FFFFFFFiiiiiffffftttty,its kinda hard to say,but i'll have to get used to it!!!!
I turned FFFFFFiiiiffffttty last friday.The day started out well with some clean offshore waves 4-5ft at le penon ,on my own and beautiful blue skies.Lunch with Corinne and so many calls from home.Thanks and good to hear from all of my family and harry,skip and weiry twice.It was kinda strange to be here for such a milestone without family and friends from oz.That night i celebrated with rob and tina,and jez,sandra and their two boys and of course corinne and lola.Plenty to eat and plenty of good wine around a blazing fire ,agood night was had and sure enough was followed on saturday with a deserved hangover.
School holidays here again,so tourists are arriving again also.I really think the tourists could be a big factor in how long we stay here,coz there are just too many people .In the end they could drive me away!!!!!!

Just returned home after my trip to Pau(about 2 hrs in car) for my french test.So easy it was crazy.I passed without any problems;So now i havecompleted my hours and test i will have a lot more time.My french still needs a lot of work but theres a lot available on the net and i will improve just watching tv and reading the papers,and of course speaking with the french.

Well were finally back online.We moved house and have had some cyber problems but were on track again.

Finally moved out of the shoe box and now were in a fridge.Nice old farmhouse with lots of character but no sunlight,dark and cold!!!!The big trees around it blockout the light and it has small windows and faces the wrong way.Lots of fires expected for winter.Were on a couple of acres and back onto a forest.We saw a deer in our garden yesterday morningwhich was really exiting.I hope the hunters dont see it coz its hunting season and theyare everywhere.Kinda stange to wake up to gunshots form the feilds next door and the forest.Last week i opened the shutters on sunday morning to see 6 hunters within 20 metres of our fence.Not really the time of the year to explore the forest.

Lola had her 8th birthday 2 weeks ago .We wetn back to Biarritz and had a little party at Moniques house

Work has been slow with the house as i'm waiting for the electrician.Its good to be living nearby as i just jump on my bike and ride the 250 metres to get to work.Very handy,also coz our internet conection is at our plce and not the rental,which is a bit of a hassle but we couldnt do it any other way.

Watto has been and gone back to Oz.Saw lots of him and his family.Good to catch up have a couple of meals together .

Lachy has also passed through again,we had a few surfs together and we gave him and James a home cooked lamb roast before they headed off to Octberfest in Munich.

I've been surfing lots and now summer has left us so have the crowds.The wavs are expected to be excellent this week,6 ft all week with Thursday /Fri looking extra good.Beautiful autmn weather,mild and light winds.

I had my last day of school last week,and I have to go to Pau on tuesday for my examination.I started school ain october 2007 so i feel that after a year of lessons its given me a good understanding of the language and its rules.From here its up to me,and i'm pretty happy with my level .

I'll try to be more regular with updates now.