BRRRRRR,oh so cold. -6 deg this morning.It snowed here yesterday.We had about 50mm in 4hrs.The roads are too icy to drive anywhere.I had to bring some firewood back from the other house by barrow coz i couldnt drive,Lola cant go to school, the roads are too dangerous to drive on.Lola is having a ball with her first encounter with snow,ooohh so happy!!!I cant lay bricks coz they are frozen.The next coupla days will be a little warmer(I hope)

Its a couple of days after xmas and i think I'm still digesting the feast that we had on xmas eve,8 courses with a different wine for every course.Sensational stuff prepared by Monique with some help by others,but she took control of the proceedings.I spoke with Kaye and mum near the end of the night and they had the pleasure of listening to Co's uncles singing some traditional Basque songs,quite typical ,more wine ,more songs.Santa was kind to Lola as usual

I had more great waves the 2 days before chrissy ,sitting,heaving barrels that were world class with only 3 of us out.There were quite a few watching but the french are a little soft when its cold in the morning and waited till the sun came out,pity coz it was over by the time they plucked up the courage to get into their wetsuits.Soooo Soft!!It was pretty cold at about 2-3 degrees,but the water was 14 deg so it was actually colder on the beach watching.Icant understand how they can walk away from waves of that quality,perfect barrels and not too big.

I'm laying blocks at the moment,so the walls are finally going up.You can see by the photos that i've stood posts up in the corners an next to openings to keep with the local Landaise style.

The weather is cold but at least its stopped raining

OOhhh, the quality of the waves here still amazes me,I surfed with phil(another aussie) on sunday and monday.We sufed the rights on sunday about 4 ft with perfect ruler edge lines and thes epic lefts on monday at a solid 6 ft

Had some amazing waves last week.It was the best session i've had since being here.5-6 ft stand up barrels,I was on my own and had 2hrs of waves that were amazing.I watched so many unridden waves go barrelling past i couldnt beleive i was out ther and had it to myself.That was the 3rd session in 5 days on my own but that was the standout session

Its been raining off and on for 5-6 weeks now and i've had enough!!!!!

I went up to the mountains with rob to his grange and helped him out with installing some shutters that i made and the frame for them and to fix up his front doors.Magnificent spot about 2 hours from here,a classic old stone barn .

Just got back online after 2more weeks of problems.Icant believe how many problems we have with the internet,and then for technical suppoort you have to pay 34 euro cents a min for,most calls are 20-30 mins and we have even had them hang up on us when they cant solve the problem.So frustrating

Heres some shots of the beams,moving them also a before and after i've restored one .I've nearly finished the ones that i'm going to use first.Its amazing how well they come up,with the ones that look the worst actually looking the best after restoration.Its not that mch work with only about an hour per beam,and they look sensational.And Lola's halloween fun

Heres some shots of the kind of waves that weve had in the last couple of weeks.Look, no tourists,I surfed these waves with only a couple of other guys and had one session with just one other guy.Pretty hard to take!!!

Finally poured the slab yesterday.The second dry day in two weeks meant a waiting game and some planning.I did it myself with the help of Karl(another aussie) and it is again raining so the timing was good.I havent surfed for a week so i'm getting itchy feet.Maybe tomorrow