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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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It’s over! I’m too tired to say much, other than that it went well, and that being responsible for the safety, enjoyment and learning of 149 people was an intense, draining and fascinating experience. I’m glad to be relieved of that responsibility now though! Here’s a wee video clip of one of the boys getting over-ambitious on a wee kicker we built:

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Our annual S2 ski trip to Courmayeur in Italy departs from the high school at 9.30 am on Saturday morning in 4 coaches, with 149 people including the adults.

I’m the party leader!

Whilst I’ve been trying to keep a hand in on-line this week  (with disasterous consequences in one case) I’ve reached the point where I really need to get off the computer and concentrate on the task at hand.

Expect radio silence from me until I get back on Sunday 28th January, and wish me luck!

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I’ve atttached the presentation that I’ll be showing tomorrow night at the school ski trip meeting. Download it here (8Mb). It’s got the important dates at the end, or you can get them on the school website from tomorrow. You can see the details of the journey on a google map here.

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Just testing my google maps api key - exciting uses coming soon!

Not having any luck embedding a map inside my blog - but I’ve got it working here, on a map showing the timings of the school ski trip to Courmayeur in January.

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