 Poster: A snowHead
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Does anyone fancy meeting up on Friday morning? Butterfly & I are planning to be there from about 10 - 10.30am for a couple of hours' skiing then lunch. If anyone is around, do come & join us 
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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?
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And I'm on days, otherwise I would have too 
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working in Stevenage at football beginning of Oct so trying a few cheeky hours there then, whats it like only every been to chill factore
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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jase2472, wasn't good last Thursday when I went - too busy - but then again it was the afternoon. Most people will tell you that the mornings are so much better and really good fun.
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| Specialman wrote: |
| jase2472, wasn't good last Thursday when I went - too busy - but then again it was the afternoon. Most people will tell you that the mornings are so much better and really good fun. |
thats when i will hopefully be going
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Linds, RachelQ, shame you can't make it 
jase2472, as Specialman says, it's probably better in the mornings, & also better during school term-time, because there always seems to be a cordoned-off area for tobogganing in the holidays (regardless of whether anyone is using it...).
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Why am I not surprised? Plastic slopes are so much better value. I've only been to MK once (SH ski test, and we had a similar experience) and would never go to a snowdome again - appalling value - none IMO. When I went it was £30 for 3 hours. Gloucester you can ski all day for £16 and it's much quieter and they don't close off part of the slope
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easiski, but does plastic feel the same to ski on? And doesn't it hurt like crazy if you slip over on it? I went to have a look at Sheffield dry slope and it looked in need of serious care & attention too.
I think the biggest problem yesterday was it being the Friday at the end of the school holidays so it was full of kids. First thing in the morning midweek during term time it's generally much quieter and cheaper too - on one occasion when I took my sister to Tamworth there were just the two of us for the first 20 mins and no obstacles at all.
BTW the skis are good! On my last run I managed to catch one on something near the bottom while negotiating the "toys" (I assume it was a hard lump of snow) and managed to spin round it, nearly a full 360 , but didn't fall over!
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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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Michelle, somebody should tell them that their half-pipe is upside down!
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You know it makes sense.
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Gloucester you can ski all day for £16
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would you seriously ski all day on plastic? You say they are better value but lots of plastic slopes are rundown and in disrepair. I spent a bit of time at brentwood dry slope and i can tell you the number of injuries there was hugely greater than at MK even with all the pesky bright orange snowboarder grind pipes. I lost track of the number of snapped fingers and dislocated thumbs. got so i that i wont go on a dry slope as i feel they are dangerous.
If i was spending a tenner an hour im not sure i could last 1.6 hours on plastic and would much rather spend my £10 per hour to be on some snow.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Glycol leak from pipe at the top of the left-hand most slope looking up. Should be fixed soon. Otherwise, snow has been pretty good of late - overall much better over last 6 months than same period last year. More of an effort seems to be being made to keep one slope free of furniture but school hols always means more tobogganing sessions and more slopestyle.
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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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I was over at MK yesterday for 2 hours and the slope was in good condition, the top part by the left hand lift was closed but you could cross over by the 2nd support down.
Very quiet with most lessons happening on the nursery slope the main slope got a few more in the last half hour.
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