J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by OldAndy

Memory etc all being well the cafe/bar place at the bottom of the Tignes funicular does really good hot chocolate.
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Ally - that restaurant is at the top of the Solaise above Val D'Isere.

Tony_H wrote:AT LAST!!!!


Ally G exposes herself on J2ski

If you see what I mean......

So she says but that pic could be of anyone!!
Only her word for it.
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bedrock barney wrote:I note that no one is sampling the delights of Bulgaria!

Oxymoron?

What are you going to do when the list = a full page Ally??
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verbier_ski_bum wrote:December 1, Verbier:) With a bit of luck might even get some turns in November - if there is enough snow for Novemeber weekends-only opening, though at the moment weather is more suitable for sunbathing and November is just a week away.

Significant drop in temperature forecast fo the end of October across most of the Alps, a bit of snow around but nothing significant yet.
Once the temperature falls over a sustained period the snow cannons should start and things will start to look much nicer.

My holiday insurance has been with Direct Travel for about 15 years.
No claims, so no idea how good/bad this side would be but I do have confidence from all my contact with them over the years.
Have to chat about medical stuff and odd holiday bits to see what they are happy to cover - staff on the phone seem to know their stuff.
Glacier skiing (for example) is not automatically covered - but I was told that skiing on a glacier on a marked piste was fine.
Off-piste is covered unless resort management say no. And when I asked about this the chap was clear that an avalanche warning of 3 didn't mean I wasn't covered.
My skiing now is pretty Vanilla :mrgreen:
Real, real off-piste rather than powder between runs is rare - last year was with an instructor - so I am happy with the cover I have.
If I was still going exploring and finding all those hidden and twiddly bits I would buy Carte Neige simply to avoid any surprises if there was an accident, cost is so little.
Similarly I do buy the in shop ski insurance (always hire skis), again cost minimal. This paid off last year when I took my skis back with rocker on one ski and not the other.
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No probs - just a how on earth did you manage that!!!
Holiday insurance covers hire skis but with an excess and a limit. This breakage would have cost me c £250!! Which is more than 10 ski trips paying insurance in shop.

Prediction ......
Totally grey by end of January 2013.
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