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tequila
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Randomly booked a 3 day trip to Tignes glacier for the 4th, 5th and 6th October.
Just found this out:
'With fresh snow across the Alps, the leading French glacier resort of Tignes opens for its long 2007-8 season later this month, on 29 September.'

Yippeeee!


Sep 13 2007 9:50AM
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naftel
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lucky you. post some pics when you get back.
Sep 13 2007 10:04AM
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Public_Enemy0255
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argggggggggggggg no fair
Sep 13 2007 10:39AM
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FUUUCK
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!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 13 2007 11:14AM
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oiECSoi
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niiice. must be nice to have the money to do that. im in school and no way i got the cash flow to do that
Sep 13 2007 11:16AM
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tequila
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It was a bargain - £99 for everything except flights (includes lift pass, ski equipment if we want, food, transfers...) and the flights were only £50 return.
Sep 13 2007 11:30AM
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dave44
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WWWWWWWWWWWWwooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Sep 13 2007 11:50AM
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dave44
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WWWWWWWWWWWWwooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

I bet you can get like £20 flights too. I once saw a £1.99 to Ireland or something crazy
Sep 13 2007 11:51AM
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tequila
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yeah but since air tax went up even the 99p Liverpool to Dublin ends up about £30
Sep 13 2007 12:05PM
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jimmychung
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envyyyyyyyyyy

care to take me with?
Sep 13 2007 12:18PM
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dave44
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I bet it'll make your season too, or at least a bit of it.
Sep 13 2007 12:20PM
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tequila
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There's still room for more people :D were 3 going to begin with, now we're looking at at least 6 :D
My winter is so set
October 4th - Tignes
October 27th - London Metro Ski Show and the Season Workers' Party
November 2nd - Skiworld Preseason Party
December 1st-14th - Training in Tignes
December 15th-end of season - St Anton!!!!

Woop!
Sep 13 2007 12:36PM
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dave44
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Training? Are you a racer?

My season = November - April Skiing. Whistler, Grouse Mountain, Mount Seymour, Cypress Mountain.

It must kinda suck to be in a country where there's pretty much nowhere to ski apart from those indoor places/snowflex places.
Sep 13 2007 1:34PM
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[]Soul_Steeze[]
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wait...so you booked a trip just to go chill

and then you found out that there is gonna be snow so now your goin to ski??

did i interpret that right??


right on bro

yea pics when you get back
Sep 13 2007 1:37PM
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tequila
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Nah unfortunately not - training for work (I have to host a chalet while I'm in Austria)

There's a glacier in Tignes thats open for Summer skiing, which is what we thought we were getting, but they're bringing the snow cannons out and making use of the fact its been snowing further down, so we get more runs (depending on how many pistes are actually open)
Sep 13 2007 1:43PM
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freestyler540
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Its still a long way until skiing

Sep 13 2007 4:23PM
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tequila
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3 weeks :D





(then another 2 months)
Sep 13 2007 4:25PM
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ninjea
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you season starts october and ends december? that must suck
Sep 13 2007 4:34PM
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tequila
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Haha, no thank god! starts October, then im back here 2 months before i head off for 5 months in France and Austria.
Sep 13 2007 4:35PM
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Shorton
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i never knew there was a galcier in tignes, congrats on the trip, sounds awsome, i just booked my trip to les deux alpes =] 29th december to 5th january, so ill be there for new years celebrations, fireworks and stuff in the mountains is amazing...
Sep 13 2007 4:39PM
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.makuma.
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from where?
Sep 13 2007 4:42PM
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tequila
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Manchester to Geneva
Sep 13 2007 4:46PM
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dave44
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My season is November to April, typically. If there's early snow, it might be earlier (Whistler).
Sep 13 2007 4:51PM
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tequila
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Pop down to NZ and have an entire year of midwinter skiing :D
Sep 13 2007 4:53PM
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oiECSoi
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duuuude ice rink snow and your season never ends
Sep 13 2007 7:09PM
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doublexl
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how do you make a euro sign?
Sep 13 2007 7:46PM
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tequila
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I don't know, thats a pound sign....
Sep 14 2007 3:51AM
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dave44
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£ £ €
Sep 14 2007 3:59AM
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dave44
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On NS its & euro ; without the spaces. because the pound sign on NS is & pound ;. i just tried it above ^^^^^^^ it worked
Sep 14 2007 4:00AM
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tequila
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&euro (just testing)
Sep 14 2007 5:41PM
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tequila
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didn't work, did i do it wrong?
Sep 14 2007 5:41PM
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