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It's been a couple of weeks now since we arrived back on British soil after having a fantastic week in Borovets.  I have been very busy working on other projects during this time (hence no updates) these will come into the light in the next couple of weeks. We arrived in the shack they call Plovdiv airport.  For anyone who hasn't experienced this airport then you are truly missing an experience.  The airport itself can't handle masses and masses of people.  This was shown in the single baggage reclaim area whereby you couldn't move while waiting the 30 minutes for the...

Having been to Pamporovo twice now and making the decision of never going back we've decided to give Borovets a try.  When initially at the travel agents we priced up a couple of resorts in France and Italy but being so soon and with Christmas coming up we opted for Borovets. After adding on the price of lift passes, board carriage etc it turned out to be a right bargain.  Most of the other holidays cost more without the lift pass at self catering so was a very easy decision. Photo courtesy of Simon Reip If anyone can...

Well it would seem that Pamporovo has had some decent snow over the last couple of days. The below image was taken from The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology What a huge difference from when we were there. From the camera it looks like the mountain isn't open as the lifts seem empty and the pistes haven't been groomed. Well if your out there or going out there have a great time on what looks like good powder. Seems Les Deux Alpes has decent cover aswell on upper and lower slopes. Think I might check out holiday prices for the up...

Well it's official. The holiday videos have now been uploaded to Youtube.com. I have to mention that it's not easy boarding while holding a camera in front of you so i must aplogise for the bouncing about. Infact the Santa one was probably the hardest due to Dave also singing Jingle Bells. You Tube Videos Link Listings for people that can't see the embedded videos from youtube. Note i haven't added Dave's on so please use the link below. Santa SnowBoarding Snowboarding Fun 1 Snowboarding Fun 2 ...

We have been back from Bulgaria for nearly a week now and I finally have time to put something up here. The holiday itself was fantastic, a big hi to Mark, Gary and Ted at the snow shack. Guys thanks for fixing my board. Shoutouts going to Sam, Paul, Vicki, Marti, Dave and Paul number 2. Next years holiday will surely be a blast. As you will soon see from the pictures there just wasn't alot of snow cover at our resort which resulted in us only being able to board about 2 hours a day. What else can you do...

Well it's that time. Today we fly to Bulgaria for a week of snowboarding. The snow over there currently doesn't look as good as last year so we're hoping that it dumps over the next couple of days. No doubt we will have lots of pictures and hopefully a couple of videos.

Well the count down now begins till Myself and Sammy return to Pamporovo, Bulgaria. 3 weeks on Sunday and we'll be on our way to re-unite with the people we met last year at the same place. A big hi to Vicki and Paul, not long now and the snow is looking good. Also a hi to the lads at Snow shack out there :) Sam and I are looking forward to going back and having alot of fun on and off piste. Sam has his eye on a big jump he didn't quite manage last year. For anyone not been to...