Dr Ski
Does the phrase 'boring old fart' mean anything to you? I could have sworn I overheard you using the term when I attended your lecture at the Ski Club of Great Britain? I can't believe you were referring to me unless it was a bit of professional jealousy of course, easy to understand as clearly my colleagues at the Ski Club consider me quite an expert on the Slippery Art.
For reasons we won't go into here, I have tended to travel alone on past skiing holidays, initially I favoured France, one could stay in a chalet and surprise some of your Ski Club chums by turning up unannounced, however more recently I have noticed that an increasing number of my fellow members seem to be avoiding the French Alps in favour of Austria.
I note that you often refer to St Anton in previous correspondence and I wondered if you knew something that I didn't?
Tally Ho
Taffy Nomates
Ski Club of Great Britain
PS If you need a bit of help on the technical front don't hesitate to ask.
Dear Taffy
If I ever need your technical help I'll know it really is time to hang up the skis.
My knowledge of Ski Club of Great Britain members and their holiday preferences is limited, could it be that it isn't the French Alps they are trying to avoid?
When choosing a ski destination there are several things to consider and 'am I likely to bump into Taffy?' would not be the least of these, however accessibility, cost, skiing difficulty and accommodation are all important as is apres ski.
Jeremy Clarkson, the minor TV celebrity and secondhand car salesman, is quoted as saying 'skiing in France can be an extremely expensive way of combining acute discomfort, butt-clenching embarrassment and mind-numbing fear.'
Not what you'd call a great advert for the French Alps, having said this many tourist skiers wax lyrical about the wide open red runs and the benefits of linked resorts creating the opportunity to ski the three, four, or these days, even six valleys.
In my limited experience the French seem to take great delight in ensuring that the key lift linking the valleys, the one you need to take to get back to your resort, is always the oldest, slowest and coldest means of transport in the Alps. Consequently it creates a bottleneck causing long queues and, of course, the typically French Lifties drop the barrier at the allotted time regardless of the fact that they are leaving hundreds of frustrated skiers marooned, I can almost hear them saying 'you Englais, so stupid.'
I can't tell you much about Austria, my friends would never forgive me, give Bansko, Bulgaria a try, I've heard it could be right up your piste.
Mum's the word
Dr Ski
PS I believe the phrase I used was 'boring Welsh twat' you know what they say, if the cap fits....................
Does the phrase 'boring old fart' mean anything to you? I could have sworn I overheard you using the term when I attended your lecture at the Ski Club of Great Britain? I can't believe you were referring to me unless it was a bit of professional jealousy of course, easy to understand as clearly my colleagues at the Ski Club consider me quite an expert on the Slippery Art.
For reasons we won't go into here, I have tended to travel alone on past skiing holidays, initially I favoured France, one could stay in a chalet and surprise some of your Ski Club chums by turning up unannounced, however more recently I have noticed that an increasing number of my fellow members seem to be avoiding the French Alps in favour of Austria.
I note that you often refer to St Anton in previous correspondence and I wondered if you knew something that I didn't?
Tally Ho
Taffy Nomates
Ski Club of Great Britain
PS If you need a bit of help on the technical front don't hesitate to ask.
Dear Taffy
If I ever need your technical help I'll know it really is time to hang up the skis.
My knowledge of Ski Club of Great Britain members and their holiday preferences is limited, could it be that it isn't the French Alps they are trying to avoid?
When choosing a ski destination there are several things to consider and 'am I likely to bump into Taffy?' would not be the least of these, however accessibility, cost, skiing difficulty and accommodation are all important as is apres ski.
Jeremy Clarkson, the minor TV celebrity and secondhand car salesman, is quoted as saying 'skiing in France can be an extremely expensive way of combining acute discomfort, butt-clenching embarrassment and mind-numbing fear.'
Not what you'd call a great advert for the French Alps, having said this many tourist skiers wax lyrical about the wide open red runs and the benefits of linked resorts creating the opportunity to ski the three, four, or these days, even six valleys.
In my limited experience the French seem to take great delight in ensuring that the key lift linking the valleys, the one you need to take to get back to your resort, is always the oldest, slowest and coldest means of transport in the Alps. Consequently it creates a bottleneck causing long queues and, of course, the typically French Lifties drop the barrier at the allotted time regardless of the fact that they are leaving hundreds of frustrated skiers marooned, I can almost hear them saying 'you Englais, so stupid.'
I can't tell you much about Austria, my friends would never forgive me, give Bansko, Bulgaria a try, I've heard it could be right up your piste.
Mum's the word
Dr Ski
PS I believe the phrase I used was 'boring Welsh twat' you know what they say, if the cap fits....................
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