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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If you only need shower facilities a local swimming baths will probably be a lot cheaper.
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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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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
I was thinking somewhere between Morzine and Chambery - but we don't really want to go any further than that.
All ideas greatly received  |
can't really help other than observe that some of the service stations have shower facilities (although I'm not quite sure that's what you are looking for).
Are you driving from Morzine to Calais via Chambery? Is that not a little bit out of the way?
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Nadenoodlee, won't the accommodation you're leaving let you use the showers in the sauna/spa? Mine usually do...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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under a new name, we've rented a chalet and kicking out time is 10am - asking to all (6) pop in 5pm for a shower/ faff about, is a bit rude I think and I certainly dont want last weeks guests rocking up to our chalet to use our showers!
rob@rar, I dont normally drive to Morzine so I have no idea - what route do you suggest?
DB, I'd rather pay that go public 
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How about - have a shower on Saturday morning, then change clothes but stay dirty and spend twice as much on dinner?
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Nadenoodlee, Mozine to Calais prob 8 hours or so ? Leave the slopes at 4... don't bother with a shower. Formule 1 hotel at Calais at about midnight - 6 hour kip 
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| rob@rar, I dont normally drive to Morzine so I have no idea - what route do you suggest? |
From Morzine to the A40 at Cluses, then follow the A40 to the A39 in the direction of Bourg en Bresse, up to Dijon where you take the A31 in the direction of Reims and Calais. Chambery is a very big detour.
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Nadenoodlee, perhaps go via Annecy and Geneva and try this place in Duingt, which is at the closest end of the lake when driving from Albertville:
http://www.hotel-restaurant-leroselet.com/
I've had several nice lunches there - the last time coming back from Les Arcs in late March a couple of years ago, and it was so warm we ate outside, overlooking the lake  - though I've never stayed the night. Cheap and cheerful, and the food was simple but good.
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From Morzine to the A40 at Cluses, then follow the A40 to the A39 in the direction of Bourg en Bresse, up to Dijon where you take the A31 in the direction of Reims and Calais.
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| All ideas greatly received |
Sack the navigator or re-program the sat nav for shortest route!!!!
I would just skip the shower till morning on ferry but if its a must then cut a deal with a hotel just before geneva if you want to miss the traffic or eat earlier.
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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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just skip the shower till morning on ferry
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Drive all the way back to Calais without a wash? Eew. I don't know Nadenoodlee, but I'm guessing that won't be an acceptable option! 
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You know it makes sense.
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Nadenoodlee, you could try an Ibis?
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Hells Bells, absolutely but need one near a decent restaurant and I have no idea where such a place may be
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| Hurtle, looks perfect - I will scope it out, thank you |
It's quite a detour. Not quite as far as Chambery, but it's taking you a long way out of your way.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Nadenoodlee, I see there are some not-so-brilliant reviews on the net. Maybe I was lucky...and mostly just had one course anyway. And, if you want the most direct route (I love Annecy, so have often made a point of going that way for its own sake, as part of the holiday) perhaps not such a good suggestion after all. Sorry.
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Theres a number of hotels situated just off the A40 south of geneva in the international business park including an IBIS. dont know about restuarants but as its France, must be a given.
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| BergenBergen wrote: |
| must be a given. |
No. Alas it is not.
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parlor, both ski trips on had flights cancelled last year due to a) snow and b) volcano - not risking it this year as I only have one trip! And this way we can stack up our fun bus with Champagne on the way down 
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| Hells Bells, absolutely but need one near a decent restaurant and I have no idea where such a place may be |
There's one in the centre of Annecy I think Map here
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Cheapest hotel will be a Formule 1 or similar (Premier Classe, Etap Hotel). Clean, loads of hot water.
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James the Last, agree - just looking for one in a decent location (i.e. near a restaurant that isnt a "buffalo grill") if it comes to it we'l just book any old campanile etc but recommendations are always worth seeking out
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| DB, I'd rather pay that go public |
Not sure about France but most swimming baths here in Austria have communal showers where you can flash your bits and private showers. This is central Europe where people sauna in the nuddy and don't get all excited when Janet Jackson has a wardrobe malfunction. When in Rome ....
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| Hells Bells, absolutely but need one near a decent restaurant and I have no idea where such a place may be |
There's one in the centre of Annecy I think Map here |
Annecy is also in the wrong direction. There's a Formule 1 on the way in to Bourg en Bresse, and that being a large town I'm sure you can find somewhere nice to eat. BnB is about two hours from Morzine. If you don't want to travel that far there's a F1 hotel near St Julien en Genevois which is just off the autoroute you'll be following, and about an hour from Morzine. No idea about local restaurants though.
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You know it makes sense.
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DB, I am not central European I'm English and I will pay for the ease of checking into a hotel room, but thank you for the wonderful insight into how you all share sweat and other bodily fluids in a public arena
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