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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| kettonskimum wrote: |
2. Politicians sharing their views of 'Great British Summers' and having booked their summer holidays in Cornwall are just trying to subliminally encourage UK residents drive money into the UK economy as opposed to another country
3. No overseas holidays (in main period of July/August) will just result in the collapse of yet another sector and so I think we will be 'allowed' to start thinking about summer holidays abroad from May with a view that travel corridors will be set up again just before summer school holidays
5. How we managed it I don't know, but last year we had a lovely 2 weeks in the French and Italian Alps at the start of August (which was booked months before Covid was an issue) - so, in my mind, if we could do that when there was no vaccine/full understanding then why on earth would summer holidays not happen this year? Add together warmer weather + vaccine + keep in place social distancing and you will see a different UK from May
Sorry - pent up thoughts and frustrations from a non-skiing, home schooling mum who's trying to keep from losing her mind...... |
At the risk of expanding this beyond 'Will I get to slide down an Alp?', it's not just holidays that are affected. Mrs Higs is Dutch. We did get over there last August when travel restrictions allowed but between then and now we'd normally have been over there (or some Dutch family would have been this way) twice maybe more and we'd certainly be either going over or receiving visitors in Spring and Summer. Cornwall, Norfolk and the Isle of Arran are all lovely places to visit in a Great British Summer but Mrs Higs won't see her dad, sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces there.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@albob, Will be interesting if Italy (for example) opens up ski resorts and France doesn't, can see a bit of push back in France and maybe the EU trying to enforce a standard approach again.
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| Boris wrote: |
| @albob, Will be interesting if Italy (for example) opens up ski resorts and France doesn't, can see a bit of push back in France and maybe the EU trying to enforce a standard approach again. |
I was thinking the same, the French might interfere
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| Higs wrote: |
They can be reversed as quickly as they were put in place and they will be reversed at some point. It's unlikely but if travel restrictions are removed before April 2nd, we're off. The only way I'll give up all hope of having a slide before time runs out is if all resorts/regions in driveable distance announce they're staying shut for the whole season. |
Sure they will be reversed in due course. I would put the probability of them being reversed by the 2nd of April at somewhere around ħ. Non essential travel outside the UK before the autumn is just not going to happen. |
Surely for skiers it’s 2ħ ? |
That's to big a number 
For those without a science background ħ is the smallest number one can quickly represent from a keyboard (with a compose key, it's exactly three key presses but that's another story). It's Planks constant (one of the fundamental constants of the universe like the speed of light) which is already a incredibly small number at 6.62607015×10-³⁴ divided by 2π for an even smaller number. Probabilities are measured between zero (never going to happen) and one (guaranteed to happen). Such a small number means it is basically not happening.
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Thanks for the explanation @jabuzzard
Was meaning to look it up and you've saved me the effort!
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| jebroni3_16 wrote: |
Thanks for the explanation @jabuzzard
Was meaning to look it up and you've saved me the effort! |
Is no one going to get the joke !?! I don’t know why I bother ...
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@Pejoli, I hear you
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Surely for skiers it’s 2ħ ?
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It's a good joke. It made me laugh at least...
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| jabuzzard wrote: |
| Pejoli wrote: |
| jabuzzard wrote: |
| Higs wrote: |
They can be reversed as quickly as they were put in place and they will be reversed at some point. It's unlikely but if travel restrictions are removed before April 2nd, we're off. The only way I'll give up all hope of having a slide before time runs out is if all resorts/regions in driveable distance announce they're staying shut for the whole season. |
Sure they will be reversed in due course. I would put the probability of them being reversed by the 2nd of April at somewhere around ħ. Non essential travel outside the UK before the autumn is just not going to happen. |
Surely for skiers it’s 2ħ ? |
That's to big a number
For those without a science background ħ is the smallest number one can quickly represent from a keyboard (with a compose key, it's exactly three key presses but that's another story). It's Planks constant (one of the fundamental constants of the universe like the speed of light) which is already a incredibly small number at 6.62607015×10-³⁴ divided by 2π for an even smaller number. Probabilities are measured between zero (never going to happen) and one (guaranteed to happen). Such a small number means it is basically not happening. |
I thought Plank's constant was 2 x 4?
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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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@JamesHJ 'I thought Planck's Constant = 2x4?' - Only if you're Schrodinger's Cat (called Heisenberg), who as soon as it looks at the number, finds it's turned into 2ħ .....
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You know it makes sense.
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Holy thread drift.....did this turn into today's science lesson?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Higs wrote: |
At the risk of expanding this beyond 'Will I get to slide down an Alp?', it's not just holidays that are affected. Mrs Higs is Dutch. We did get over there last August when travel restrictions allowed but between then and now we'd normally have been over there (or some Dutch family would have been this way) twice maybe more and we'd certainly be either going over or receiving visitors in Spring and Summer. Cornwall, Norfolk and the Isle of Arran are all lovely places to visit in a Great British Summer but Mrs Higs won't see her dad, sisters, cousins, nephews and nieces there. |
There are plenty of people living in Britain who have not seen their family who also live in Britain for much longer than that. I have not seen my brother and his family since March last year, and my mother has not seen them since December 2019. So cry me a river.
