Who's going skiing and where - 2021 #postcrisis
Discussion
Blackpuddin said:
Digby died quite young, 72 according to wiki. He told us that he broke his neck on the Run. I wonder if they still have the lovely old wooden lockers in the changing rooms? Some great old Euro-royalty names on there as I recall.
No wooden lockers. They're metal now. I wouldn't necessarily say it's 'modern' though.Blackpuddin said:
No thankfully because I somehow managed to stay on board through Shuttlecock on every run. Mind you none of the runs were from the top and even then I was raking hard through the first corner 
No shame in raking hard. I managed my first 20 or so rides without coming out but I've been making up for lost time since.Edited by Blackpuddin on Thursday 28th January 16:13
I suspect that my handicap will be good when racing starts again.
chandrew said:
Blackpuddin said:
Digby died quite young, 72 according to wiki. He told us that he broke his neck on the Run. I wonder if they still have the lovely old wooden lockers in the changing rooms? Some great old Euro-royalty names on there as I recall.
No wooden lockers. They're metal now. I wouldn't necessarily say it's 'modern' though.Blackpuddin said:
No thankfully because I somehow managed to stay on board through Shuttlecock on every run. Mind you none of the runs were from the top and even then I was raking hard through the first corner
No shame in raking hard. I managed my first 20 or so rides without coming out but I've been making up for lost time since.Edited by Blackpuddin on Thursday 28th January 16:13
I suspect that my handicap will be good when racing starts again.
News from Andorra.
From Monday Arcalis and Grau Roig will close at 2.00pm.
It seems that Soldeu/El Tarter and Pal will remain open all day.
More snow forecast this weekend.
Whatever, it's better than nothing............. and the pubs and restaurants are open.
Better than the UK hands down.
From Monday Arcalis and Grau Roig will close at 2.00pm.
It seems that Soldeu/El Tarter and Pal will remain open all day.
More snow forecast this weekend.
Whatever, it's better than nothing............. and the pubs and restaurants are open.
Better than the UK hands down.
Now, now, don't rub it in 
Pubs & restaurants are allowed to open, but not all of them are (at least in Soldeu/El Tarter) - but there's not that many people, so it doesn't matter.
I'm just getting frustrated that it seems to snow every weekend when I'm free and is sunny all week when I'm working
Pubs & restaurants are allowed to open, but not all of them are (at least in Soldeu/El Tarter) - but there's not that many people, so it doesn't matter.
I'm just getting frustrated that it seems to snow every weekend when I'm free and is sunny all week when I'm working
News from Portes du Soleil
If you can hike up, the powder runs are awesome. This shot from a few days ago.
I have lots of friends with French residency out there and they tell me the French furlough is pretty generous, paying 70% of salary up to a max of €45.68 per hour (!)
And they are talking about asking workers to drop below 30hrs/week but pay them 85% of salary for up to 2 years. Damned socialists
Cold comfort if there is a ruined tourist economy to come back to...
I think there will be a bubble-burst for the property booms that have been happening in European, snow-sure, resorts.
DeejRC said:
Nov/Dec meet up at the Run Andrew?
It will have to be towards the end of December. It usually opens a week before Christmas when the university event (usually) happens. This year it opened between Christmas and New Year because of a virus you might have heard about. Last year we missed the first week due to the weather (too warm).I live here and need very little excuse to spend time on the run.
Blackpuddin said:
I only had five rides so managed to quit while I was ahead, or more accurately while I still had a head. I imagine the club sleds and the hand protection they loaned out when I was there (felt gloves with metal plates on the back as I recall, as used by Scott of the Antarctic) are a bit more high tech now too. Clonked my hand between the runner and the wall going down the main straight 'Army fashion'. When the post-run beers wore off I noticed my little finger was at an odd angle.
Still metal plates that you strap over your normal gloves. Old leather arm and leg pads. I think they're as old as the hills.I suspect that I'll get some bike protection gear over the summer for next season.
You learn to get your hand out of the way (a quick move to the front bar on a club traditional).
It was slightly tongue in cheek on the grounds that maybe by Nov or Dec 2021 some normality of travel holidays might be allowed again. Hmm, shrug, cry, laugh or exclamation emoji of your choice there...
A friend who has stayed out based in Zurich and I do Dec/Xmas market trips away most years somewhere. Might as well think of St Moritz this year!
With the way Europe is going, when the passes re-open this year, the only ppl on them might be smugglers between the countries!
