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Les Deux Alpes

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:53:22 GMT

Heads up on big discounts fom Mark Warner online today.....

Have to admit that I'm feeling smug/elated...just booked 10th Jan at Berangere in Les Deux Alpes for GBP1800 all in from Edinburgh - for lady R, 2 kids and meself.
Looked a few days ago and the price was GBP2800.....

Now I'm wondering what I will do with my spare time until then - now that I don't need to search most days.

Having disovered skiing only 3 years ago at the age of 41 it seems that very little else matters...........perhaps someone else with a bit more experience should start a forum for self help, or is it just me?

Les Deux Alpes

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:37:01 GMT

Sounds like a good deal!

snowplough wrote:...perhaps someone else with a bit more experience should start a forum for self help

8) ...this is it! There is no cure; only the fleeting relief brought by more mountains and more snow.

Les Deux Alpes

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:00:21 GMT

snowplough wrote:

Having disovered skiing only 3 years ago at the age of 41 it seems that very little else matters...........perhaps someone else with a bit more experience should start a forum for self help, or is it just me?

I am 41 and only discovered skiing 8 years ago, so I know exactly what you mean.
I have been involved with publishing by means of printing for 13 years and was looking into setting up my own publishing company to produce a ski magazine aimed at leisure skiers, holiday makers, newcomers and people who think they cant afford to go skiing. Unfortunately, the recession started just at the wrong time for me, and I intend to wait until I look into this again, when it would be more sensible to try to sell advertising again!
From what you have said about help as a relative newcomer, I think my idea would be what a lot of people would be looking for. Something different compared to the usual expert, offpiste, heliskiing off the back of some mountain in outer Mongolia that none of us (with the greatest respect) are ever likely to experience.

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:50:33 GMT

Your mag sounds like a really good idea. There is deffinitely a gap in the market for it. I'd buy it.

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:17:56 GMT

clairehb0 wrote:Your mag sounds like a really good idea. There is deffinitely a gap in the market for it. I'd buy it.

Thanks. Its something I have been planning for a couple of years now.

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:29:01 GMT

You could also have a section on how to encourage reluctant wives to try a bit harder! This year will be her third attempt - tried ESF group lesson (lasted 3 hours, never went back for remaining 4 days), tried dry slope (completed 3 lessons but did not have the confidence to last more than 10 minutes in resort). This year she is trying Xscape with a positive attitude........

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:32:52 GMT

snowplough wrote:You could also have a section on how to encourage reluctant wives to try a bit harder! This year will be her third attempt - tried ESF group lesson (lasted 3 hours, never went back for remaining 4 days), tried dry slope (completed 3 lessons but did not have the confidence to last more than 10 minutes in resort). This year she is trying Xscape with a positive attitude........

Read the signs. She doesnt like it.

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:32:25 GMT

snowplough wrote:You could also have a section on how to encourage reluctant wives to try a bit harder! This year will be her third attempt - tried ESF group lesson (lasted 3 hours, never went back for remaining 4 days), tried dry slope (completed 3 lessons but did not have the confidence to last more than 10 minutes in resort). This year she is trying Xscape with a positive attitude........

Have you ever thought about divorce ????? :wink:

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:49:56 GMT

All the time. Trying to convince myself that it's only a mid-wife crisis!!!

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:05:56 GMT

snowplough wrote:All the time. Trying to convince myself that it's only a mid-wife crisis!!!

A good response old chap..... :D :D

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:11:40 GMT

Snowplough,
I think your wife is very brave, having another go after all those failures. Any lesser person would have given up by now.

Couldn't you find a resort somewhere where she can do something she likes, and is good at, while you ski? Perhaps city shopping - she could do a lot of shopping for the price of a lift pass, ski hire, and lessons :lol:

Ally

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:20:00 GMT

AllyG wrote:Snowplough,
I think your wife is very brave, having another go after all those failures. Any lesser person would have given up by now.

Couldn't you find a resort somewhere where she can do something she likes, and is good at, while you ski? Perhaps city shopping - she could do a lot of shopping for the price of a lift pass, ski hire, and lessons :lol:

Ally

Is this forum turning into a shopping forum..... 8)

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:28:17 GMT

Ian,
I should think shopping is something you know quite a bit about, whether it's food or beauty products. Maybe you should open a small store in Les Deux Alpes for all the bored non-skiing women (maybe something for the non ski-ing men as well - Tony could help with the mags perhaps?).

Ally

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:31:03 GMT

Actuall she really want to ski.....just needs more focus. Unfortunately she is logged on to J2shop.com as I speak.
Rob

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:31:40 GMT

PS I meant "wants" (honest)

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:44:05 GMT

I knew it :D

She likes shopping!

She only expresses a desire to ski as a front for her shopping.

Ally

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 05:29:19 GMT

snowplough wrote:Actuall she really want to ski.....just needs more focus. Unfortunately she is logged on to J2shop.com as I speak.
Rob

My wife actually hated it when I first took her, just could not get to grips with it, but I managed to get her to persevere and bobs your uncle she became a very brave and accomplished skier, just keep her out of the shops !!!!!!!!! :wink:

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:31:17 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowplough wrote:Actuall she really want to ski.....just needs more focus. Unfortunately she is logged on to J2shop.com as I speak.
Rob

My wife actually hated it when I first took her, just could not get to grips with it, but I managed to get her to persevere and bobs your uncle she became a very brave and accomplished skier, just keep her out of the shops !!!!!!!!! :wink:

Perhaps Mrs W secretly wanted to turn to the Dark Side and become a hillfrog, but she just could not tell you :D

Re:Les Deux Alpes

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:12:47 GMT

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowplough wrote:Actuall she really want to ski.....just needs more focus. Unfortunately she is logged on to J2shop.com as I speak.
Rob

My wife actually hated it when I first took her, just could not get to grips with it, but I managed to get her to persevere and bobs your uncle she became a very brave and accomplished skier, just keep her out of the shops !!!!!!!!! :wink:

Perhaps Mrs W secretly wanted to turn to the Dark Side and become a hillfrog, but she just could not tell you :D

She is a two planks girl.....I remember in Livigno some years ago an out of control boarder nearly hit her from behind, since then I would not say that she is anti but there is an underlying dislike, I think she still has this reoccurring nightmare of a fat bloke chasing the boarder down the hill screaming threats of death, I did lose it that day...but when I marched him to the
gondola station they did take his lift pass off him. :evil: