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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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skiskool, yeah the road is closed at present i think which is my only concern
where are you staying / flying from ?
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We are flying from Gatwick to Toulouse. Staying in Soldeu.
The excitement is unbearable.
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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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| skiskool wrote: |
| Staying in Soldeu. . |
we'll be flying from birmingham, but staying at the Sport village and sport in Soldeu.
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We go tomorrow to Pas. It looks like the roads are open currently but there is more on its way. By the look of the new snow at Pas it appears as if about 25cm fell last night and "Snowguess" is predicting 49cm in the next 2 days, or so.
We will be coming in from Barcelona by private taxi so I'm hoping he'll have snowchains and winter tyres.
It certainly looks as if we picked a good time 
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http://www.el-viking.com/temps/ is good for the weather forecast there, but keep an eye on the granvalira website, if it says the port puymorens or d'envalira is closed then you are in for a fun transfer all round spain, adds about 3 hours to the journey if you are lucky.
i wasn't last year, and after arriving in toulouse at 5pm on the sunday, we reached soldeu at 9pm on the monday!
that was a fun day out i can tell you
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Sunday 5th for me - Sport Hotel ! Woo Hoo let it snow ! 
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Great pics rob and sharon, made me feel very jealous (we have to ski first week in April this year so no Soldeu, "just" Tignes). We love Hotel Sport Village too - especially the breakfasts cooked to order on the griddle.
It looks like you have got fantastic conditions.
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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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Nick L, yes we were very lucky with the weather and the snow
will be posting more when i get the films developed
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In El Tarter from 18 Feb for 6 days... just hoping it snows more of the temperature stays cold!
Regards
Justin
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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rob and sharon, what an awful sounding transfer - just what you don't need at the start of your hols. And hope Sharon's recovered from her skidoo accident 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Cathy Coins wrote: |
| rob and sharon, what an awful sounding transfer - just what you don't need at the start of your hols. And hope Sharon's recovered from her skidoo accident |
yeah it was bad, but it's the parents with young kids i felt sorry for.
thanks for asking after Sharon, she's still bruised a bit, but otherwise ok.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rob and sharon, I was on the same plane as you! I would rather have watched the whole film than got off and sat at baggage claim for 2 hours!
I still have nightmares about that transfer, the second stint after the comical stop at the petrol station for us was a full 5 hours! That's a long time with no toilet.
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| Paul Holland wrote: |
| rob and sharon, I was on the same plane as you! I would rather have watched the whole film than got off and sat at baggage claim for 2 hours! |
yep we thought that too.
didn't the reps look totally disorganised?
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Having endured my own mammoth transfer to Andorra this year (about 9.5 hours) I won't be going back. I can't imagine why anyone would, there are so much better places to ski.
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| magriggs wrote: |
| Having endured my own mammoth transfer to Andorra this year (about 9.5 hours) I won't be going back. I can't imagine why anyone would, there are so much better places to ski. |
we were unlucky this year, which i guess in the great scheme of things balances the sides, since we've had 2 years of fast and easy transfers.
as for trying other resorts, we certainly hope to 
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Hey Rob
I tried to phone you from Austria (piste to piste mobile communication) but couldn't get through. Damn modern communications!
Hope you had a great time
See you tonight!
Iain
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magriggs, My thoughts too, but what are the chances of similar nightmares happening anywhere else?
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Paul Holland, lower I would have thought. The problem with Andorra is it's a 4 or 4.5 hour transfer to start with, so with even a minor hold-up you're looking at 6 hours. It's not even as if the mountains there are especially good, either.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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rob and sharon, First choice. I was in Arinsal though.
I know what you mean about the ski school, I had a couple of private lessons with a lady from the Slovac republic called Martina.
They were great lessons.
However, the ski school in Soll was just as good and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
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********* Anyone fancy andorra next year (2007) airtours have a sale on till Monday (13th Feb) night ***********
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