J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

bandit wrote:Ally, the comparison with Marmite....you either love it or you hate it! Nendaz has it's devotees who heap praise on the village. :D

Thanks Bandit, that's one more mystery solved :D

I like marmite myself, and being vegetarian I quite often use it in stews etc. as well as on top of cheese on toast.

Ally

betty wrote:http://www.abc-of-snowboarding.com/snowboarddictionary.asp

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Caron,
After a quick look at your dictionary I am rather worried, though, that a snowboarder might see me as a 'bowling pin' :shock: :D

Ally

Freezywater,
How far is the Chiltern bike ride? I used to do quite a bit of biking in my young days. In fact I biked down here when I 'emigrated' from London - 250 miles in 4 days over the Chilterns, Cotswolds, Black Mountains etc., about 60 miles a day, and on my Dad's old bike he had made for himself in about 1950 - a real classic bike.

Ally

bandit wrote:

bandit wrote:

FWIW, having spent a week in Nendaz, I believe that the beginners skiing area is good, because it's up the mountain on a plateau surrounded by woods. Woods lined easy blues for beginners to build up skills. The town however is not pretty IMV. It's functional. I guess it's a little like Marmite.

I post up my view, based on how I see the resort as a direct result of having spent a week there. My view is as valid as the next person's. It is not a one star post. In what way can my comment be classed as Poor.
I invite whoever gave the star rating to explain themselves :evil:

Well, it wasn't me Bandit, I've never been to Nendaz so I've no idea what it's like. I am, however, rather confused about the comparison with Marmite. Is it all brown then, and rather salty, or is Marmite a place :?:
:D

I'm with you, though, on trying to track down the mysterious person who's dishing out one stars. I got one for defending Sm4sh over his home town, when some people were being rather unkind to him about it, and it did rather hurt my feelings. In fact, I wish they'd get rid of the whole star system, hardly anyone ever rates a post anyway. I never rate anyone (apart from when we were testing the system the other day).

Ally

Tony,
You mean, you're both going, together?

Freezywater,
That's most impressive. Well done :thumbup:

You'll be able to feel quite smug now as you whiz past all the poor people resting in various places on the slope because their legs hurt too much :D

I have to admit I feel quite smug when other people in my ski class are complaining about their legs (or 'les jambes' in my French class) or collapsed in a heap on the snow, and I'm feeling fine. But it is a lot of hard work, getting that fit.

I reckon it's good for me anyway, at my age, to try and keep my weight down and my fitness levels up. But if it wasn't for ski-ing I don't know that I'd bother. It is a very good incentive.

Ally

Hi Bernipage,
You are exceedingly luck to live in Niederau. I wish I lived a bit closer to a ski resort.

Ally

Caron,
I reckon you must have pretty good balance already. A friend of mine had a week of boarding lessons in Austria, and at the end of the week I don't think she was as good as you, after one day of lessons :thumbup:

I have been doing weight lifting exercises as part of my get fit to ski regime. I've been lifting 2 Kg weights, which I know are pretty light, but I do 20 lifts both arms at a time - arms hanging by my sides to up 90 degrees sideways (like doing star jumps), then the same but lifting in front of me, and then 20 like the weight lifters do over my head, and then 20 like I'm using one of those chest expanders. I find these help with my arm strength. Maybe you should try them?

When I was full time farming I used to be very strong. I used to be able to lift 50 Kg fertiliser sacks to load the spreader, and load and stack a couple of thousand bales of hay in a day, unload a tonne of cow cake and stack it in small 25 kg bags on my own etc. But I've gone pretty weak now.

I haven't tried yoga, but I guess that would be quite good for strength, flexibility, and balance.

Ally