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From: Colin Irvine on 21 Dec 2008 18:04 On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:04:22 +0100, Ace squeezed out the following: >On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:46:16 +0000, Colin Irvine ><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > >>On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:27:07 +0100, Ace squeezed out the following: >> >>>On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:21:52 +0000, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk >>>(The Older Gentleman) wrote: > >>>>Erk. One of the penalties of going early in the season when there's >>>>loadsa snow... >>> >>>s'been great here in Engelberg, although we lost a day last Sunday >>>with a sudden vicious foehn wind. Temps went up by about 10 deg and >>>the wind kept the lifts shut all day. It felt like it would kill all >>>the snow, as everything at village level (1000m) was melted. >> >>It's really frustrating, isn't it, especially when you know exactly >>how good the skiing can be when the conditions are good. > >TBH we don't really find it frustrating at all. We've always got stuff >to do - house stuff, you know - so if it's not looking good for skiing >we can just get on with something else. Well I have to admit that when the weather closed in on Thursday we settled for an hour-and-a-half lunch instead. Skiing back down afterwards full of red wine, spaghetti alle vongole and grappa was, er..., interesting! -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk |