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The snow in the Pyrenees is crap, for the second year running, while
it's great in the Alps. Casting around without much hope for a cheap
catered chalet last-minute bargain in the Alps at half-term (next
weekend), I found (to my surprise) that there are more than a few,
discounted to half price.

Like £300 a head, and yes, room for four or more, in Val d'Isere.
Oufit called Finlays, if anybody knows anything about them

A quick bit of thinking. There's a mere 40cm of snow at altitude in
the Pyrenees, and the forecast for the whole of next week is for
temperatures of up to 10. One downward spike mid-week, and one cm of
snow on that date.

We've got flights booked, and a hire car waiting for us at Toulouse
Airport. So we've cancelled the hotel in St Lary and we're heading
north-east instead of south-west. Anybody know how long it takes to
drive Toulouse-Val?

Only slight problem: all our kit is in a boot room in a hotel in St
Lary, but that's what credit cards are for, and my boots are over 20
years old anyway.

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TOG@Toil wrote:
The snow in the Pyrenees is crap, for the second year running, while
it's great in the Alps. Casting around without much hope for a cheap
catered chalet last-minute bargain in the Alps at half-term (next
weekend), I found (to my surprise) that there are more than a few,
discounted to half price.

Like £300 a head, and yes, room for four or more, in Val d'Isere.
Oufit called Finlays, if anybody knows anything about them

A quick bit of thinking. There's a mere 40cm of snow at altitude in
the Pyrenees, and the forecast for the whole of next week is for
temperatures of up to 10. One downward spike mid-week, and one cm of
snow on that date.

We've got flights booked, and a hire car waiting for us at Toulouse
Airport. So we've cancelled the hotel in St Lary and we're heading
north-east instead of south-west. Anybody know how long it takes to
drive Toulouse-Val?

Eww... nasty.

I think you'll have to skirt the coast, e.g. Carcassonne - Narbonne -
Nimes - Orange - Valence - Grenoble - Val

Which is between 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 depending on your speed.

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Brownz (Mobile) wrote:
TOG@Toil wrote:
The snow in the Pyrenees is crap, for the second year running, while
it's great in the Alps. Casting around without much hope for a cheap
catered chalet last-minute bargain in the Alps at half-term (next
weekend), I found (to my surprise) that there are more than a few,
discounted to half price.

Like £300 a head, and yes, room for four or more, in Val d'Isere.
Oufit called Finlays, if anybody knows anything about them

A quick bit of thinking. There's a mere 40cm of snow at altitude in
the Pyrenees, and the forecast for the whole of next week is for
temperatures of up to 10. One downward spike mid-week, and one cm of
snow on that date.

We've got flights booked, and a hire car waiting for us at Toulouse
Airport. So we've cancelled the hotel in St Lary and we're heading
north-east instead of south-west. Anybody know how long it takes to
drive Toulouse-Val?

Eww... nasty.

I think you'll have to skirt the coast, e.g. Carcassonne - Narbonne -
Nimes - Orange - Valence - Grenoble - Val

Which is between 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 depending on your speed.

Google maps say "697 km – about 6 hours 48 mins".

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On 9 Feb, 19:04, "Brownz \(Mobile\)"
wrote:
TOG@Toil wrote:
The snow in the Pyrenees is crap, for the second year running, while
it's great in the Alps. Casting around without much hope for a cheap
catered chalet last-minute bargain in the Alps at half-term (next
weekend), I found (to my surprise) that there are more than a few,
discounted to half price.

Like £300 a head, and yes, room for four or more, in Val d'Isere.
Oufit called Finlays, if anybody knows anything about them

A quick bit of thinking. There's a mere 40cm of snow at altitude in
the Pyrenees, and the forecast for the whole of next week is for
temperatures of up to 10. One downward spike mid-week, and one cm of
snow on that date.

We've got flights booked, and a hire car waiting for us at Toulouse
Airport. So we've cancelled the hotel in St Lary and we're heading
north-east instead of south-west. Anybody know how long it takes to
drive Toulouse-Val?

Eww... nasty.

I think you'll have to skirt the coast, e.g. Carcassonne - Narbonne -
Nimes - Orange - Valence - Grenoble - Val

Which is between 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 depending on your speed.

Re Finlays -
I have been with them a lot and keep going back.
Always with last min deals and it is
fine value on that basis. Mostly or
always decent locations and I have always
liked the food.

