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i'm not.
not until saturday!
Im not. Never have done tho. Maybe in the winter strapped to a fancy ironing board.
:crosses fingers:
me neither,AND i live in f*kin Norfolk...
Nor me...
Don't have any plans to either.. are we helping? 😉
me neither,AND i live in f*kin Norfolk...
or me - I'm actually going to Norfolk this year for a family boating fortnight
Maybe next year, just enjoy being a new dad this year? Enough on yer plate already.
I'm going to Norfolk in the summer for some skiing.
I'm not, I'm lucky if I get to harlestone firs at the mo with a heavily preg expecting wife..... I'm day dreaming of Wales let alone the Alps!!
Chamonix and Verbier for me later in the summer 8)
3 long weekends in the Lakes already
and 3 weeks of snowboarding earlier this year
sweet.
I'm not, and probably never will!
Maybe next year, just enjoy being a new dad this year? Enough on yer plate already.
I know, everytime I have the pang of regret I remind myself of this. Still, it feels like all the other kids in class are going away on holiday and I'm being held back and sitting alone!
I'm not either...in fact I don't seem to be riding my bike as much as everyone else is either...parenting and havign the other half working different work patterns means I have 1 night a week to ride (or do anything else that needs my time) - I seem to be maintaining a rather poor level of fitness but my skill level is going backwards...royal pain in the hoop but such is life...it will improve...no point getting down about it - it was my choice!
I'm not, I'm going to the Pyrenees and Catalonia, it's going to be hell 8)
Plenty of local riding but its also been a cracking year getting to ride in nice places outside of sunny Scotland ...Moab in the March, Mega Avalanche in 2 weeks and looking like a Vancouver trip coming up this September 🙂
I am torn, new dad too, but also have a quick weekender to Morzine planned/booked, even built a bike especially to take....
Got a family holiday planned 4 days after I get back so thats eased my guilt.
tinsy- how are you working it/logistically etc?
Me neither - I still need to rest for about a week after a short ride so count yourself lucky!
I was planning on going but there is no way my one year old will sit in the car for more than a couple of hours at a time and then she needs a minimum of 30 minutes out of the car. It makes for a very long journey.
why would you want to take 1 year old to the alps 😯
Because going to the Alps is not just about riding, it was going to be a family holiday that included a little bit of biking but mainly hiking, eating and chilling out.
why would you want to take 1 year old to the alps
Better than Lanzarotte IMO 🙂
I'm going to be sending you regular updates from Passporte du Soleil you collossal bell-end. I think you should be supplied a pictorial record of what your missing. And all the fun we're having. Possibly on the hour, every hour. 🙂 Muhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
I consider that this is perfectly justifiable on the grounds that when my two were younger and higher maintenance, you would still mither me to go riding every weekend, then fail to comprehend why I couldn't!
Do you know how long I've been looking forward to extracting this revenge? 😀
hora - your right there.
Easyjet can work out very cheap if you go mid week. Often cheaper than driving.
In what way Hora?
you would still mither me to go riding every weekend, then fail to comprehend why I couldn't!
Yes I do remember this clearly. I also remember saying to Lisa- he must be making it up! It can't be that hard can it! 😕 😳 (ARSE!)
tinsy- basically Im looking for a way I can get out there on the sly with minimal collateral damage when I get back!
me neither, sorry, no wait, yes I am......Chamonix the week after next. 😆
I see, well I booked up a week away for the family about the same time so I was niether good guy nor bad guy at home so thats helped with that.
I have trimmed my trip back a bit compared to the other lads too, it was only a 4 night long weekend, but they are driving out, I have booked myself and 1 other pal to fly out but only do 3 nights there, its cost a bit more to do but is justified by being back home with the family sooner and also getting an extra days work in (brownie points).
(no paid holidays you see)
All I will be missing out on really, is hours in a car and the last nights pi55 up followed by more hours in the car.
I do gain however by flying an afternoon of the first day there bashing Plenny run whilst the others are still sat in the car, so clawed a little of the mountain time back by flying.
Somewhere in that mix I got some emotional blackmail wich cost me another week away with the family, but a weeks holiday with the ones I love is no hardship, just the £££££ stings a bit.
We will be going this year as we have done every year since 2004, however due to Katie having to have an operation in July next year we will have to miss it. Kevin has offered to stay at home with Katie so that Abigale and me can get one week in but I know given the circumstances I wont enjoy it.
