J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by NellyPS

My dogs lovely, he just pulls your jumper sleeves, particularly likes new ones.

Nice knee by the way Admin :wink:

jonG wrote: As it's an El Nino year when the cold air moves further south and hopfully collides with the moist Atlantic air I am very optimistic we will enjoy plenty of the white stuff, have been looking at the forecasts for my local area around BsM and the weather is set to drop to around -7oC by the weekend with a chance of snow.

What's the difference between what Jon said and what TH is saying then? Or do you mean the same thing?

jastem wrote:

mfc wrote:Did any1 have that bbq summer the weather peeps said would happen? :evil:

We certainly had a BBQ summer here on the East Anglian coast :lol:

We had plenty of BBQs this summer. They were wet ones.

I keep hearing rumours that the Alps are in for another bumper year for snow. Anyone else heard this?

Apparently the storms started at the end of October last year so it's not too late yet.

Let's hope these 'experts' are right.

Ian Wickham wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I'm from Birmingham originally and now live with the big softies down south, don't count myself as a northerner though, I'm a midlander. Won't be able to make it anyway :cry:

Thats a lot worse than a northern accent :lol:

How rude. I actually don't have an accent anymore (until I go back for a visit), that's living down south for you.

I'm from Birmingham originally and now live with the big softies down south, don't count myself as a northerner though, I'm a midlander. Won't be able to make it anyway :cry:

Tony_H wrote:
As for somewhere to go, thats really got to be down to you. I strongly recommend you get hold of a copy of WHERE TO SKI AND SNOWBOARD which gives superb information and tips on whats best for different types of skiers.

There's also some useful info on their website http://www.wtss.co.uk/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=900

tino_11 wrote:

NellyPS wrote:there's a good article in this months Daily Mail

Have you been drinking?

Yes :mrgreen:

Hi Kimmer, welcome to our website, you'll find lots of useful (and useless) information on here, well done you for wanting to do something you will absolutely love!

As a beginner, it's a good move to have a 'try before you buy' so to speak, although plenty of people just turn up and have a go.

Some of the tour operators now do a really good deal for beginners that includes absolutely everything you need to start skiing, have a look at this link to start with and I'll see if I can find more (or someone else will add something) http://www.crystalski.co.uk/extras/learntoski.shtml

Train is a good experience, although the tour operators only tend to go to France, but with a bit of digging you can make your way to anywhere in the Alps by train (there's a good article in this months Daily Mail ski and snowboard magazine about this).

Hope this helps to start you off, keep asking lots of questions and we'll get you skiing in no time! :D