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Yes you are correct, any one with the blue card symbol on accepts cards (most don't accept American Express though) as long as you avoid the lanes with T as they are reserved for season ticket holders!
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It's time for that French Motorway Toll Question Again
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:56:51 +0100, Ace
wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:56:25 +0100, Ace wrote: There are various option, including one with a monthly fee of Eu1.50 only for those months you actually use it. 10 Eu start-up though. Ooops, forgot link: http://www.telepeagepourtous.fr/fr/particulier Well, the option I went for was the good ol' "shrug off the seatbelt and lean across the passenger seat" one, which has served me well in the past. I have it on good authority that it doesn't work well in modern saloon cars: the large centre console and tight fit behind the steering wheel make it extremely difficult, apparently.. Was a little harder on the return journey: a combination of falling off my snowboard onto my ribs on a... dunno what they're called... metal 'long box' thing, in the Flaine Jam Park, followed the next day by being skittled at speed by a fallen skier on the Diamant Noir, meant that my ribs are very tender and stiff and I'm less mobile than usual. -- -Pip |
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It's time for that French Motorway Toll Question Again
On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:08:25 +0000, Pip Luscher
wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:56:51 +0100, Ace wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:56:25 +0100, Ace wrote: There are various option, including one with a monthly fee of Eu1.50 only for those months you actually use it. 10 Eu start-up though. Ooops, forgot link: http://www.telepeagepourtous.fr/fr/particulier Well, the option I went for was the good ol' "shrug off the seatbelt and lean across the passenger seat" one, which has served me well in the past. I have it on good authority that it doesn't work well in modern saloon cars: the large centre console and tight fit behind the steering wheel make it extremely difficult, apparently.. Was a little harder on the return journey: a combination of falling off my snowboard onto my ribs on a... dunno what they're called... metal 'long box' thing, in the Flaine Jam Park, followed the next day by being skittled at speed by a fallen skier on the Diamant Noir, That's right, blame the skier. You should have been paying more attention. What were conditions like anyway? Been so long since I've been to Flaine - starting to miss the old place... meant that my ribs are very tender and stiff and I'm less mobile than usual. ****wit. massages sprained shoulder[1], pulled calf muscle and torn cartilage [1] All recovering now, with loadsa physio and drugs. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members |
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It's time for that French Motorway Toll Question Again
On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:16:20 +0100, Ace
wrote: On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:08:25 +0000, Pip Luscher wrote: Was a little harder on the return journey: a combination of falling off my snowboard onto my ribs on a... dunno what they're called... metal 'long box' thing, in the Flaine Jam Park, followed the next day by being skittled at speed by a fallen skier on the Diamant Noir, That's right, blame the skier. You should have been paying more attention. Hah! Actually I was on skis myself. I'd nipped down the narrow part of the couloir to clear some space and was bimbling down the area where it begins to widen out, when there was a warning shout. "That sounds like a warning shout" I thought, and began to turn to see what was up, at which precise point an express train hit me in the back. I'm not sure exactly where the other guy fell, but he was travelling quite fast and ended up maybe twenty metres below me after I'd stopped sliding, but he was fortunately OK. What were conditions like anyway? Been so long since I've been to Flaine - starting to miss the old place... Not the worst I've ever seen but hard, hard, hard. Small patches of boilerplate in places on the more popular easy runs. Directly south-facing hillsides were more green than white. You can always tell when things are bad: lots of areas just off-piste were covered in track marks where they've been scooping up snow to patch up the pistes. Diamant Noir had quite grippy snow in the couloir as usual, but there were so many rock marker poles that it looked like a particularly fiendish slalom course. Agate was open (though its companion Red was not), again with grippy enough snow but one had to pick one's line with care to avoid exposed rock in several places. My favourite, Combe de Veret, was closed with green patches & rocks showing. The top half of Aigle Noir was open but one had to leave via a side track partway down. The entry cornice was smaller than I've seen before, so rather less intimidating than usual, but the snow was slightly hard in places; skis grated sideways at times. Chamois was open but hard snow, a bit like Aigle Noir. Corblanche was closed. Onyx was open and generally fine, but the entry run 'Jais' was getting pretty polished. We only did a tiny off-piste excursion in to an easy area where the ski schools go. Crunchy, tracked powderish stuff with a very slight crust. In fairness, I really need to do another course. Since the beginner's course I did three years ago, I've only once done a day off piste. ****wit. The defendant requests that 1,000 other cases be taken into consideration. massages sprained shoulder[1], pulled calf muscle and torn cartilage Ah-HAH. -- -Pip |
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