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The Day the Wheels Fell Off the Grand Alpine Tour
Snoman Grand Alpine Ski Resorts Tour, ski holidays 2
After a glorious first fortnight in the French alps – some truly memorable days in the ski holiday hotspots of Alpe d’Huez, Les Deux Alpes and La Grave– it was time to up-sticks from our first campsite in Bourg d’Oisans and head for our next sojourn in Brides les Bains, below the ski resorts of the legendary Les Troi Vallees. […]
Les Deux Alpes – the upside down ski resort
Snoman Grand Alpine Ski Resorts Tour, ski holidays 2
We all know how learning to ski or snowboard goes – you spend your first wobbly day or two of the ski holiday within arms length of the cafes, on a nursery slope as steep as… well its almost completely flat. Then you progress a little further from the ski resort up the hill and […]
First week on Grand Alpine Tour of european ski resorts
Snoman Grand Alpine Ski Resorts Tour, ski holidays 4
After a relatively easy, if un-glamorous trip down from Calais to the French alps, we traded in our nights in highway truck stops for balmy days in a gorgeous French campsite at the foot ofAlpe d’Huez ski resort. We get excellent WiFi so I can crack on with a few days of work online which […]
Airstream ski resort tour leaves London and heads to the Alps
Snoman Grand Alpine Ski Resorts Tour, ski holidays 0
Passports – check Ferry tickets – check Euros – check Alpine Maps – check Vintage american caravan – check Trepidation – CHECK With no more time for procrastination, prevarication and even palpatation… we left the safety of our sunny Surrey camp site and headed for “In’jin country” Actually the road to Dover sea port was pretty […]
Grand Alpine Tour Prequel – 3 sno people, 3 months, 30+ european ski holiday resorts
Snoman Grand Alpine Ski Resorts Tour, ski holidays 2
A few words and pictures on preparing our selves, lives and vintage Airstream for a 3 1/2 month tour of the major ski resorts for european ski holidays. Is that entertaining if you don’t know us? … not sure… but you’ll come to know we three sno lovers and predict for yourself if we’ll be able to go from London-living-townies (him BBC telly maker, […]
Airstream Preparation – getting a 1966 vintage US travel trailer ready for 4 months touring the Swiss and French alps ski resorts
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Vintage Airstream Preparation (before visiting 30+ european ski resorts) Not much about ski holidays or ski resorts, this post is for the Airstream lovers – you might want to skip this one if you’re not a vintage caravan nut… or just look at the pretty pictures! 1 – polish alluminium Airstream exterior: From totally oxidised grey, to a […]
Airstream dream becomes sno-mobile reality
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After looking for the perfect vintage Aluminium (Aluminum if you’re American) caravan (travel trailer) for an age, we found the perfect one in the middle of the Arizona desert …
… so I jumped straight on a plane from London UK to Phoenix AZ and bought it from a marvellous American chap who thought I was a ficticious e-person invented by an internet scam artist… he was more than a little surprised when I rolled down his dusty drive the following night in an enormous U-Haul truck!
First time driving a 40ft articulated vehicle,
1500 miles across the desert,
on a foreign country,
on the wrong side of the road…
… piece of cake!