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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Astraeus, Many congrats! Where will you be based? 
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Astraeus, Well done! Where and who with?
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Astraeus, congrats.....nice one! 
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Roy Hockley, not sure of the location (see above) and, as ever, coy about the employer. 
Chasseur, thank you!
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Astraeus, Mmmm.....Employer? It doesn't begin with N and end with P (6 letters) I trust 
Have fun and congrats, if you end up in 3V territory maybe you can drop by Oxalys and say "Hi" next April.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Astraeus, well done. I hope you'll do us a blog on your experiences (well, some of them...)
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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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Astraeus, I do wonder if the timing could be against you. VT should be skiable but the connecting lifts for the whole 3V area are closing, I think, around the time the bashes start (from what I've been told anyway).
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Astraeus, You'll have a blast. Let us know how you get on.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Astraeus, Good for you!
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Poster: A snowHead
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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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| Roy Hockley wrote: |
| Astraeus, Well done! Where and who with? |
Who with buddy?
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Very well done, Astraeus, but yes, you did say you'd tell us who it was with when you got it! Are you ashamed of them? Did they swear you to secrecy? Are you really not driving holiday skiers but are perhaps an Alps-based get-away driver?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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cad99uk, Jo225, Iski, PHoSawyer, sherlock235, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Woke up this morning and it still hasn't sunk in. Off to town now for jacket, sallopettes, gloves and lots of sock.
This goes against all of my principles of being coy on the internet but maggi, you've caught me out and I'm a man of my word. I'm working for a very high class company based in the first, chronologically, of the Three Valleys, offering transport to skiers. 
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Astraeus, We're all saying congrats but deep down we mean B*****D!!!
Congrats!!!
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Astraeus, many congratulations.
Do you think in retrospect that all the advice that you received here helped?
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Congratulations.. you might end up in lovely La Tania. Last year we have a whole chalet full of drivers from that very high class company based in the first, chronologically, of the Three Valleys, offering transport to skiers. See you in the Ski Lodge if so..
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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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brian
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| Astraeus wrote: |
| the first, chronologically, of the Three Valleys |
Are you some sort of geology expert then?
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You know it makes sense.
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brian, I ought really to have said "three valley resorts" - very well pointed-out!
This blog is sounding like an interesting/dangerous idea. Shall look into doing it - in the meantime there is a Twitter page which should serve to update you. I'll send it over in due course.
Does anyone here object to me creating (yet another) new thread asking a tonne of specific questions. I've had a look in TK Maxx, Decathlon, Blacks and Go Outdoors today and none of them has thrown up anything worthwhile in the clothing department. Would love some straight "yes" or "no" answers to some questions.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Astraeus, The answers are Goretex and merino. Enjoy your season.
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cad99uk, yes to goretex, no to merino, not been impressed with it's longevity....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kitenski, I've had no problems with Icebreaker.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've got some Under Armour ColdGear compression stuff which I bought for football during the winter - can I use that as my base layer? Was then thinking of packing on a merino t-shirt (or similar synthetic) and a fleece on seriously cold days, all topped off with a ski jacket. Or alternatively forego the fleece and whack on a ski jacket with a fleece inside it. How does that sound?
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Astraeus, massively jealous! Have fun 
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Astraeus, It depends on how hot you run.
I wear a merino base layer, back protector and then a jacket. Fine for me down to -20.
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cad99uk, I'm always concious of erring on the side of being too warm as I have mild asthma which seems to rear its ugly head whenever my chest is cold.
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| Astraeus wrote: |
| I've got some Under Armour ColdGear compression stuff which I bought for football during the winter - can I use that as my base layer? Was then thinking of packing on a merino t-shirt (or similar synthetic) and a fleece on seriously cold days, all topped off with a ski jacket. Or alternatively forego the fleece and whack on a ski jacket with a fleece inside it. How does that sound? |
sounds fine!
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| cad99uk wrote: |
| kitenski, I've had no problems with Icebreaker. |
my 3 (?) year old icebreaker has had to be stitched many times due to holes in it, I cannot prove wether that was wear and tear, washing machine or moths, but in contrast my artificial layers which I have had for 10ish years are fine....
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Astraeus, you could wait till you get out there and fill in any gaps in Decathlon.
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pam w, they'll nip us out to Decathlon when we get there for a staff shopping trip. I'd still like to take some things out there. Now thinking I nip back to Go Outdoors and get Dare2b sallopettes and a jacket for £90 all-in...good or bad idea? I have enough insulating layers here so it's really just the technical stuff.
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