Meribel

[Jawz]

Eh, wtf?!?!

Sorry old chap, you're absolutely correct. Language should stay stagnant and we should all be emulating the good old day's of BBC english. What what.

Dude, people have been saying awesome for the best part of 15 years at least in general conversation. No one expects you to join in, but stop acting like disgruntled from Milton Keynes and accept the fact that the language (And this board) isn't the preserve of the old fuddy duddy language police, even if you are an old fud.

I stopped listening to him a while back, some embittered wierdo who keeps on trying to hijack threads with his tulipe. I would hazard a guess he was bullied at school.

[n5gooner]

Haven't been there for a while. Do they still have that amazing little airstrip on the edge of the piste ? Anyone used it ?

yes they do, and yes its used, I've considered getting a plane there before to save the car trip.

[n5gooner]

I think it was Meribel (might have been Courcheval) where one run passes the top of the little airport. The runway looks like it's only about 300 metres long, it appears planes land into the mountain and rely on the uphill slope of the runway to slow them down. On take-off, if they can't get up to speed I guess it doesn't matter, as they'll pick up plenty of speed once they've gone off the cliff at the end of the downhill side of the runway.

(Maybe it was Courcheval, I remember checking after that holiday and found I could fly direct to the airport from London City airport, which is only 15 minutes from home for me.)

yes it Courcheval, with your back to the ski lifts in the village its towards the left and up a bit