Poster: A snowHead
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Putting on my chainsaw boots, and
Using lipsalve before going for a walk on a cold day.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fresh tracks on my cyclocross bike at Sutton Bank, and looking enviously at someone who turned up with cross-country skis
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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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Down my driveway x 3. Maybe 4
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Using my fingernail to scratch the frost on a car windscreen.
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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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Making a Tariflette.
2nd day tartiflette leftovers.
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Teaching kids on the dry slope in October half term
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Walking the dog in about 2" of snow. There's still an outside chance for December though.
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Glenshee. V sorry
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Cairngorm, Glencoe and various days touring. Not sure it would be entirely genuine to say sorry!
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Endless hours feeling like I'd never get out again made me feel like I was at Chambery.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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30-45mins at the end of the OktoberTest ski test in Hemel... "It might be my only chance!" (Although I didn't actually think it would be )
Rediscovering Skateboarding has made my legs ache in a reassuringly familiar way.
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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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Making a Marmolada coffee. (Coffee with Amaretto) and trying on my base layer bottoms to see if they still fit. They do, just.
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You know it makes sense.
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Cliicking per birthday bash and birthday bash Buttons for 2022 and rescheduling the same week s Easter skiing for the second year running now also to take place in 2022.
And of course watching skiing Videos on YouTube.
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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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Doing a kettlebell class outside while it was snowing
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Poster: A snowHead
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Taking my blades and boots to the local sledging hill (small lump) when it snowed in Feb. It was knackering and on reflection, probably not worth the effort, and I think I got sheep poo on my salopettes.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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buying a board, step-on boots & bindings for the other half.
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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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Sitting on my new garden furniture drinking beer in the sun waiting for winter to come
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Playing with other SHs in the fridge at Hemel, at the Oktobertest.
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Have booked 3 hours of slopetime at Mt.Hemel on the 16th, using up some vouchers we had from The Beforetimes... They are reopening on the 12th, COVID permitting obvs.
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Bought new skis from Glisshop in the vain hope I get to ski on them in 2022
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ski slalom and ski jump on the wii fit when I received a notification to self isolate and was stuck in the house over a week.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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GlasgowCyclops wrote: |
Glenshee. V sorry |
Actually realised it was in the last year, not 2021.
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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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Dropping my skis in the 5mm of snow that fell in my back garden for photo in response to a continental friend posting a ski video.
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You know it makes sense.
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(sneaked a weekend in Engelberg before xmas - not quite this year but sorry!)
Fully intend on skiing this year. In December. fingers crossed
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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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1. looking in on here
2. catching an occasional ski programme showing world cup events
3 looking at the snow /webcams every now and again
4 giving up all hope of going in 21 ,getting a tad concerened as to next year
5 reading emails from hotels weve stayed in saying we hope to see you soon
6checking the ski gear hasnt got mice in them and spraying the skis
7every now and again checking the ferries/low cost airlines, booking.com etc to try and gauge demand/flights
8putting the boots on just to check i can still feel the pain of first time on, answer yes
9starting to hope above hope that we might be there next year ,looking less likely
10 home made fondue both meat and cheese night on our usual return date just for old times sake.
thats been our season
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Poster: A snowHead
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Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
Making a Tariflette.
2nd day tartiflette leftovers. |
Ditto
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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perving over Lindsay Vonn and Lara Gut - a regular occurence
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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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Not quite back garden ski furniture like @hang11, but a bar restaurant near me bought some of these from Courcheval in the first lockdown.
As soon as Scotland announced outside eating/drinking, I booked one for my wifes birthday end of April.
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Watching Ski Sunday...
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I just skiied the one Resort over and over near my home. A bit boring but better than nothing.
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13 days skiing this year. That is a good year for me.
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Defrosting the freezer.
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Another tartiflette cooker here! (And I haven't skied in the French alps for more than a decade!)
And an early session booked at Gloucester, just to get out of the house, on Wednesday.
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Looking forward to the 2021/22 Season... (Subject to Snow and Travel Conditions)
Skiing at Weardale Ski Club (Northern Pennines)
Ski Touring on the 'Beacon Hill' Massive (near Loughborough)
A Skiing trip abroad (Subject to funds)
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