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Ray Zorro, echoing Kruisler, I'm not sure how meaning ful the poll is without suggested dates. there will be peeps who are interested but may not be able to do specfic dates. mind you at the moment on 9 are up for it this season. how about a minibus 
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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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I want to go at Easter, as initially proposed.
Ray Zorro, any possibility of this going ahead then?
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I guess this is not going to happen then... Shame..
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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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if not this season what about next then 
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Is this trip still going ahead?
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who wants to take this on this season then
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I'm up for going, but not organising unfortunatley.
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Is this a proposed 'adults only' trip?
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Ray Zorro,
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I think it is a non-starter. 
We would need at least 35 to keep the costs down and only 14 have expressed interest. To get 35 willing to go on any one Saturday, we would need a pool of 60+ committed people to draw from.
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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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Megamum, it says family members as well
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I'm not in the market for this, because of being out there most of the winter anyway, but having travelled by coach in the past I think it's a useful idea. However, it's a lot of travel for one day's skiing. Would a two-day weekend trip (with an overnight in some cheap valley hotel, with the coach driving up to the ski area) be better value? And I don't think I'd target Easter, because so many people have family plans then. You'd be pretty useless in the office on Monday - but when I was working we were generally expected to be back in the office after long flights, with no "recuperation time". It's a lot of work to organise though - maybe better to get a group together to negotiate a good price from someone like skiweekends.com
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You know it makes sense.
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Too knackering.
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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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Wasn't there a suggestion that this should evolve into 2-days skiing with a night in location?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hurtle, it all depends what you normally do with your weekends, I suppose. For those of us who like being tucked up in our beds early with a leisurely breakfast around 9 am on a Sunday, yes. But there are people who regard weeked time spent sleeping as wasted. It also depends how good you are at sleeping on coaches.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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jase2472, Yeah, but family members might mean adult brothers and sisters rather than kids!! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Would love it..Can't do it if it's over two days though as I have to keep my days off for proper trips!
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Can't believe 24 people took some of their time to vote "it's a stupid idea"... 
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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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| Megamum wrote: |
| jase2472, Yeah, but family members might mean adult brothers and sisters rather than kids!! |
can't see why kids can't go
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| Megamum wrote: |
| jase2472, Yeah, but family members might mean adult brothers and sisters rather than kids!! |
can't see why kids can't go |
Exactly!
When I started the thread, I was happy for all and sundry to go if they wanted to. Friends, relatives of any description, just to fill up the spaces on the coach.
On further thought, another difficulty I see with organising a trip like this, is collecting the cash (and even getting the initial commitment) from the high number of people required (particularly those more detached from the forum).
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Ray Zorro, i can see your weakening to the idea
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You gonna run with it then jase2472 ???? You could cost it up so that you got a free trip for your effort?...I'm sure no-one would mind!
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Ray Zorro, I hadn't costed a coach - you clearly have - problem is the long distance involved for the alps - you could transfer the trip to that snow dome in Holland - that trip wouldn't be as long and there might be more takers.
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Megamum, Now that's not a bad idea... 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Ray Zorro, What would the itinerary be if your destination was in Scotland 
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don't think the idea is stupid (as I voted) just not for me
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rich.ll, do you think there would be sufficient interest in going to Scotland? There are probably already overnight National Express busses doing that journey 
A problem we may have with going there would be that you wouldn't be able to guarantee conditions in advance.
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You know it makes sense.
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Last winter there seemed a lot of interest for Scotland. I didn't go because it seemed too far to drive for a weekend's skiing.
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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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There is a sleeper train from London - Scotland, or you could just drive like we did. A really good weekend, that showed the best and worst of Scottish skiing within 24 hours!
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Poster: A snowHead
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more people think this is stupid?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| chrisb wrote: |
| more people think this is stupid? |
Having a poll where the only negative response is "this is stupid" will attract a lot of people clicking that. If there were an option "no thanks, not for me", then maybe less people would click "stupid".
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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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| Megamum wrote: |
| Ray Zorro, I hadn't costed a coach - you clearly have - problem is the long distance involved for the alps - you could transfer the trip to that snow dome in Holland - that trip wouldn't be as long and there might be more takers. |
NO NO NO NO NO
People might like it and say nice things about Holland - then there would be no stopping Stanton
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| joydivision wrote: |
| You gonna run with it then jase2472 ???? You could cost it up so that you got a free trip for your effort?...I'm sure no-one would mind! |
prob better for someone who lives down south pal ie coventry
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Elizabeth B wrote: |
| chrisb wrote: |
| more people think this is stupid? |
Having a poll where the only negative response is "this is stupid" will attract a lot of people clicking that. If there were an option "no thanks, not for me", then maybe less people would click "stupid". |
or even a poll where it was only click if interested
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jase2472, I'm living in Poole at the moment....people down here say I'm a Northener! 
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joydivision, Coventry was always up north when I lived in London - when visiting the north it is down south.
We need a term which every one can understand to place it - I'm thinking something like The Midlands - you could have regional TV like Midlands Today.
I wonder whether it would ever catch on 
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Why not a self-drive minibus and an extra night - you would be more likely to fill a minibus.
I'd be tempted but my wife would object (I'm already doing 3 1/2 weeks). I'm more likely to do Scotland again as my wife might like to go too (though I'd have to spend half the time with her (not skiing).
(There wasn't a "Just Possibly" button to press)
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