Blackberries/new board/lost board

We went for a ride along the river Ardour yesterday looking for blackberries;What a magnificent place;so green ,so picturesque.We froze the fruit as were going back next week to peddle the other direction and get some more to get enough tomdo a crumble or pie and some jam;

Picked up my new board from Christiaan(Bradley) acouple of weeks ago and let it cure well before I use it or take it anywhere near the bloody tourists! Yesterday i noticed that I'm missing my other summer board, STOLEN!!!! I'm not sure where from as i didnt even notice it was gone.Ithink it must have gone from my car at the beach.I did return to the car a couple of weeks ago and noticed that i had accidently left it unlockedwhile i was surfing in thru the forest.Sometimes i have 2 or 3 boards in the car as i dont know which one i'll use until i actually looka atthe waves,different beach sometimes calls for a different board.Strange that none of the many wetsuits or tools went too.The van when locked is very secure and i have never felt nervous about leaving stuff in it.There are no windows and its totally blocked off from the front. Anyway, i'm going to have to be more cautious!!!!!

Stair Handrail

My latest little project has been the installation of the handrail to the stairs.As you can see in the shots i've put in someforged steel rods as balustrade;the posts and rails are pine and i stained them up with a liquid wax stain that when polished up really brings out the grain.Looks great and excactly the aged look that i was after;Very happy with the result.

Julie and Pauline were here for 3-4 days last week as they passed thru for one of paulines buying trips for work.We spoilt them with plenty of good food and wine.We showed them around a little and went to le pas de Roland,and had a picnic lunch by the beautiful river Nive.

Not many waves for the last couple of weeks but its looking up for the next week;Tourists everywhere .The beaches are packed,Lola and i left the beach last week as ther were so many people swimming between the flags we were bumping into others.Not my idea of a rlaxing swim!