J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ian Wickham

Tony_H wrote:

ise wrote:

skidaddle wrote:Brucie.

My gf's work colleague has just left his job to work the season in Les Gets. He's holidayed there and absolutely loved it - was dying to go back on the strength of good skiing and great apres.

A decent enough endorsment?

Have a good one. )

and I once met a bloke in the pub who not only said he'd been in the SAS but that Les Gets wasn't too special and he'd actually invented skiing one lunchtime )

Who had invented skiing, this bloke in the pub or the bloke called Les?

RossF wrote:nl28, depends, I have had days in Scotland better than anywhere I have skied in the world.. notched up a few continents now :D

ldavies wrote:hi ian,
from a confirmed N -er of (this Christmas) exactly 20 years standing, summer and winter):
i don't think that 20 years ago, there were any more or fewer Brits going to Niederau, but the people RETURNING year after year is very high. i think there are some stats which relate to the percentage returning, and N scores very highly. the laws forbidding auslanders from purchasing land have relaxed in recent years, i believe, and many people i recall skiing with many years ago in N have gone on to buy land and to build.
i started returning because it was/is an easy, and safe place to go to on one's own. a friend let me down all those years ago, and rather than lose my deposit too, i went alone as a complete beginner, and haven't looked back since. i returned to the UK on Jan 2nd 1989 and had re-booked for 6 weeks later within 24 hours. it's a very warm, welcoming place, and i've always felt safe there.
have worked 2 whole seasons there as an instructor, and worked countless other individual weeks, teaching the children to ski. Come and try it! L.

RoseR wrote:Mind you the firestation would have to have been a better bet than what I have had to look at all day. Working in upstairs pharmacy, big picture windows, and we are having the flat roof replaced. Four guys bent over re-surfacing the roof..........talk about workmans bottom.........not nice :lol: