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Was just sitting having a cup of tea earlier this afternoon, looking out the window, when suddenly a helicopter emerged through the cloud from the Col des Aravis and deposits a package (hanging from a rope) on the lane at the bottom of the hill. Very strange to have stuff delivered via helicopter to somewhere that has road access, in the snow, on a Sunday… but obviously it wasn't a medical emergency or anything so thought no more of it. A couple of minutes later, the helicopter is back. This time we watch it unload and some guys start unpacking… then the package stands up… it's a cow! And again, and again. In total 4 cows were rescued from the Route de la Soif (no idea what they were doing up there at this time of year)… hope they had their Carte Neige or alternative off piste insurance!
Anyone else seen some bizarre things on their ski holiday?
Apologies for poor quality video but if you click on link you can see that I'm not making this up!
cow rescue by Chalet La Giettaz, on Flickr
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun 17-01-16 21:02; edited 3 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@miranda, obviously quite a moo-ving experience!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Brilliant!
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Udderly unbelievable.
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I bet they were Friesian.
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Come on you're milking it already.
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Bet they were Friesian cold
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@geepee, I must type quicker
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"I meean....it rude"... to question the necessity of the rescue said a spokesman,Serge
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, You got there in a roundabout way.
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Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
Come on you're milking it already. |
Nah they had Jersies
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Whatever next? Pigs will fly?
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You know it makes sense.
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Didn't actually see anything (that would have been inappropriate) but a few years ago skiing on a very cold February day skiing in France in very poor visabilty we heard a scream. We investigated and found a young woman with an English accent, accompanied by her boyfriend. Big problem with her knee, I administered rudimentary 1st aid whilst Mrs SL summoned the pisteurs. Victim was parcelled up in a blood wagon, then boyfriend approached me quietly to enquire if the Dr would want to take his girlfriend's salopetts off. I assumed the Dr would in order to examine her knee. Only he said "she is not wearing any knickers". It has worried us ever since, what circumstances would lead to such a set of circumstances: non-arrival of luggage; forgetfulness; habit; the obvious - but on such a cold day.
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T Bar wrote: |
Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
Come on you're milking it already. |
Nah they had Jersies |
Oops quoted wrong post meant to be in reply to Fresians.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Ski lots, Gondola club
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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They were probably playing Hide and seek
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Ski lots, having been made to lie on the doctor's table with my bum facing the open door whilst wearing a pair of tiny pants and told "not to move" as the doctor disappeared for ages to take the X-ray and examine the results, with loads of people walking up and down the corridor, I now advise everyone wear big knickers when skiing (plus trousers of course)!
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@Miranda - I think those very pictures are now widely available on the tinternet.
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I buy m&s specials for skiing @miranda, after having my trousers cut off for a knee injury and have shameful pants on
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@Nadenoodlee, were you able to walk away crotch-less?
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Sorry - I mean crutch-less!
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@miranda, it has always amused me that as an Air Zermatt "contributor" they will transport me or my farm animals if the need arises. I've always thought it a shame that I don't have any 😀
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Good job nobody was underneath the chopper. Being sh@t on by a pigeon is one thing...
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@laundryman,
Little birdies flying high
Dropping parcels from the sky.
Farmer wipes it from his eye
And says I'm glad my cows can't fly
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@miranda, maybe it was for rich Russians who ordered the thousand-euro ice cream?
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You know it makes sense.
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so far everyone's posts on this thread have made me laugh!
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Sun 17-01-16 21:22; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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He must really love those cows. Not ideal conditions to get your chopper out.
Seriously speaking, it looks about the limit of visibility to take to the skies and even then it's a close call.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A vachely superior mode of transport.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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There was a young cow called Daisy
Who was getting terribly lazy
When she came a cropper
She summoned a chopper
To La Giettaz from Les Saisies.
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@laundryman,
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@laundryman, that's brilliant
@cameronphillips2000, on the serious bit… I know! We were thinking the same the first time the helicopter came through - this must be some emergency, surely, to be flying in this visibility?! But then could see they were just dropping something off and we're city folk so are always surprised by the stuff we see in the mountains… the video was of the last delivery - we knew it was the last to come as we'd phoned the farmer next door to see what was happening (they're not her cows by the way) - and by that time it was a struggle to see what was going on from the chalet, which is really not far away at all (we could hear the guys talking).
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Sun 17-01-16 20:14; edited 1 time in total
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Are you sure it wasn't Red Bull promotion filming?
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The cow in the trailor does look like it has 'clenched'
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It certainly puts the blue into 'Belgian Blue'?
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mayr wrote: |
The cow in the trailor does look like it has 'clenched' |
The cow outside the trailer is thinking 'He ain't doin' that to me -rubber gloves or no rubber gloves'
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