If it all goes OK she will only be off the bike for 6 months.
Tracey
I know, everytime I have the pang of regret I remind myself of this. Still, it feels like all the other kids in class are going away on holiday and I'm being held back and sitting alone!
Not been yet, not going this year, first kid due in October... can I join this club you've started?
Dad's not doing the alps anonymous?
I'm not going but my friends are off tomorrow to Verbier, well Le Chable.
NO NO NO... Garylake you and Hora book one up today, your making me feel like a bad dad!!
Not going, and Mrs is expecting.
I'm getting enough grief about Mayhem this weekend..!
I am not going to the alps... Actually I don't need to go to the alps I live there 😈
I'm going and the mrs is off to Marbella with her mates tomorrow for the same duration. So what she spends is my budget. !!!
I am!
Long weekend to watch the Champery round of the DH World Cup (which just happens to coincide with my cousins wedding) and a week with The White Room.
Maybe when my Son has grown up and my Wife has left me but other wise, Norfolk and Chance
I want to see good pics though and lots of them. 😀
im not 🙁 going to devon for 3 weeks though and might be going up to fort bill in early september 🙂
Hi sambob, long time no-see. Hope your brakes etc are working? Think Pook is organising another Pootle soon..
why would you want to take 1 year old to the alps
I got carried all over the Alps when I was a child. Never did me any harm!
i've got to suffer a five week holiday at bikevillage this summer... Ah well!
I am not I am going to the Pyrenees
slightly on topic, megavalanche people be prepared for lots of snow this year.
The freeraid at 2Alpes (just across the valley from Alpe d'Huez) has had a route change due to loads of snow from 2600m (2.7m metres still on the glacier at 3400m according to the update)
And its due to get really cold here this weekend (freezing point at 1600m) so its not going to shift all that quick.
good luck everyone
I'm not either, but I still keep thinking of ways I might be able to swing it.
Currently planning a UK-based "uplift week" instead to make up for it a bit.
So much good riding in the UK it doesn't matter. Wouldn't mind some more uplifts though.
I'm not going either, baby will be arriving in November and my finances need to be as healthy as possible, so it's goodbye to my DH bike come September. :0(
I'm not going riding in the alps and probably never will.
I live near Wigan, why would I want to go riding anywhere else?
sort of going to some alps Swabian Albe in Germany soon
What are the chances of Engerland playing Germany in he first week of July
freeridenick - Memberwhy would you want to take 1 year old to the alps
and grums response
grum - MemberI got carried all over the Alps when I was a child. Never did me any harm!
We took ours when she was 6 months old, had a great time taking it in turns to look after her or ride, the froggy liftmasters where extremely helpful and baby oriented. We are going again this year with another newborn.
See if you anyone knows where this pic was taken.
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We're planning a St. moritz camping and mtb raid this weekend to hook up with a mate who's doing a road ride Basel - St. moritz.
Now looking at the forecast and wondering if it is a wise move to be up in mountains we don't know, in an area we haven't ridden before, when the forecast is -1 with wind and snow. Hmmmmm.
Are we daft? or is it MTFU?
Kev
Picture taken in Les Lindarets valley! just down from waterfall but far enough away from those stinky goats!??? Am I right? do I win a prize!!
My first year in 6 years of not going to the alps, but we are off to Colorado for 2 weeks MTBing instead! whoop whoop...
I'm going in 2 weeks for the marmotte and megavalanche but still looking forward to soloing 24/12 and Keilder 100 though.
Yup les lindarets where all the lifts meet, few good cafes there. The prize is a warm glow and this
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they are thanks hora, new pads rub and make me want to shoot myself, but they work well. how is the fork situation currently? and as long as it's not between the 16th of july and the 7th of August ill be there 🙂
Fork situation ended up the only way it could; Fox. Heaven knows why I hung around Rockshox's for so long.
i dont blame you. I WANT A NEW BIKE :'(
So I've had daily email updates of the 'Mega lot' (yeah cheers!) Grrr...
Then a friend from cumbria rings just now and says 'I've got so-and-so's chalet in Morzine and the family are driving over to Morzine tomorrow morning for 2 weeks'.....argghhhh 😐
😕
but still .....can I say? (although I hate the term) Im superstoked for them 😀