Messages posted by : AllyG
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Thanks PSC, that seems awfully cheap! Let me know how you get on :D
Eljay, I totally agree with you. We all like different things, which is just as well, or we'd all pick the same ski resort/husband/job or whatever. I realize my holiday may seem a bit like an SAS survival course to other people, but actually I had a lovely holiday :D :D :D Even my problems with the esf 1550 generally worked out okay. I mean, my daughter and I got a two hour private lesson each (because no-one else was there), and she got her off piste in the afternoons (which should have been 'ski pleasure'), I got to ski in the Olympic slalom course, and I learned how to ski powder and moguls which I hadn't even asked for. Ally |
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The Ski Helmet Debate
Started by Admin in Ski Hardware, 491 Replies, discussing Tignes and Val Thorens |
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Betty,
I'm glad you're okay. I really like my new helmet as well. It's sitting here rather sad and forlorn, on our table, waiting until we go ski-ing again :cry: And I'm drinking tea out of my Courchevel souvenir cup on skis :D Ally |
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Hi Geo,
I'm glad you had a great ski holiday. You'll have a lot of fun now, deciding where to go next :D If you're already buying boots, then you're way ahead of me. Ally |
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Tony,
We have tried luxury hotels, and they just don't suit us. And as you know, we did try a chalet at Tignes in October - we didn't think much of that either. I mean, it was a perfectly good chalet, but we just don't like that sort of lifestyle. Having said that, we are planning to go back there in October half-term, but that's only if they have the same cheap deal. We really like self-catering. Shopping, for example, is part of the fun of being on holiday in France - trying to work out what the labels mean, and remember our French to ask for what we want. And we like having French neighbours in the residence - seeing them go out early for their baguettes and listening to them talking to their kids in the ski locker room. It's a very good thing you weren't put off ski-ing by the terrible experience you had at Val Thorens. I can see why you like your holidays to be a bit more comfortable now :D PSC, How much difference does it make, going in the first class Eurostar seats? How far do they recline? I really like having the extra day to ski, but it is like a particularly nasty sort of torture, sitting up all night. The only other alternative I can see is to get the overnight slow sleeper train from Moutiers to Paris and then change onto the Eurostar to London in the morning. Ally |
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Hi Johnski, I'm glad you enjoyed my report - in fact it's not quite finished yet. I don't make notes, so if I've made a mistake anywhere then I'm very sorry and perhaps someone will tell me and I'll correct it. The apartment was absolutely fine, even though it was a studio. The sofa pulled out into a very large double bed which you could still use when the dining table was down (very spacious by French standards), and the two bunk beds were behind a partition in what the French call a 'cabine' which is sort of like a recess. The only problem we had sleeping was that two of us snore. Of course when I was asleep I didn't know there WAS a problem (I am one of the snorers) but it was rather hard on the third person (my daughter) when the other two were both fast asleep AND snoring :D I don't particularly like eating out. I'd much rather eat in and read a book or something. I get fed up waiting for the waitresses to come and take the orders, and then we have to wait again for our food, the bill, etc. etc. I can shop, cook and eat at home much quicker. They've cancelled the sleeper Raileurope Snowtrain this year, so there's no sleeping accommodation on the overnight Eurostar. Everyone just has to sit up all night. After about an hour of this I was in total agony and desperate to lie down. So I asked the staff in the buffet car if there was any reason why I couldn't lie down and sleep on the floor in there (like health and safety or something). They said it was okay and luckily there was no-one else in there, drinking or whatever, and I was far more comfortable stretched out on the floor with my ski jacket as a pillow. My toe is feeling reasonably okay today, but I'm trying to rest it as much as possible. I suppose I won't really know if it's healing until Friday when I go back to the GP to have the dressing changed. I wonder if I am the first person to break their toe while wearing a ski boot? And congratulations on buying some nice comfy ski boots for yourself. I am seriously thinking about buying some - a broken toe in a hired boot is really going a bit too far :shock: Ally |
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Thanks LittleSki :D
I did have a very good holiday in spite of the bomb scare and my morning instructor with no sense of humour, and my broken toe (just as well I didn't know it was broken before or I might not have carried on ski-ing). Eljay, honestly, you know perfectly well I'm tea-total :roll: :D :D Has everyone read my update on the Courchevel pistes, moved to page 1? There are a few things I can't remember, like where the 'canyons' (natural half-pipes) are, so if anyone knows please post the answer and I'll update the report. My daughter and I rate Courchevel as the best ski resort we've been to so far, out of Borovets, Zell am See, Obergurgl, La Rosiere, and Val Thorens (we have been to Tignes but only on the glacier so we can't really compare it). Ally |
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Hi knapdog,
I wear varifocal reactolites on the slopes, and they're absolutely fine as long as the sun is shining. However, when the light goes 'flat' you can't see the bumps unless you're wearing goggles. Also, you need goggles when it's snowing. You can buy special goggles to go over your glasses. I have some and they work fine unless I get all hot and sweaty and stop, when my glasses fog up on the inside. I've tried using anti-fog spray but the only thing that seems to work is lifting up my goggles when I stop, and being very careful not to bend over (which makes them fog up straight away). Ally |
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Bandit, I was referring to what they did yesterday - anaesthetized the toe with 3 very nasty injections and then drained out all the pus etc. from under the nail (I wasn't looking because I'm a bit squeemish but I rather think he syringed it out). The nurse said it was pretty horrible. Once they'd finished they bandaged up my whole foot, which is how it is now. Only a pretty minor operation I know, but still fairly unpleasant. Ally |
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