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oops...spelt that wrong. anyone got any idea of our chances of snow at peyragudes during the christmas holidays. we've been threatened with legal action by the school if we take the children out in term time again. tried to find historical records, but failed. thanks.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 11-10-07 20:31; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There's a chance.
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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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sequoiaboard, legal action by the school? 1. you live in the wrong country 2. the Labour Government have so much to answer for 3. who is supposed to pay for your prosecution? Back bottoms the lot of them.
Almost anywhere in Europe Christmas is a little iffy, IMHO. But you have 1,600m to 2,400m to play with which is reasonably high. When Her Ladyship and her sister did seasons near there (Bacqueira-Beret) around 16 years ago they had snow...
And they claim 60% snow cannon coverage which one would hope hits the tricky spots.
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David Murdoch, sod their education - let's go skiing. 
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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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we did baqueira in 2000 and there was no snow at village level but there was skiing at the top, and quite a biut of it a that. Snow's fallen already, albeit only a dusting
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sequoiaboard, How old are your children? I can understand it if in GCSE year, but most schools have a policy of 10 days per year in term time.
Advice give to me once was to write the school a polite letter explaining your reasons for having to go in term time (only time off from work etc) and state you were going regardless. School would generally moan but say ok, cos if you went in anycase it counted as unuthorised absence and the school was marked down because of it.
No idea if that is true, the person giving the advice was a teacher though.
Of course taking kids out of school is a hot-topic here and can generate a lot of argument errrrr I mean reasoned debate.
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They can only take legal action if it is an unauthorised absence. If you have asked for, and been granted pemisiion, there should be no problem, unless you have already taken them out of school a lot this year ?
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| oops...spelt that wrong. anyone got any idea of our chances of snow at peyragudes during the christmas holidays. we've been threatened with legal action by the school if we take the children out in term time again. tried to find historical records, but failed. thanks. |
Last year was the worst start to a season for 20 years or so the locals say, and although Peyragudes and Superbagneres were dependant on artificial snow they managed to keep the resorts open every day. Peyragudes has invested in a significant number of new snow cannons during the last two years which enabled our guests to ski top to bottom each day of the Christmas week.
Though still a little early Peyragudes staff are saying that they are planning to open up at the end of November/early December which may be a little bullish but there are signs that this season should be better than last.
If you are still looking for Christmas we have availability and provide guests with the ability to not only ski at Superbagneres and Peyragudes but also Baqueira Beret which is well worth a visit.
Regards,
Mike
www.peak-times.com
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