Where has summer gone?

After bragging about the hot weather in the last post, it feels like summer has left us!!! very ordinary weather with strong winds for the last 2weeks.The O'neills were in france for holidays i 4 a couple of weeks.We cuaght up with them a few times .Greatto see them all again.I've been busy at work and busy doing stuff around home.I rendered the last big wall ;leaving only a coupla small bits to finish.Just watched cadel evans win the tour de france.Great stuff!!!
Picked up a new board this week but have to wait to let it cure abit before surfing it.

Summer is here

summer has arrived with a blast; its bben warm and its now hot with 38° and 39° the last 2 vdays. Stinking hot!!!!
Waves have been good tha last couple of days with solid crowds so its now time to venture a liitle further away to avoid the traffic.I looked at la gravierre at 11am today and there was about 30 gpeople out so i went up the road about 5 mins and surfed with 4 others.
the tickets are booked so its now official we are back in Oz for chrissy- 4 weeks- cant wait!!!!
stay tuned!!!!

Watch out OZ here we come!

Back to Oz for a big xmas dinner!!!
We cant wait! Lola is bouncing off the walls she is so excited;We havent booked the flights but we are looking at arriving around 15 dec and leaving around 12 Jan.
First things first--DOES ANYONE HAVE A SPARE CAR FOR US TO USE?
We can sort beds , but the transport thing will be a little more of a problem.We can rent a car of course but for a month the bill starts to get a little hefty on top of the airfares and spending money!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are all lookinf forward to seeing family and friends and enjoyng missing out on 1/3 of our winter .
Things to do- Eat lots of asian food,eat some good steak!!!!!!!!!!!, enjoy some coopers sparkling and pale ale,have a new years eve in summertime,dim sims, pepper steak pies,crappy coffee,FISH AND CHIPS,fried whiting and chips,chilli prawns,chicken parma counter meal,surf at gunnamatta,bacon and eggs, eat as many mangoes as possible,watch some bad tv in english,listen to 3RRR and PBS, whinge about eddie maguire and all the other idiots on tv that i dont miss,tim tams,twisties,promite,decent peanut butter,real milk etc....................

Here are some shots of corinne and lola at moniques place today.Mum wanted to see some shots of moniques magnificent hydrangeas

more PARIS

Check out the shot of the front of the apartment that Corinne lived in in Montemarte 15 years ago; it now is derelict after being burnt out! shame as its in a really beautiful part of paris but by the photo you would never think so!!!!!!

PARIS

We caught the TGV to paris and stayed with Kaye for 4 days. We stayed in the apartment that she has rented for her stay there;A beautiful apartment in a very nice part of paris,decorated with some magnificent antiques.We had loads of fun and were lucky enough to have our own private tour guide in Corinne;She lived in Paris for 10 years so she knows it very well.We did a lot and saw a few things that werent the usual tourist things.Lola had a blast and was on fire as ur ongoing entertainment.what an amazing city with so much history and something different to see around every corner.

Kaye 2011 trip to France

Kaye is visiting us again this year.After having a funfilled trip to france in 2010 she has returned to enjoy more of the french culture, 1 year later.She has been luckier with the weather with

nice weather every day.Weve shown her a little more of this region and been to markets and a few out of the way places of interest.last saturday we went to the pyrenees into spain for lunch at a mbeautiful village with magnificent scenery and great food and wine.She leaves us tomorrow to go to paris where we will join her in a couple of weeks for a weekend

Bedroom 3

just finished converting the old garage into our 3rd bedroom.i still have to finish off the outside around the windows but the inside is completely finished.We only need to find some bedside tables.After i get the outside done i may finsh the rendering( the last wall) and install the handrail to the stairs.Thats if jez stops keeping me busy in the workshop;I dont have much time here as he is keeping me very busy.

I've just had a week out of the water with windy conditions after one of the best months in recent history.I surfed about 20-22 days in april with a few days sneaking in two sessions.I needed a rest this week as my body was exhausted as all surfers here at the moment have had their fill and more!I feel super fit but i need to get back in the water this week to maintain it.Tpmorrow morning is looking good.