Gervais in 54 days on the 22/12/2012
Joe Colin going to Morzine in 54 days on the 22/12/2012
Snapzzz going to Les Arcs in 61 days on the 29/12/2012
Bedrock Barney going to Val d'Isere in 62 days on the 30/12/2012
Snowy0000 going to Morzine in 62 days on the 30/12/2012
AlistairS going to Lech and Zurs in 69 days on the 06/01/2013
Smartski going to La Plagne in 69 days on the 06/01/2013
Oldboarder going to Les Arcs in 75 days on the 12/01/2013
ATOO going to La Tania in 75 days on the 12/01/2013
Caltonhat going to Les Arcs in 75 days on the 12/01/2013
Ian W going to Manigod in 75 days on the 12/01/2013
Old Andy going to Tignes in 75 days on the 12/01/2013
Catp going to Tignes in 75 days on the 12/01/2013
AllyG going to Tignes in 75 days on the 12/01/2013
Tiger7 going to Tignes in 76 days on the 13/01/2013
Daved going to Tignes in 76 days on the 13/01/2013
Ade73 going to Tignes in 76 days on the 13/01/2013
Joe Colin going to Tignes in 76 days on the 13/01/2013
Felthorpe going to Tignes in 76 days on the 13/01/2013
Far Queue going to Tignes in 76 days on the 13/01/2013
Brooksy going to Tignes in 76 days on the 13/01/2013
Lindylou going to St Foy in 81 days on the 18/01/2013
Andyhull going to Meribel in 81 days on the 18/01/2013
Andyoneill going to Val d'Isere in 82 days on the 19/01/2013
Tony_H going to Champoluc in 83 days on the 20/01/2013
AlistairS going to Sauze D'Oulx in 96 days on the 02/02/2013
Scarletgirl going to Mayrhofen in 96 days on the 02/02/2013
NelliePs going to La Plagne in 102 days on the 08/02/2013
Caltonhat going to Arabba in 103 days on the 09/02/2013
Dobby going to Risoul in 104 days on the 10/02/2013
Lizzie-B going to Morillon in 110 days on the 16/02/2013
Dan55 going to Yllas (Finland) in 111 days on the 17/02/2013
Michelle63 going to Sauze D'Oulx in 111 days on the 17/02/2013
Far Queue going to Lech in 117 days on the 23/02/2013
Brooksy going to Obergurgl in 131 days on the 09/03/2013

Thanks everyone, for those kind words :D

I'm glad the planning for this holiday is working out so well, but I'm sorry that not all those who wanted to come could manage it, because of the date.

Let's hope that all those who were disappointed this year will be able to make the 2014 holiday :D

Organizing this holiday has forced me to improve my computer skills - not just with Excel, but other things as well. Like, now I can post up 'stills' from moving webcams - like the one of Tignes Le Lac this morning. It's surprising how much I have learned from the other members of the group, particularly Far Queue, who has given me a great deal of help.

And on that note, here is a picture of Les Brevieres, that I 'prepared earlier', taken from the webcam this morning.

You can see the dam in the centre of the valley. And to the right you can see a route down through the trees which is the red run Pavot. The blue piste Myrtilles comes in from the left close to the bottom of this. And the black Sache run joins the red run before the section you can see.

There are 3 lifts at the bottom of these runs - the short beginners drag lift Pitots, the Brevieres chair lift up to Les Boisses at 1850, and the Sache gondola which takes you up above Les Boisses and connects with lifts to Le Lac and the Aiguille Percee (eye of the needle) at 2748m.



There are only 3 rooms left in the chalet now, out of a total of 15. So, if anyone else is interested in joining us in Tignes Les Brevieres they'd better say so before the chalet is fully booked. The 3 rooms left are all quad rooms but Bonjour will accept them being occupied by only 2 people, for the basic price of £399 per person. If 4 adults share a quad room the price is £350 per person.

Flights, transfers, lift passes, and ski hire are extras on top of the basic price for the catered chalet. The total cost works out at around £850 per person depending on how much you have to pay for your flights/train fare/self-drive etc.

OldAndy wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:

OldAndy wrote:Booked

Que?

Booked!

simples....

What's not to understand?
:roll:

It's perfectly simple :roll:

Old Andy is coming with us on this holiday. In fact he's already fully paid up with Bonjour :D

It's really nice to have you on board Andy :D