J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Dorset Boy,
I'm glad you asked about those greenhouse affairs at Val Thorens. I was wondering what they were as well. I was out there last year, and I never saw anything like that. I hope someone knows the answer.

Ally

Or, leave out the alcohol altogether, and just eat the toblerone :lol:

Ally

We found a shop in Geneva airport selling a 6 pack of San Pellegrino (fizzy water) plus a free bag for it, for only 7.8 Swiss Francs. You could get that when you fly in, and all your lunch drinks would be sorted for the week :lol:.

Actually, we bought the 6 pack the night before we flew home, and then the two of us managed to drink them all before we got in trouble going through the stop and search department, for having liquids in our hand luggage.

Ally

Zwee,
I'm looking forward to hearing all about it,

Ally

Nelly,
I'm like that with chocolate. I'd never dare to buy a big crate full of chocolate, however cheap it was, because I know I'd scoff the lot in a week.

Ally

That sounds like it was really frightening Clairehbo. I'm glad you were okay,

Ally

Tony,
I can remember reading something very funny once, saying that 80% of us believe we're better than average drivers!

The point I was trying to make, is that technically I am a very good driver, but I'm not used to driving long journeys down motorways or in cities. I simply need more experience. I suppose it's something like learning to ski perfectly in a snow dome, and then being dumped at the top of a mountain somewhere with a piste map.

Apart from anything else, I know my actual driving is fine, because I was wondering what to do a couple of years ago when we were staying in Cardiff, and I decided to have a driving lesson in Cardiff. It was fun - I drove like I normally do, and found out what I do wrong according to modern driving test standards.

Like most people, I would think, I didn't keep my hands in the ten to two position. I also got a bit too close to the car in front in stationary traffic - I didn't know we're supposed to be able to see the tyres on the tarmac of the car in front. And I get flustered when I'm trying to parallel park in traffic, and I can't do it because I get embarassed at holding up the traffic. I can do it if there's no-one coming.

But I was amazingly good at reverse parking - I got into a space in a car park that the instructor said she'd have had difficulty with. Many years ago now I used to be able to reverse our tractor and 20 foot trailer with a load of hay on, into the hay shed or anywhere else. She was also impressed with the way I still use my mirrors - apparently most people give up using them after they pass their tests.

Actually, I found it quite handy having Tom Tom on, on the motorway, because it tells you when the left hand lane is about to disappear off to the left, and advises you to keep right.

I think Tom Tom dumps people in the same place, when they reach a certain post code. I sometimes see a car stopped in the road outside our house during the summer, and it's always holidaymakers trying to get to another holiday cottage which is 1/4 mile away up a private drive, but with the same post code as us, who've been dumped by Tom Tom. Unless they have a map, or ask someone, they'd be hours trying to find it.

Satellite navigation is very clever, but as you said Tony, I think it should be used with caution, and I think one should always have a map as well, especially of the detailed part at the end of the journey.

Slebech park, a posh holiday and conference place not that far from where we live, actually has a warning about this on their website. They say 'Do not input the postcode into your Tom Tom or other satnav device - you are likely to end up lost in the middle of a forest.'

http://www.slebech.co.uk/resources/res_161208233723.pdf

TheoBane, I hope you have a great time during your holiday at Val D'Isere, and Tignes.

Ally

I never listen to any sort of music at all. It just doesn't interest me.

Ally