Ski Trip

I'm leaving on Saturday morning on a 26 hour coach journey to Italy, where I and the rest of our party of 116 (including my wife and son) will be enjoying a week of skiing and snowboarding.

This year I'm not in charge, which is a huge relief!  I'm planning to relax and enjoy the week in a way that I wasn't able to last year - pressures of high office and all that.

I'll be tweeting our progress here on a temporary account I've set up.  May also upload some photos to flickr with tag skitrip08 if I get the chance.

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  1. Tess Watson17 January 2008 at 08:33

    Have a fantastic trip Jonsie!

    I am well jealous!

    :-)

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  2. Alan Coady17 January 2008 at 08:39

    Break a leg - whoops - wrong venue.

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  3. jonesieboy17 January 2008 at 20:25

    Cheers Tess. I hope for both our sakes that I come back in one piece Alan - I know how wracked with guilt and remorse you would be if I were to injure myself in any way :)

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