I would if I had to pay the full whack I suppose.

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The snow in the Pyrenees is crap, for the second year running, while
it's great in the Alps. Casting around without much hope for a cheap
catered chalet last-minute bargain in the Alps at half-term (next
weekend), I found (to my surprise) that there are more than a few,
discounted to half price.

Like £300 a head, and yes, room for four or more, in Val d'Isere.
Oufit called Finlays, if anybody knows anything about them

A quick bit of thinking. There's a mere 40cm of snow at altitude in
the Pyrenees, and the forecast for the whole of next week is for
temperatures of up to 10. One downward spike mid-week, and one cm of
snow on that date.

We've got flights booked, and a hire car waiting for us at Toulouse
Airport. So we've cancelled the hotel in St Lary and we're heading
north-east instead of south-west. Anybody know how long it takes to
drive Toulouse-Val?


Espace Sancy (Mont Dore) is closer (half the distance) and more direct
A20/A89, though it looks as if they haven't masses of snow there.

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On 9 Feb, 19:10, "platypus" wrote:
Brownz (Mobile) wrote:
TOG@Toil wrote:
The snow in the Pyrenees is crap, for the second year running, while
it's great in the Alps. Casting around without much hope for a cheap
catered chalet last-minute bargain in the Alps at half-term (next
weekend), I found (to my surprise) that there are more than a few,
discounted to half price.

Like £300 a head, and yes, room for four or more, in Val d'Isere.
Oufit called Finlays, if anybody knows anything about them

A quick bit of thinking. There's a mere 40cm of snow at altitude in
the Pyrenees, and the forecast for the whole of next week is for
temperatures of up to 10. One downward spike mid-week, and one cm of
snow on that date.

We've got flights booked, and a hire car waiting for us at Toulouse
Airport. So we've cancelled the hotel in St Lary and we're heading
north-east instead of south-west. Anybody know how long it takes to
drive Toulouse-Val?

Eww... nasty.

I think you'll have to skirt the coast, e.g. Carcassonne - Narbonne -
Nimes - Orange - Valence - Grenoble - Val

Which is between 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 depending on your speed.

Google maps say "697 km - about 6 hours 48 mins".

Hm. 435 miles. Gotta be under six hours. It is a hire car, after all.
The alternative was binning the flights and hire car and driving out
ourselves.

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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 14:30:48 -0800 (PST), "TOG@Toil"
wrote:


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Hm. 435 miles. Gotta be under six hours. It is a hire car, after all.
The alternative was binning the flights and hire car and driving out
ourselves.

How far are you from the Cairngorms? Apparently they're in condition
at the moment and at least you get to watch UK television when the
weather changes and it ****es down with rain.

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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:06:19 +0000, Andy Bonwick wrote:

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 14:30:48 -0800 (PST), "TOG@Toil"
wrote:


snip

Hm. 435 miles. Gotta be under six hours. It is a hire car, after all.
The alternative was binning the flights and hire car and driving out
ourselves.

How far are you from the Cairngorms? Apparently they're in condition

When you take the M1/M6[1]/M74/A9 into consideration, it will work out
further :-)

at the moment and at least you get to watch UK television when the
weather changes and it ****es down with rain.

[1] You don't want to go via the A1(M)/A68.

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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:47:18 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote:

The snow in the Pyrenees is crap, for the second year running, while
it's great in the Alps. Casting around without much hope for a cheap

Global warming takes its toll........

As I said to you earlier, I'm a convert to the Alps after this year.

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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:27:54 GMT, YTC#1
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:06:19 +0000, Andy Bonwick wrote:

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 14:30:48 -0800 (PST), "TOG@Toil"
wrote:


snip

Hm. 435 miles. Gotta be under six hours. It is a hire car, after all.
The alternative was binning the flights and hire car and driving out
ourselves.

How far are you from the Cairngorms? Apparently they're in condition

When you take the M1/M6[1]/M74/A9 into consideration, it will work out
further :-)

I'd have guessed at them being about the same distance but google
mishaps says it's 100 miles further to Aviemore.

at the moment and at least you get to watch UK television when the
weather changes and it ****es down with rain.

[1] You don't want to go via the A1(M)/A68.

I doubt if he wants to go by any route.