Latest News & Stuff
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The White Cliffs of Dover
HIKING DAY TRIP – 17 Aug 2025 £5 or FREE if you are entitled to MatesRates Book your spot via our MeetUp page A classic hike along the South coast of England. We’ll catch the 8:40 out of London St Pancras, which should have us walking in Deal at 10:20am. (If you’d like to meet…
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Sunday lunch & rafting
6th July 25 £75 After our summer party – join us for Sunday lunch (venue tbc) and then let’s head to the Lee Valley Whitewater Olympic rafting site in North London and go rafting! That’s the plan, simple! Included in the price: White water rafting Not included in the price: lunch, train fare
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Demonomania
We have been coming every winter to Morzine since 2008. We love it here; great skiing, great views, great town, great everything… but it’s always been a little bit quirky, there have always been a few characters around town and maybe this is down to a fever that gripped the village back in 1857. It…
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FREE ski holiday?
Correct. You can go skiing for free. In fact – it’s how I (Daniel) started HOFNAR. Get a crew together and get them to pay a little extra to cover your place… obvs, you don’t need to tell them that and we fully encourage anybody who wants to, in fact we’ll even give you a…
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entry tax to france?!
Let’s not get to much into politics – but leaving the EU makes us Brits ‘third country nationals.’ It sounds like they don’t love us anymore… probably true. Coming soon to the EU, well the Schengen collective area (pretty similar), is a system that will mean we won’t have to get our passports stamped. Woo…
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Ski / Snowboard Packing List
If you have never been away on a ski / snowboard trip before – it’s quite understandable that you might be a little confused about what you should be taking with you. The whole thing can be a little overwhelming. The first thing you need to know is that (unless you’re going to some poncey…
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Wrist guard or no wrist guard?
We get asked this loads by beginner snowboarders. There is a debate out there and there is truth on both sides of the discussion but from our own experience the most common snowboard injury is a damaged wrist… People do say that if you wear a wrist guard then the injury sustained is more likely…
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New for winter 23/24
One of the best things about our brilliant ski area, The Portes du Soleil is the continuing investment in the infrastructure. It seems almost every year there is a new lift somewhere in the area and this year is no exception! On the ‘Swiss side’ from the village of Morgins the slightly decrepit 40yr old…
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Wakeboarding weekend
13th June, 20th June or 27th June 2025 £90 (£65 MatesRates) – BOOK NOW We have found the most picturesque spot on the North Devon Coast with beautiful panoramic sea and countryside views along with amazing sunsets over a tiny island called Lundy.Sold!? We’re heading to Westacott Farm Campsite (about 10 minutes from Bideford). It’s a…