Spindoctor - they have a couple of glaciers, but agree that in general the piste would be rather slow (unless Julie Andrews is there to push ya!)
Squawk2K - thanks for pointing that it. In future I'll tune into the ATIS on the base station in the school before going out the door.
Finally a question - if I turn the master off on the ground after I have been cleared to the club and read abck has been done, can I switch the master off to save the odd $?