J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by brandyaitch

And another vote for Belle Plagne - we stayed in Le Soleil, about a mile from Plagne Centre - skied over to Belle Plagne via Bellecott - will stay there when I go back. It was my first ever week of skiing and there were plenty of runs within my capability across much of the La Plagne area. We went in the first week of March 2007 - snow conditions were perfect and temperatures were comfortable.

La Plagne was my first ever ski trip and there were plenty of gentle, wide blue runs that the ski school instructor took us on from day 3 onwards. There is just one short (appx 1km) training green in the middle of the main resort. Second trip was to Meribel, which I would suggest does not meet your requirements, quite steep blues, but we went over the mountain to Courcheval which I think would suit, but has an expensive tag. Transfers to both around 3 hours.

With an early membership of just 5 I thought the OGC had fallen without forming a quorum. I didn't suggest it should be a MOGC (Miserable OGC). Why should we be miserable. Retired, pension, a bit of exhorbitantly paid consultancy to pay for the skiing - the down side is skiing is over for this year. The up side, summer is coming, I have tickets for The Open, The Ashes, 20/20 World Cup and Royal Ascot and in my spare time its over the downs with the bike or walking the dog, and I might have to squeeze in a few rounds of golf for exercise. And I haven't thought about summer holiday yet. OGC member maybe but not MOGC. B****y tough this retirement. (I suppose being a Brighton supporter is a bit of a bummer !!)

RoseR wrote:

AllyG wrote:Rose,
I know just what you mean, about husbands. Mine is out all day now driving tractors for other people, and all I wanted was for him to put a tractor and trailer in the yard so that someone could load up the logs from the huge trees we've had felled (I've damaged my arm lifting exceptionally heavy objects just lately - got to see the osteopath), but I had to nag him. If it was someone other than me asking, he'd have done it straight away.

I tell you what you could do - is phone up and book someone else to do you a porch etc. and then tell him. After he's yelled at you he'll probably do it himself. That's what I do. It helps if you put ear plugs in first :lol:

After 25 years of being married I could write a book on how to manage husbands.

Ally

So could I, have had three of them :lol:

After 37 year of marriage I could write three words on how to manage a wife 'DON'T BOTHER TRYING !!'

In an earlier thread Mr Double Ya suggested we should set up on Old Git's Club for 'senior' members to contribute.

Not for youngsters fit enough to pull or tear muscles, but for those who only gently strain them, or maybe are still skiing with arthritis, or following knee or hip replacements, or heart attacks or strokes etc.

How are you managing ?

Not for those who worry about Beige ski jackets on e-Bay or new style skis with go faster stripes, but for those whose skis 'are as good as they were twenty years ago so why buy new ones?

Who is still wearing/using the oldest skis/boots/salopettes/ski jacket/gloves/hat/goggles etc

Not for the heated chairlifts and windscreen brigade, but for those who were 'towed up the slopes on a rope by a pit pony on holiday'.

What was skiing like 'in the those early days ?'

My personal ambition is to get a free lift pass at 75. I have 14 years to go but do any members receive one or know of anybody receiving a freebie ?

Ian Wickham wrote:

brandyaitch wrote:

john101 wrote:ruptured the acl over a year ago (at football), got it reconstructed and all is good with the ligament but im 8months on recovery and have a knee brace from skiing last year while it was torn.
Also getting cartlidge work done a few weeks after i come home from skiing.
Can anyone advise me if im going to be in much pain? Was able to stick it last year but will i be on blues and reds or how will i fair up? and yes im going skiing :)

Being an 'old git' new skier my knee problem was/is degenerative arthritis (old age) and last November I could hardly walk or bend my right knee. I followed a course of muscle strengthening exercises and went on an already booked week to St Anton in January. I feared the worst and expected this to be my last ever trip. My thighs ached, my calves ached, my back ached, my shoulders ached, but not a twinge from the knee. So I cracked in another 'last trip', to Sauze d'Oulx last week. Again no knee pain. So this week I am going to the doc to see if he will prescribe me a monthly ski trip on the NHS as a cure for my arthritis - reckon I'll get away with it ??

There is nothing wrong with being an old git,we should start an old git club :thumbup:

An Old Git's Club sounds good - exclude anybody young enough to pull or tear muscles - only those getting gentle 'strains' - where do you want to set minimum age 55 - or do you want special exemption ?
I'll start a thread.

I have just returned from Sauze d'Oulx and used the chairlift from the top of Sauze to the Gondola station to Sestriere and it occurred to me that the 'lift' is probably unique in that -
a) it is a single seater lift
b) it is used in both directions
Are there any other 'quaint' or favourite lifts around

john101 wrote:ruptured the acl over a year ago (at football), got it reconstructed and all is good with the ligament but im 8months on recovery and have a knee brace from skiing last year while it was torn.
Also getting cartlidge work done a few weeks after i come home from skiing.
Can anyone advise me if im going to be in much pain? Was able to stick it last year but will i be on blues and reds or how will i fair up? and yes im going skiing :)

Being an 'old git' new skier my knee problem was/is degenerative arthritis (old age) and last November I could hardly walk or bend my right knee. I followed a course of muscle strengthening exercises and went on an already booked week to St Anton in January. I feared the worst and expected this to be my last ever trip. My thighs ached, my calves ached, my back ached, my shoulders ached, but not a twinge from the knee. So I cracked in another 'last trip', to Sauze d'Oulx last week. Again no knee pain. So this week I am going to the doc to see if he will prescribe me a monthly ski trip on the NHS as a cure for my arthritis - reckon I'll get away with it ??