 Poster: A snowHead
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As part of my retirement present I was given a £300 Snow and Rock gift card. However, I can't think of anything to buy. I only ski one or two weeks a season so I don't need a new jacket or ski trousers or base layers and cba buying skis. Boots were bought just before covid so have only had a few weeks. Goggles were new for last season and helmet still in good nick. Socks and gloves a possibility but not £300 quids worth. I'm a bit stumped.
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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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@halfhand, I'd buy some Icebreaker base layers. They last for ages and are really good quality. Get some lightweight t-shirts you can wear in summer too.
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The clue is in the word "retirement". Up the number of ski weeks, drive out for a couple of weeks at a time and buy some skis. Admittedly this enables you to spend £300 but costs £1000s but hey how.
Failing that good goretex shell will serve you year round in NW rain.
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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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@halfhand, good quality heated gloves / socks would come in around that price
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Doesn't matter what you go for, get the red one.
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Do you have the option of spending it at Cotswold Outdoor? If so, that may give you more options, depending on how you intend to spend your retirement.
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@halfhand, Give it to the Australian Batsmen, so they can be stumped. 
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Dakine Heli backpack & a Dakine Split Roller luggage
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What kind of boots have you got? Do they need sole protectors like cat tracks?
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@halfhand, May I suggest a climbing harness, a via ferrata set, some waterproofs, rucksack, helmet and lightweight boots. Then spend the summers doing via ferrata in the Dolomites as well as skiing in the winter. You'll need guide books, maps and compass as well but you are retiring so can expand your horizons.
Enjoy retirement.
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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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@halfhand, I got a similar amount for my retirement gift from work and bought an avalanche transceiver, shovel and probe, think big for later life
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The clue is in the word "retirement". Up the number of ski weeks, drive out for a couple of weeks
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This!
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You know it makes sense.
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What about a backup Ski Helmet? Luggage and spare goggles also a possibility.
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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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I have to say, @Old Fartbag, that a "back up ski helmet" is one of the daftest ideas!  For a more productive idea, how about putting the gift cad up for sale on Snowheads. Let people bid for it! I'll start with a bid for £100.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Get a snowboard
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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good goretex shell will serve you year round in NW rain.
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Second that.
A ski jacket that is good enough to be used day in and day out even when not skiing.
(My first ski jacket, I loaned it to my Mom when she forgot to bring her jacket to a walk in the park on a chilly drizzly day. After, she asked sheepishly if she can keep it because it’s so light yet so warm. Sure Mom, I’ll buy a new one for myself )
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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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| pam w wrote: |
| I have to say, @Old Fartbag, that a "back up ski helmet" is one of the daftest ideas! For a more productive idea, how about putting the gift cad up for sale on Snowheads. Let people bid for it! I'll start with a bid for £100. |
It is....but my thinking was this - If you have a gift voucher and can't think of what to spend it on....get a state of the art MIPs helmet, which replaces the current one (assuming it's superior). The one not being used can be put away, in case the helmet you are using needs replaced for any reason.
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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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@Old Fartbag, Actually, that's not a bad idea, thanks.
To answer some of the other suggestions:
@hang11, A Snowboard? The Devil's choice and I'm an angel.
@Seahoob, Don't think I'm up for gnarly off-piste any more but thanks.
@rjs, Have cat tracks thanks.
@abc, Got lots of non-ski jackets suitable for the horrors of a NW UK winter - but good suggestion thanks.
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| halfhand wrote: |
@Old Fartbag, Actually, that's not a bad idea, thanks.
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Can I have a note to give Pam w, to show that I'm not quite as daft as I may initially seem? 
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Fancy ski luggage? S&R do a Sportstube double for £200.
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@halfhand, Cat Tracks break. If you are going to be skiing more then maybe get a couple of spare sets.
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If you really don't want/need anything do you have any friends/family who do? If it's something they were going to buy anyway you could buy it with your voucher/they could give you the cash equivalent. They have the kit they wanted for the price they'd have paid anyway while you then have £300 cash to spend where/how ever you like.
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Just buy a poor random snowboarder a new snowboard. Enjoy the warm fuzzies.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@hang11,
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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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Sell giftcard on eBay.
Use cash to buy flight to a ski resort.
Do a season.
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FAQ
. Narrowing choices down to gloves, luggage, icebreaker base layers.
