SKI TRIP 2016
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After a hectic lent term, 47 Sedbergh Prep parents and children met at Manchester Airport on Saturday 26th of March, to embark on a family ski trip to Bormio, Italy. Bormio is a thermal spa town about 3hours north from Milan airport – up past Lake Como, and through some incredibly long sub-alp-terrain tunnels, to the town – which is nestled very close to the SE Swiss border. On
The lack of snow in the town did cause somewhat of a nervous tingle amongst us all…Day 1 saw us all rise bright and early to consume a gorgeous European cold buffet breakfast, and then we walked 10minutes through the Lombardy town, to the base of the Gondola. The sky was blue and there was not a cloud to be seen.
The cable car took us up to Bormio2000, and the main hub of the resort (ski hire, ski school and restaurants). The short ride was peaceful, scenic, and saw us rise from “NO SNOW” to “PLENTY SNOW”. The grown-ups all sighed in relief at the sight of lots of the white stuff. Boot and ski fitting
All was going
As the days progressed, the children impressed us with their tireless ski
This saw a fitting end to the holiday, before packing and making the return trip from Sunny Italy to a rainy and grey Manchester Airport. When we started to write this report, we both wrote down words that summed up the holiday for us. Erica wrote “Snowy, Gondola, Sunny, Top of the World, Bormio Therme, Great Views, Helmet head hair
I hope those words, and the brief “ski report” of our memories, gives you a taste of the wonderful experience we had in Bormio. As our first extended venture with the school, and only just being at Casterton for a year, we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone on the ski-trip for welcoming us to the Sedbergh Prep family. It was
Erica, Y6 and Nicole (Erica’s Mum)


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