 Poster: A snowHead
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roga, TomTom says 2 hours 10 minutes from home to central WSM for me.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rob@rar, that sounds about right WSM is around 20/25 minutes from me.
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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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It's only about an hour from Cardiff - should help me in my plan to get my brother and nephew skiing so they can discover the true faith! 
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sloop, You've forgotten the get-into-Wales fee to pay on the return journey. Or maybe you have your own helicopter?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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no objections, no public address, nothing at all, quite boring really i was expecting some placard waving pensioners chanting about protecting some 3 legged flying newt!!........nope, just a tooooo long explanation by the council development manager, then straight to proposer, seconder, bit of positive banter from Lib dems, vote, done deal!!! 
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I am torn between the moral 'eco' issues of ski fridges and the fact that having one a little closer to the west of the country seems to be a good thing for me. I dare say I would pop in for a slide though
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If you want to go all 'eco' than skiing in a fridge probably compares favourably with a flight to the alps.
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Some news reports coming out:
£50million Leisuredome gets planning approval
Major Boost For Weston Economy
As the articles point out planning still has to be signed off by the Secretary of State but given his final approval leisuredome hope to start building in December (I was told September/October at one point but plans may have changed ... or the press have got the wrong date!).
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Great news:
"Leisuredome are delighted to advise, that North Somerset Council has received confirmation from the National Planning Case Unit that the LeisureDome Planning Application has been endorsed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, so now has FULL PLANNING CONSENT. "
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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roga, Great news, now lets hope the 'Money Men' (Bankers) think the same 
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Excellent news. Might have to bring the boots back to the parents place so i can nip up when it's built and try out those new fangled 'carving' skis.... haven't been on a pair for nearly 20 years. You never know i might be converted back to the 'light' side. 
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You know it makes sense.
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roga, Excellent news
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Yeah, good news. My SiL in Wiltshire is in striking distance of Weston for a day trip - might need to invite ourselves down there in 2013. 
We still need one of these in the South East, though - i.e. South of the Thames.
btw Leisuredome has a Facebook page if anyone's interested.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Any more news on this one?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I would cast everyone's minds back to the Beckton Alps.....£30 million project that ran out of money!
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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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No news I'm afraid, apparently currently getting the final finance together but seems to be taking longer than planned!
I guess we'll hear one way or the other in the next couple of months!
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One question: The south west hardly lacks a hillside or two, why can't they build the slope using a natural slope? I'm no architect but surely that would seem the most sensible and cost effective way to build an indoor snow slope rather than use a man-made slope?
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No news I'm afraid, apparently currently getting the final finance together but seems to be taking longer than planned!
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Not easy at the moment...
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Lets hope that they get the design right this time.All the present indoor ski facilities have major design faults.When you consider aviation went from the Wight Brothers to Jet aircraft in 40 years the artificial ski slope industry is still in the biplane era.
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| junglist_matty wrote: |
| One question: The south west hardly lacks a hillside or two, why can't they build the slope using a natural slope? I'm no architect but surely that would seem the most sensible and cost effective way to build an indoor snow slope rather than use a man-made slope? |
Normally to do with planning - they won't let them tear up a nice wooded hillside/farmland so are normally restricted to redeveloping brownfield sites which tend to be on flat land.
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Also Weston gets a lot of tourist trade (no, really) - having this so close to the seafront rather than up in the hills (OK it's a bit brown sometimes but it is sea) and the pier makes loads of sense. Plus the best hills nearby are an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and, frankly, it'd be an eyesore on them.
I'm not just chuffed about this proposal as a rabid keen skiier in the southwest though, but really pleased it's in Weston as it's going to be a huge boost for a town that needs to keep people visiting. Come for the skiing, stay for fish and chips on the promenade. They are damn good chips.
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| fairyswan wrote: |
I am looking for £350 ono plus delivery or can be collected in the Dagenham, Essex area, or I would be prepared to meet for cod within a 30 miles
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| Cunners wrote: |
| Come for the skiing, stay for fish and chips on the promenade. They are damn good chips. |
May be you could send some of those chips to the poster above from "Buy, Sell, Exchange".....
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seems it probably is going ahead. My daughter works in a localish shop and the owners have been approached by the ski slope folk about opening a branch of the surf shop in the new complex.It seems they want local businesses to get first shout rather than the likes of Ripsilver billaquick surfcurlbong.
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An IDE snowmaker made slope on fire tracks in a forest would be so much more enjoyable to ski on and could run for the 5 months of the year that people want to go skiing.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Which 5 months is that? Our local dry slope is busiest in the summer months because it has a high number of racers, and racing in the UK is a summer sport, so that's when they like to train.
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Is there any further update on this?
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You know it makes sense.
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| Urban_freestyle wrote: |
| Is there any further update on this? |
I'm not quite so optimistic now. My local surf shop ,who were offered retail space, say everything has gone quiet. The WSM snowdome folk now own Gloucs ski slope but haven't (I've heard) improved the facilities nor installed the giant air bag as promised. I hope the dry ski slope does revamp itself as I surf regularly in that area and I live 30 mins away from WSM and so would love the fridge to happen. Fingers crossed.
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