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Scottish Road/Boarding trip

Well, I sit here both tired, but very excited. After work tomorrow, I hit the road north in my new car, in search of some snowboarding fun in Scotland.

Never since I took up boarding have I known all the Scottish resorts to be open and covered in snow, so I'm taking advantage by taking a long weekend up there.

I'm heading up err tonight, staying over near the Glencoe resort (http://www.glencoemountain.co.uk/), going there to board on Friday, heading up towards the Nevis range (http://www.nevisrange.co.uk/) on Friday evening, and boarding there on Saturday. I'll then be heading up to my brothers, taking in either the Lecht (http://www.lecht.co.uk/) or Cairngorms (http://www.cairngormmountain.co.uk/) on Sunday, and then coming back on Monday..... via Glenshee (http://www.ski-glenshee.co.uk/)!!

It's going to be awesome.... so long as I don't get stuck in some snow-drift somewhere! I've bought a new shovel just in case!

I'll post some pics from my travels via twitter. http://twitter.com/mayb2moro

I'm mostly packed up, so I'd better get myself to bed - gonna be a long day tomorrow!!  
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New Car!!

So, following a number of problems over a number of years, culminating with a car whose front windows only go in one direction (down), I've finally gotten rid of my Megane in an outrageous swap deal for my parents Astra 1.6 SXI which looks much like this one: http://tinyurl.com/ydulc7l

I'll post some proper pics soon.

I'm loving it so far, it's sooooo nice to drive! Dare I say, there are still some things I miss about the Megane, but at least I (hopefully) have something I can now rely on!!  
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Stubaier Glacier

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Aximer Lizum

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Schlick 2000, Austria

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Kühtai, Austria

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Innsbruck!

I spent 8 days (plus some more) in Innsbruck over new year 09/10. All in all it was pretty good. The variety of ski resorts available is excellent with 9 to choose from. Whilst the local resorts (Nordkette and Patscherkofel) are really pretty small and probably only worth a visit if you want a real easy day, there are a number of other resorts easily accessable by bus.

Aximer Lizum and the Stubaier Glacier were the pick of the ones we visited. Aximer Lizum having smoe astonishing panoramic views and Subaier Glacier for it's sheer boardable size and powder. But Schlick 2000 gave us good fun for a day (and what a cool name!) and had a real nice party atmosphere early on on new years eve.
Kutai was good too, but a long long bus ride.

We stayed in the Innsbruck youth hostel, which was pretty much everything you'd expect from a youth hostel. It was clean and friendly, but, at times noisy and lacking the comforts of a hotel room and the privacy.

Away from the boarding, we found a brilliant bar called Theresienbräu which brewed it's own beer, and sold it on tap, in bottles, and even, in kegs (that you could order to your table!). Yes, we had a few beers in here! (http://www.brauwirtshaus.at/)

We also had a good few Guinness' in the irish bar, mostly drowning our sorrows at our travel delays, but also admiring the staff and the tunes.

New years eve we spent in the heart of Innsbruck being entertained by Chevy 57 ( http://www.chevy57.at/chevy57/ ) who played a whole load of classic rock 'n' roll tunes, and some Abba (queue crazy dancing man). It was a good, lively, and fun atmosphere. The surrounding streets were a bit crazy though with people just randomly setting fireworks off all over the place!

The journey home was a nightmare. Ironically having our flight cancelled twice because of snow in the UK, and then a major car window disaster when we finally got back on UK soil! Still, I'll look back at the holiday with fond memories, and, will look to go back to Innsbruck at some point soon. It was good. Rather like Chamonix, but with more choice, lower prices, and no french people :-P

Here's some pictures:

 
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09 Timeline part 3

Or even two :-P   More...
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09 Timeline part 2

OK, so it wouldn't all fit in one post!!   More...
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I've been such a twit this year!

2009 has been an interesting year. Full of ups and downs and lots of memories. Certainly a vast improvement on 2008!

It was also the year I discovered and ra[idly became addicted to Twitter. It's been everywhere with me!

Here, for old times sake is my 09 TimeLine!   More...
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