A friend who has stayed out based in Zurich and I do Dec/Xmas market trips away most years somewhere. Might as well think of St Moritz this year!
With the way Europe is going, when the passes re-open this year, the only ppl on them might be smugglers between the countries!
News today it’s sounding more and more like a “passport” will become available and be a key part of being to travel. Ie no passport which confirms vaccination no entry to a country.
If this plays out the freedom/big brother brigade will go into utter meltdown.
A few mums at my primary school have been stating for months they would never have any vaccinations.
If this plays out the freedom/big brother brigade will go into utter meltdown.
A few mums at my primary school have been stating for months they would never have any vaccinations.
chandrew said:
DeejRC said:
Nov/Dec meet up at the Run Andrew?
It will have to be towards the end of December. It usually opens a week before Christmas when the university event (usually) happens. This year it opened between Christmas and New Year because of a virus you might have heard about. Last year we missed the first week due to the weather (too warm).I live here and need very little excuse to spend time on the run.
Blackpuddin said:
I only had five rides so managed to quit while I was ahead, or more accurately while I still had a head. I imagine the club sleds and the hand protection they loaned out when I was there (felt gloves with metal plates on the back as I recall, as used by Scott of the Antarctic) are a bit more high tech now too. Clonked my hand between the runner and the wall going down the main straight 'Army fashion'. When the post-run beers wore off I noticed my little finger was at an odd angle.
Still metal plates that you strap over your normal gloves. Old leather arm and leg pads. I think they're as old as the hills. You learn to get your hand out of the way (a quick move to the front bar on a club traditional). Welshbeef said:
News today it’s sounding more and more like a “passport” will become available and be a key part of being to travel. Ie no passport which confirms vaccination no entry to a country.
If this plays out the freedom/big brother brigade will go into utter meltdown.
A few mums at my primary school have been stating for months they would never have any vaccinations.
However you tell someone no vaccination no foreign travel and I imagine you’d get quite a few more vaccinated! If this plays out the freedom/big brother brigade will go into utter meltdown.
A few mums at my primary school have been stating for months they would never have any vaccinations.
Welshbeef said:
News today it’s sounding more and more like a “passport” will become available and be a key part of being to travel. Ie no passport which confirms vaccination no entry to a country.
If this plays out the freedom/big brother brigade will go into utter meltdown.
I think it's much more likely to upset the people interested in a fair society. Either it's just the government dishing out vaccines - so only older people and key workers who are jabbed-up and can travel (so a lot of them the group least likely to travel/travel without their non-jabbed family), or people with the cash able to buy private jabs - so only the rich can travel, and then only by taking jabs from people who need them more.If this plays out the freedom/big brother brigade will go into utter meltdown.
On the groups you don't HAVE to have a jab, so don't HAVE to apply for a vaccine 'passport' most people on the civil liberties side will be quite happy. Most CL groups don't object to passports as they stands as they are like driving licences - it's the individual's choice if they want one or not. It's things like compulsary ID cards they object to. If everyone HAD to have a vaccine card they would object.
Bill said:
A friend in Switzerland says they have 1.5m recently and another 50cm forecast, avalanche warning 4 so he's having to have a Spa day. The git! 
There was quite an interesting piece on Avalanche detection and measuring on Ski Sunday a week or two ago. Worth watching for the reasons why it happens.They had a piece about a ski run in England as well - set up in the 60s! Still going, but not much snow about...
eps said:
Bill said:
A friend in Switzerland says they have 1.5m recently and another 50cm forecast, avalanche warning 4 so he's having to have a Spa day. The git!
There was quite an interesting piece on Avalanche detection and measuring on Ski Sunday a week or two ago. Worth watching for the reasons why it happens.They had a piece about a ski run in England as well - set up in the 60s! Still going, but not much snow about...
The website is https://www.sais.gov.uk/ we use it at work and brief daily on the content but was good to see them talking about it some more. I imagine most would be surprised how many avalanches happen in Scotland through winter.
ecsrobin said:
eps said:
Bill said:
A friend in Switzerland says they have 1.5m recently and another 50cm forecast, avalanche warning 4 so he's having to have a Spa day. The git!
There was quite an interesting piece on Avalanche detection and measuring on Ski Sunday a week or two ago. Worth watching for the reasons why it happens.They had a piece about a ski run in England as well - set up in the 60s! Still going, but not much snow about...
The website is https://www.sais.gov.uk/ we use it at work and brief daily on the content but was good to see them talking about it some more. I imagine most would be surprised how many avalanches happen in Scotland through winter.
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