What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

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What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

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GeordieSi

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#32 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 21 July 2010 - 3:01pm on Freeski Club UK

Sounds good to me, have emailled the missus to see if she's on land then....spent a lot of time in Les Gets so know the area pretty well

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#33 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 21 July 2010 - 9:01pm on Freeski Club UK

Sounds good, may tag along again, as I missed the summer due to me being a forgetful bugger with no sense of time

anyway yeah, no syrup for me this time though

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#34 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 22 July 2010 - 12:48pm on Freeski Club UK

haha I've seen Rhi's photos of that!!

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#35 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 22 July 2010 - 2:46pm on Freeski Club UK

... and here's me thinking he meant beer. Of course, the Hellraiser round of the legendary SCUK Winter Bash quiz.

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GeordieSi

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#36 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 22 July 2010 - 8:13pm on Freeski Club UK

That was truly worth watching....

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#37 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 22 July 2010 - 11:58pm on Freeski Club UK

Seriously wouldn't have done it if it was honey..that stuff is disgusting...still think should have had more points for doing it

sherlock

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#38 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 23 July 2010 - 7:47am on Freeski Club UK

i think we were the only ones who got bonus points for that outrageous showmanship!

...winter is coming...

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#39 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 23 July 2010 - 2:24pm on Freeski Club UK

You deserved it

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Pocket

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#40 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 24 July 2010 - 5:28pm on Freeski Club UK

Hmm, anyone fancying the eurostar again?

Just done some research and it'd be euro star to Lille or Paris then a change to Cluses or thanon and a half hour transfer to resort

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#41 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 24 July 2010 - 5:55pm on Freeski Club UK

sounds like a plan

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#42 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 24 July 2010 - 6:01pm on Freeski Club UK

Dale... Don you cape my son, we have merryment to spread upon the eurostar!

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#43 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 24 July 2010 - 8:03pm on Freeski Club UK

would Eurostar involve drinking games?? If so I could be persuaded.

How long is the ride btw?

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#44 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 24 July 2010 - 8:07pm on Freeski Club UK

if you book at the right time, euro star comes in about the same price as the total cost of flying as you don't have baggage charges etc, you can take a limited amount of booze on with you and there are two bars on the train too (though they can be pricey).

It also doesn't take much longer to get there door to door, depending on where you are going from, plus you normally get an extra two days in resort to boot!

Last year we were delayed in London by 2 hours so drunk more in the terminal, by the time we set off at 10pm, most of us were ready for a snooze...

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#45 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 25 July 2010 - 9:56am on Freeski Club UK

you'd have to do eurostar to paris and change for thonon-les-bains or cluses with a 40 minute transfer. the journey works out at ~9 hours (same as the overnight eurostar train).

i love taking the train to the alps, but the transfer from geneva airport is ~60 minutes. is that something to think about?

...winter is coming...

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#46 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 25 July 2010 - 10:22am on Freeski Club UK

keep me in the loops with this then coz I think I might prefer getting the train then! Could be fun!!

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BlackRam

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#47 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 25 July 2010 - 11:57pm on Freeski Club UK

Well Cardiff to Geneva on the sunday arrived at 4.15pm oooh and is currently priced at £20.

Cmon dunx sort the details out!!

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#48 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 10:55am on Freeski Club UK

haha serious?? Maaan that is good! If it's that cheap then I'll definitely take the train!

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#49 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 11:05am on Freeski Club UK

You'l be paying at least 200 for the train all the way to Bourg but its still often cheaper than flying.

One thing i don't get about the train is that loads of people say oh its great you get two days extra on the slope as you arrive at 8am..and then stay up all night all the way there getting so pissed that they arrive wasted and useless to ride.

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#50 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 11:23am on Freeski Club UK

We did it by train last winter and it was cheaper than flying we paid 115 quid return.

And we had enough sleep on the train we rode most of the extra day

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#51 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 11:40am on Freeski Club UK

leaving on a friday night?

tortyv

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#52 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 11:44am on Freeski Club UK

nickmotture wrote:

..and then stay up all night all the way there getting so pissed that they arrive wasted...

That's crazy who would be stupid enough to do that!!

In all seriousness though, if I did start drinking when the journey began, I'd probably doze off at midnight and sleep for the rest of the trip! haha

Gotta admit it is fun drinking when travelling, so long as you don't lose your passport or anything!

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#53 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 11:51am on Freeski Club UK

tortyv][quote=nickmotture wrote:

Gotta admit it is fun drinking when travelling, so long as you don't lose your passport or anything!

Or wake up in a seedy hotel bathtub full of ice missing a kidney or 2

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#54 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 11:52am on Freeski Club UK

nickmotture wrote:

You're thinking of the snow train you get via a ferry from Dover; the sleeper train.

The Eurostar is all seats and is direct from London. Not quite the party train and you do get the two full extra days.

But Bourg is a long way from Morzine compared to Geneva airport. I don't really think it's a good option for this one. We won't be organising transfers from Bourg for one, but you could still do this yourself if you're desperate to go by train.

Hopefully we'll have the final details by this Wednesday.

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#55 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 12:46pm on Freeski Club UK

Forgot youve planned it for Morzine, not its not an option by train really. Train from London to Geneva is a pain in the ar5e and involves several changes, there is no direct snow train route to that part of the Alpes. Also the reason train to Tignes was a good option was because it saved you the 60 odd euro each way 3 hour transfer from Geneva. But Morzine is only an hour and 20 Euros from Geneva so that benefit becomes null and void

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#56 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 1:00pm on Freeski Club UK

plane it is then!

...well of course providing I actually go! :-P

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#57 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 26 July 2010 - 1:59pm on Freeski Club UK

just had a quick look and there's flights from birmingham/luton/gatwick etc for about £55, they exclude baggage etc but still pretty good

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#58 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 27 July 2010 - 9:05am on Freeski Club UK

im in

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dunx

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#59 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 27 July 2010 - 9:27am on Freeski Club UK

Yes, flights are really cheap at the moment, especially Sunday flights. Should have details up tonight!

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#60 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 27 July 2010 - 1:46pm on Freeski Club UK

Awesome Dunx. I'm really considering coming this time. Plus Rhi keeps on about it, so reckon it would be really fun!

"and fatigues soon ignored, as your feet hit the board, or the beat hits the floor, these are the moments that we live for"

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#61 Reply: What's the date for SCUK's winter trip?

Posted 27 July 2010 - 6:12pm on Freeski Club UK

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