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Ski touring in Wales
Anyone into ski touring might like to consider popping over to the Welsh
mountains this weekend. Conditions here in mid Wales are excellent at the moment. Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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In message , Pip Luscher
writes On 4 Mar 2006 00:38:04 -0000, (Adrian D. Shaw) wrote: Anyone into ski touring might like to consider popping over to the Welsh mountains this weekend. Conditions here in mid Wales are excellent at the moment. Hmph. We've had a bit of a frost on this side of Blighty. I even had to scrape the car windscreen. We had a snowstorm that lasted all of five minutes, it snowed quite heavily (but horizontally) and some of it stayed on the ground all night ! -- Sue ];( |
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On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 16:01:05 +0000, MadCow wrote:
We had a snowstorm that lasted all of five minutes, it snowed quite heavily (but horizontally) and some of it stayed on the ground all night ! One day, just *one* day, it'll snow heavily enough round here that I can say that I've actually skied in England[1]. Or maybe snowboarded. [1] Dry slopes and snow domes don't count, OK? -- -Pip |
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Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Anyone into ski touring might like to consider popping over to the Welsh mountains this weekend. Conditions here in mid Wales are excellent at the moment. Have you done any? |
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Felly sgrifennodd davidof :
Adrian D. Shaw wrote: Anyone into ski touring might like to consider popping over to the Welsh mountains this weekend. Conditions here in mid Wales are excellent at the moment. Have you done any? Unfortunately, I have the wrong bindings and no skins. But I did carry my skis up a little way and did a few runs. It's a lot of effort though! Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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In message , Pip Luscher
writes One day, just *one* day, it'll snow heavily enough round here that I can say that I've actually skied in England[1]. Or maybe snowboarded. [1] Dry slopes and snow domes don't count, OK? Where are you? There must've been more snow in Henley than here (Reading) because there were traces of it still in cold places today. I know someone who's done cross-country skiing in the Chilterns, he bought the kit for £40 from a bloke whose employer posted him to Norway and then changed its mind. My question is, should I buy snowblades on e-bay just in case, or would that prevent it snowing here ever? -- Sue ];( |
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On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:44:54 +0000, MadCow wrote:
Where are you? Suffolk. There must've been more snow in Henley than here (Reading) because there were traces of it still in cold places today. Well, I had to nip into work yesterday (near Cambridge) and it was blue skies throughout the afternoon. Apparently it snowed heavily for a few minutes in Newmarket, but when I got back there it was sunny and damp. I know someone who's done cross-country skiing in the Chilterns, he bought the kit for £40 from a bloke whose employer posted him to Norway and then changed its mind. My question is, should I buy snowblades on e-bay just in case, or would that prevent it snowing here ever? Of course it would! -- -Pip |
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Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Felly sgrifennodd davidof : Adrian D. Shaw wrote: Anyone into ski touring might like to consider popping over to the Welsh mountains this weekend. Conditions here in mid Wales are excellent at the moment. Have you done any? Unfortunately, I have the wrong bindings and no skins. But I did carry my skis up a little way and did a few runs. It's a lot of effort though! Going through my old slides (scanning them, great fun) recently I found one of me skiing in Coventry about 25 years ago. In the fields just off the London Rd. by the cemetery. Only a 50 yd slope, so I only did it a couple of times just to say that I'd done it. |
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