Just to cheer you up....

OK, then just give me suggestions for ski rentals, night life, train times
(will there be any?) and rentals cars. Do I get snow tyres and roof rack?
Will I be able to use my Swiss Francs in Blair's 2021 vision of the UK or
will it be the US $ :-)

Oh yes - any idea of lift passes - should I bring a photo?
--
Simon Brown
www.hb9drv.ch

"Ian Spare" wrote in message
...
Simon Brown wrote:
So if I want to go skiing in 16 years I have to come to the UK?

Can anyone recommend a hotel, what will the piste conditions be like in
say
March 2021, also what about a guide? What resorts can be recommended for
a
grumpy old b***t**d?

steady there, slow down, don't leap in until you've checked out the
mobile phone coverage, whether there's an ATM or an Internet Cafe and if
there's somewhere you get Swiss food....

"Simon Brown" wrote in message
...
OK, then just give me suggestions for ski rentals, night life, train times
(will there be any?) and rentals cars. Do I get snow tyres and roof rack?
Will I be able to use my Swiss Francs in Blair's 2021 vision of the UK or
will it be the US $ :-)

Oh yes - any idea of lift passes - should I bring a photo?
--


No photo or currency required - your imbedded RFID tag will be scanned and
your account automatically debited for all services used.


--
Paul Schofield

Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:39:51 +0100, Ian Spare
wrote:

Simon Brown wrote:
So if I want to go skiing in 16 years I have to come to the UK?

Can anyone recommend a hotel, what will the piste conditions be like in say
March 2021, also what about a guide? What resorts can be recommended for a
grumpy old b***t**d?

steady there, slow down, don't leap in until you've checked out the
mobile phone coverage, whether there's an ATM or an Internet Cafe and if
there's somewhere you get Swiss food....

Crikey, yes. Imagine a ski holiday in Britain. Awful.

--
Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

"Neil Hamilton" wrote in message
news:fdq_b.125$lj3.95@newsfe1-win...
| Could have fooled me. The snow here(UK) these days is terrible.
Glencoe and
| Glenshee ski centres have both just gone up for sale due to lack of
business
| from a severe lack of snow!
| Just goes to show that the Pentagon know nothing after all.
| Cheers,

That's a point, their forward planning and intelligence gathering has
hardly been renowned for its success in recent years.... Simon and Ace
may yet be spared moving back to the Peak District to earn a
living.....still, wonder what the NatWest would say if I presented a
business plan for a resort in Buxton.....

Pete

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:08:29 GMT, "PG" allegedly wrote:

That's a point, their forward planning and intelligence gathering has
hardly been renowned for its success in recent years.... Simon and Ace
may yet be spared moving back to the Peak District to earn a
living

Unlikely... Simon complains about the cold and snow in Laax... he's hardly
going to move to somewhere colder, with less mountains, and English
people.

- Dave.

hhh wrote:
Simon Brown wrote:
So if I want to go skiing in 16 years I have to come to the UK?

Can anyone recommend a hotel, what will the piste conditions be like
in say March 2021, also what about a guide? What resorts can be
recommended for a grumpy old b***t**d?

Well according to our friends at the erstwhile guardian/observer
Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years which will, I guess,
make it too cold for skiing.

Another quote I like in the article:
"As early as next year widespread flooding by a rise in sea levels
will create major upheaval for millions"
well that sounds like a statement of fact to me: if it occurs I'll
become a fully paid up member of Greenpeace and take out an annual
subscription to The Guardian.

If the sea level is going up then I'm going to have to move, I'm just about
under it at the moment. Maybe I'll move to one of the up and coming UK ski
resorts, somewhere high and with guaranteed snow like Derbyshire would be.

--
James...
www.jameshart.co.uk

PG wrote:
"Neil Hamilton" wrote in message
news:fdq_b.125$lj3.95@newsfe1-win...
| Could have fooled me. The snow here(UK) these days is terrible.
Glencoe and
| Glenshee ski centres have both just gone up for sale due to lack of
business
| from a severe lack of snow!
| Just goes to show that the Pentagon know nothing after all.
| Cheers,

That's a point, their forward planning and intelligence gathering has
hardly been renowned for its success in recent years.... Simon and Ace
may yet be spared moving back to the Peak District to earn a
living.....still, wonder what the NatWest would say if I presented a
business plan for a resort in Buxton.....


There is a portable rope tow used at Elton in the Peak District, I lived
in the next village but never went. The YHA at Edale I think runs XC and
telemark from time to time, and whenever I took the Tele's out I'd
probably see other people likewise.

"Simon Brown" wrote in message
...
| "PG" wrote in message
| ...
|
| You misunderstand - you've been telling us it could just as easily
get
| colder - and according to the Pentagon, you may well be right....

| Anytime in the next 45 minutes I assume. If the expected change in the
Gulf
| Stream comes about winter in the UK would be roughly similar to winter
in
| Nova Scotia - ouch!!!
|
| FTW main road closed here due to accident, cars queuing up in the
falling
| snow...
|

Been wondering... if the weather's going to turn Siberian in the UK,
what does it have in store for the Alps?

Pete

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:22:29 +0100, "PG" wrote:


Been wondering... if the weather's going to turn Siberian in the UK,
what does it have in store for the Alps?

Basel will become Switzerland's premier ski resort, with the likes of
Zermatt and Verbier reduced to mountain hut status for the big boys
only. Ski-touring will blossom, as will backcountry snowmobiling.

Most of the high-mountain lifts, railways and cable cars will only run
in the summer, when there will be as much skiing as the current winter
season - at last it will be possible to ski in August without being
squeezed out by race teams in training.

And about twenty years on, Britain will have become the foremost
nation in Alpine skiing competitions, with the likes of France and
Austria struggling to keep pace with the changes.

--
Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

"Ace" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:22:29 +0100, "PG" wrote:


Been wondering... if the weather's going to turn Siberian in the UK,
what does it have in store for the Alps?

Basel will become Switzerland's premier ski resort, with the likes of
Zermatt and Verbier reduced to mountain hut status for the big boys
only. Ski-touring will blossom, as will backcountry snowmobiling.

Most of the high-mountain lifts, railways and cable cars will only run
in the summer, when there will be as much skiing as the current winter
season - at last it will be possible to ski in August without being
squeezed out by race teams in training.

And about twenty years on, Britain will have become the foremost
nation in Alpine skiing competitions, with the likes of France and
Austria struggling to keep pace with the changes.


Or perhaps not. The Siberian weather patterns predicted in the UK are due to
the diversion of the jetstream and gulfstream further south. This will have
the opposite effect in the Alps with higher temperatures and wetter weather.

--
Paul Schofield

Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana