We'll yet again apologies for another long delay in blog spot!!!! Right work is well and truly underway. We now have a new roof on the back section, our old chimney has been re-crepied and strengthened and at this precise moment in time we have a digger out the front ripping up all the hard standing to make a new level area. It really is a building site at the moment! But t is great to see the big things getting done. Smaller things are also getting done, I have started again on the painting in the middle section now we [View Full Entry]

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What can we say - again we have left it way tooooo long. SORRY. Right what has been going on since our last blog. Well The roof is now off the back section and the new one is ready to go on. We are having all the walls strengthened and crepied before doing so . this is likely to happen whilst we are away in the UK for my cousins wedding. We hope so anyway! the weather has caused progress to be a little slow. We are having glorious sunny days followed by a day of stormy rain, this makes it [View Full Entry]

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OK What can we say . . it's been too long since we have had a chance to put anything up and we must apologise to everyone. It looks like we have well and truly settled into the laid back life style here, thats probably when we haven't published anything for ages! Well since our last blog entry things have been very interesting. Helen is still working a few days a week for the Cavell groups and is doing very well indeed. So much for the quite life as she jets in and out of home to go off for meetings [View Full Entry]

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Firstly we can say that there is no excuse for such a lapse in our entries. APART from we have been busy, entertaining, building, integrating, painting, plastering, gardening, going out to dinner or BBQ's with new friends, walking, running, skiing, cycling, cheering on the local rugby side, days at the beach and basically rushing around the area. When we first moved over here, people said to us, goodness you coming in the winter? They said it would be grey, quite, miserable and cold. Well yes, there were cold, grey wet days but nothing we were not used to back home [View Full Entry]

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Monday saw the start of yet another era (seems to be happening a lot at the moment) I am no longer a spritely twentysomething with a spring in my step and the world at my feet.... no I am now wiser, saggier and preparing for serious world domination... :o) To mark this occasion Ben has been plotting and scheming behind my back, which I have now forgiven him for. I have to point out that I am very proud of my restraint - I could have hacked into his email, read his messages, tapped his skype and generally tourtured him to [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Not going to make any apologies about the lack of a blog over Christmas.... we were relaxing fully for the first time in ages!!! Been a wonderful break from everything, we do however hope that you all had a good holiday and wish you all the best for the forthcoming new year.... We downed tools just before Christmas to run to the airport and pick up Helen's mother who was joining us for the festive period, we managed to just finish off the first room for here visit, literally put the hammer in the tool box, picked up the [View Full Entry]

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No mistake in the spelling for the title - that's how we will probably be speaking after getting through our Christmas stash of vino!! After a quick recommendation from our friends at the camp site in Naverrenx we decided to top up our wine rack, which had been starting to look a little bare from when we used to live in the UK. We had bought a few bottles and even though a lot cheaper than buying wine back home we started to feel that it was going to cost us a few bob to set up for the Christmas period [View Full Entry]

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Hello to all. Hope everyone is starting to get into the festive spirit!! Weather here has turned again - very, very cold first thing and in the shade, but really nice and warm around midday and in the sun, bit like being back in the UK when you go out you don't know what to wear! Also the snow is growing everyday now on the mountains - looks fantastic! People have been asking for more photo's so here they are, these are more views from around the town and of the mountains - hope you all enjoy. Also the decorating is [View Full Entry]

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Hello all. Brief up-date on progress and events here in France. Continuing on from the events of Shark extreme myself and Helen found ourselves caught up in the local crowd at the local bar. This comprised of a few rugby players, the local vet and some particularly mad bikers. Wine and beer was flowing and we soon found ourselves in the middle of the community in the bar, conversations were a mix of english, french and franglais! Everyone was having a ball. We were an amusement for the rugby players who initiated our arrival in the town with wierd sweet liquor [View Full Entry]

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SHARK EXTREME explained!!! Our quiet, beautiful and tranquil new home became a pit lane this Sunday! There has been a sign on a roundabout near the town for ages now - SHARK EXTREME 26th NOV - it has been puzzling us for a while so we looked up their website the other day and it turns out to be a 3-4 day event with teams competing in all sorts of extreme sports events covering the Pays Basques and finishing in our quiet town ... QUITE!!! I popped my head out of the door to go and get some bread for the [View Full Entry]

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