Messages posted by : AllyG
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Happy Birthday Ian for yesterday.
You wouldn't catch me going to see a ballet - can't stand the **** things! But I hope you enjoyed yourself. Ally |
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Hi Moogy,
I probably live slightly further west than you do, as I can get my feet wet with a one mile walk to the beach. And I have similar problems with getting to the ski slopes. In the past we have taken the train to Reading and gone on to Gatwick or driven to Bristol airport (150 miles and 3 hours). These days we usually take the train to London, stay with family, and then get the Eurostar direct in the morning to the Three Valleys etc. But we've never flown out of Cardiff because there never seemed to be a flight when I wanted it going in the right direction. Anyway, I had a look at the Bristol airport website, and there seem to be EasyJet flights to Innsbruck. I don't know how you get from Innsbruck to Niederau without a TO, but I'm sure Dave Mac does! Ally |
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I bought myself a new ski jacket in Millets, reduced from about £80 to £24. The only problem is that it's so warm and comfy I've started wearing it when I go out already!
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Well I know that Ian, but I like talking to you :D :D :D
Ally |
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What are snow boots and are they good for anything other than walking in snow?
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I get itchy if I have anything other than cotton next to my skin - wool or synthetics for example. So I'm afraid I ski in cotton T-Shirts and cotton leggings for my thermals, although I know this isn't recommended.
And I walk about the resort in trainers (I haven't fallen over yet, although this may be more to do with being T-total than the grip on their soles), however I do agree that walking boots would be a better idea but I just can't be bothered with all that extra weight and bulk in my luggage and the initial expenditure as I walk about the hills at home in my wellies. Ally |
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I bought a helmet because I was worried about my daughter ski-ing very fast without one, and I thought that if I wore one it would encourage her to wear one.
I was very glad I'd bought it because I fell over and ended up sliding downhill very fast on my back headfirst. It would have been awful if I'd hit something with my head unprotected. And I am ski-ing much faster than I used to. Using the 3 Valleys Satellite application on one of those new phones we found out that we were doing something like 70 km/hr (I've forgotten now exactly how fast it was) carving down a red run in a lesson last February. And I'm sure I've been faster than that schussing down the straight. It seems much easier to go very fast on the new skis as compared with the old ones (I first skied over 40 years ago on the old skis with cable bindings). My helmet only cost £35 in a ski shop attached to a dry ski slope here in the U.K. It is very comfortable and once I've put it on I totally forget about it, and it has vents in the top for the 'steam' to escape when I'm really working hard. I didn't want to buy a helmet, but now I have one I am very fond of it :D I realize there are plenty of other bits of me still unprotected but my head seems the most vulnerable and least fixable (luckily the shoulder and toe I broke ski-ing healed - eventually!). Ally |
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Thanks Daved and Noddyh,
There are an awful lot of winter tyres available! I had a look to see which tyres ATS stock for my car, and they have Avon Ice Touring (3.5/5 on Dave's table) for £54-98, Dunlop SP Winter Response for £60-98m and Pirelli W190 Snow Control 2 for £60-98, but when you add the price for the tubeless valves and wheel balancing the price increases by about £10. I think I will see which winter tyres my local tyre fitter can get at about £50 each for me and check their performance in Dave's table, and then go from there. I agree with Noddyh that there's no point spending a stupid amount of money on them. Ally |
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