Messages posted by : AllyG
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I have the 3V's piste map here and it says that gondolla link from Meribel to Brides-les-Bains (Olympe 1,2,3 ?) shuts at 5 p.m up to the 5th Feb, and then it shuts at 5-30 p.m.
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Do you get the pain in your calf walking around the house in your boots, or only when you're ski-ing? And is it just the same if you're on an artificial slope in the U.K.?
I used to have a circulatory problem in my right leg, which started with getting kicked on the vein in a rugby match and ended with superficial thrombophlebitis after the birth of my first daughter, followed by complete removal of that section of the vein. Anyway, I used to get a pain in my calf, and I used to have to do special exercises (like the ones you do on the plane to stop DVT) which involved rotating my foot etc. This helped quite a bit. And even now I avoid standing for long periods if I can, and when I'm sitting I try and find something to rest my leg up on. Best of luck with getting it sorted, Ally |
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Innsbrucker, I may be wrong, but I rather think that the 112 number is likely to be answered more quickly than the local emergency numbers because it has priority. And it also has the other advantages already mentioned, like being able to look for another network to gain a signal, possibly being able to locate you, and working even in a phone without a SIM card etc. I think the 112 call is automatically put through to the emergency services appropriate for that area, so that if, for example, Sm4sh was to phone 112 in Bulgaria he wouldn't get put through to Manchester. I don't know how they cope with the language issue, except that I guess the operators must speak the main languages - like English, French, Spanish and German as well as their own language. The correct local emergency mountain rescue number for Courchevel, for example, is 04 79 08 99 00, which is a pretty long number, and there are different numbers for Meribel, Val Thorens etc. So I have programmed 112 into my phone under 'Rescue' and if I need it I will try it out (hopefully I won't need to). Should I have need to use the number, and I survive the incident, I will post a message about it when I get back :D :D Ally |
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TC,
We will be staying in 1550 and having lessons starting and finishing in 1850. How hard is that blue run down from 1850 to 1550? One of our party has only done one week's ski-ing and I wasn't sure whether to try ski-ing back down it with her on the first day, or whether I should try it out myself first, to see how hard it is. I have found that sometimes, even blue runs can have quite hard stretches in them. Tony, What I meant about the half-term issue, is that at least this year there are clearly two different British half-term dates. Last year there was only one half-term date right across the U.K. and it was exceptionally busy everywhere. I will have my 16 year old daughter with me, and I'm planning on keeping a very close eye on what she's doing with her debit card. I will have to put money on it for her in case of an emergency, but I don't want her blowing it all on some horrendously expensive item of frivolous clothing in one of those boutique shops in Courchevel 1850. Ally |
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Maybe we should give this project to the guy on the telly program 'numbers'. I bet he'd get it to work :-) Ally |
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Karen, It might not be too bad :D. Our half term starts the week before, Saturday 13th February. |
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The wibble contest - why certainly :D I'm not sure what the prize is though ... |
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My younger daughter got her hand stuck to the freezer, when she was little and she was trying to get an ice lolly out with a wet hand. It went a nasty sort of purple shade, like a purple burn, but it never swelled up (of course it wasn't frostbite - I suppose it was a freeze burn).
Poor you, how worrying for you :cry: Ally |
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