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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 thought this thread was meant to be about whether any of us might ski this season, not the 4 Yorkshiremen Sketch!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I saw this and thought of this thread.
Sorry for the thread drift...
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To return to the thread, I was optimistic when this thread started that skiing at Easter would be possible.
I still think there is an outside chance, but realistically it won't be happening for me. Resorts may open March/April but I suspect the costs/hassle of travel (PCR test, quarantine etc) will make it a no-go.
That said, things can change quickly so I'm not cancelling my w/c 27th March until the absolute last moment.
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I guess we can forget about french ski resorts to open this year. Maintaining slopes and equipment costs a lot and even a very good end of season weather will not bring so mush people.
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@Boris, yep same here. Flights are still booked for 10th April. Nothing else is booked.
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@thierryd, That's the key I think - even if they can open, will it be worth it? How many people would go to make it worthwhile - Easter is generally low season, but will there be a pent up demand?
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| Boris wrote: |
| @thierryd, That's the key I think - even if they can open, will it be worth it? How many people would go to make it worthwhile - Easter is generally low season, but will there be a pent up demand? |
I guess this will be closed but let's cross fingers for resorts like Tignes who may open the glacier....
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I do wonder if the pent up demand will provide enough momentum to get some value out of the final weeks of the season.
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Typical in a year when you could actually plan a trip to go skiing in Scotland with some certainty they are all closed 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-55903349
I seem to recall that the 2001 season which had good snow conditions in the UK was also blighted by an infectious disease, in that case foot and mouth.
Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Thu 4-02-21 15:29; edited 1 time in total
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I think for small resorts they won’t bother opening but for large resorts if they can open say mid March to end of April and get 6 weeks worth of money in (I think people would go if they can) then they would go for it
The problem might be getting the staff in to run it
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You know it makes sense.
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| ringingmaster wrote: |
| I do wonder if the pent up demand will provide enough momentum to get some value out of the final weeks of the season. |
That's the very straw I'm clutching at.
Along with a clump of straws that result in 'I can travel to France without isolating on arrival and return to the UK without having to isolate for more than 7 days'
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I’m happy to isolate at home, I just need to be able to get to a resort & not isolate on arrival!
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So to have any chance of skiing this season we're relying on..
- the uk vaccination programme having an impact on cases, to allow Boris to ease travel restrictions so that we can actually travel. And to have workable quarantine rules in place, as most if us won't have been vaccinated by that point.
- border to restrictions in ski countries to be eased to allow the UK to travel there.
- covid cases in France etc to start to drop to allow restrictions on ski lifts to start running.
- resorts to actually make the commercial decision to run the lifts when they are allowed, with maybe only high resorts making the decision to open this season.
- or maybe looking to other less traditional countries such as Norway for our easter ski hols.
Or just wait till next year..
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Boris wrote: |
To return to the thread, I was optimistic when this thread started that skiing at Easter would be possible.
I still think there is an outside chance, but realistically it won't be happening for me. Resorts may open March/April but I suspect the costs/hassle of travel (PCR test, quarantine etc) will make it a no-go.
That said, things can change quickly so I'm not cancelling my w/c 27th March until the absolute last moment. |
Same here! All booked (moved from last year’s cancellation!) for 21st March for a week in La Plagne. I know it’s highly unlikely but I’m holding on to hope! And may try to transfer to April if possible!
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I had a week off work booked for 6th March but I’ve now swapped it until last week of April instead
If I can get a week’s ski touring in that would be a result
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We’ve just had early March flights (MAN-GVA) cancelled so now have last week of March and the May BH weekend booked. We’ll go out as soon as restrictions allow, even if it’s for some touring or failing that some cycling!
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Have British Airways been cancelling as many flights as EasyJet?
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We had BA Zurich flights for end March and both legs were cancelled separately
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@NickyJ, Yep, loads being cancelled depending on country restrictions. However, with the UK+SA variant here. No one wants us so expect most flights to be cancelled.
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Yep - in part would love to be on them but with current restrictions we aren’t going to be allowed. Worst scenario will be for them not to be cancelled despite restrictions.
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Got an email today from my usual hotel in Obergurgl saying that they had decided that was it, they won't open this season and hopefully see us next?
Wasn't entirely clear but it seemed to infer it was purely their decision as opposed to any thing governmental.
Given that Obergurgl will probably be one of, if not the, latest non-glacier resorts to close in normal times that seems pretty significant to me.
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@robboj, Obergurgl still haven't opened their lifts this season, and this point I highly doubt they will!
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I might need to get out more.... 
