 Poster: A snowHead
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Tonights Holiday 2005, which is on at 19:30, includes a report on skiing in Lapland, with Fiona Bruce taking her family skiing there.
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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 remember skiing in Finnish lapland in the late 1980s, the one alpine skiing place in Finland. It was below -50, I think, and all the talk was about an English skier who had gone without head covering and died on the way down, his brain froze.
At the top, visibility was a few yards, and the location of the piste was totally unclear. I got down somehow. It was not much fun as skiing goes, but Finland is a wonderful place - had some good saunas.
It was really cool seeing people going shopping pushing carts on skis etc. The really great skiing in Finland is of course cross-country - incredible quiet, beautiful scenery.
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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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Just a note to say that the Holiday programme is at 19.00 not 19.30 on BBC1
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Sorry .. must just have been BBC Northern Ireland that it was on at 19:30 ... 
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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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Did anyone watch this programme...... I missed it and am going to the resort Fiona visited, in March (Levi)..
would dearly love an update on the prog!!
thanks
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Fruity, I missed it, but there was an article about Levi in The Independent last Saturday. Here it is.
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| It was below -50, I think, and all the talk was about an English skier who had gone without head covering and died on the way down, his brain froze. |
Talk about mad dogs and English men! I keep seeing girls with bare arms and legs in winter, must be a cool thing. 
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My brother and his family went to Levi a few years back. Had a great time. They did say that is was stupidly cold at times, but as long as you were wrapped up well, it wasn't a problem. The skiing was good for their standard and great for the kids.
They did point out though that the thermals etc sold there were far better than anything they took with them. And that jeans are not a good idea as evening winter wear 
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David, thanks so much for that.......sounds like we may be in for an entertaining week! The cold doesnt worry us at all (heh, why would we want to ski if we dont like icicle shaped noses?) and Lapland certainly sounds interesting! I will be writing my daily diary and posting on our return obviously).
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