The Challenge

As a keen snowboarder I'm always looking for opportunities to get on the slope and enjoy myself. Typically I use the SNO!Zone centre in Castleford, West Yorkshire but thought it'd be good to travel a bit and use the three other indoor snow slopes in the UK, namely; Braehead, Tamworth and Milton Keynes.

This idea merged into a challenge: "Why not do them all in a day!" I thought, "Why not do it all for charity!".

The challenge was born and quite simply is this:

In a 24 hour period, to spend an hour snowboarding on each of the indoor slopes at SNO!Zone Braehead, SNO!Zone Castleford, Tamworth Snowdome and finally SNO!Zone Milton Keynes.

The AA route finder tells me that the route is 400 miles and will require 7 hours of driving. Add 4 hours snowboarding and some travel time and the entire challenge should take around 14 hours starting at 9am in Braehead and then getting on to the 9pm session at Milton Keynes.

See the map

Wish me luck!

Schedule

Having considered things a bit more I've drawn up a schedule of how the day will run.

Time - Event
8.45-9.00 - Arrive at Braehead and get boots on
9.00-10.00 - Slope time at Braehead
10.00-10.15 - Load up car and hit the road
10.15-12.15 - Drive time
12.15-12.30 - Comfort break
12.30-14.30 - Drive time
14.30-14.45 - Arrive at Castleford and get boots on
14.45-15.45 - Slope time at Castleford
15.45-16.00 - Load up car and hit the road
16.00-18.00 - Drive time
18.00-18.15 - Arrive at Tamworth and get boots on
18.15-19.15 - Slope time at Tamworth
19.15-19.30 - Load up car and hit the road
19.30-21.00 - Drive time
21.00-21.15 - Arrive at Milton Keynes and get boots on
21.15-22.15 - Slope time
22.15-00.00 - Relax in the Sno!Bar

I've yet to decide on an exact date but the 5th July 2007 is a likely candidate. The date is a Thursday so the traffic shouldn't be as bad as a Friday and it's before the schools break-up. It gives me three months fund raising time too!