Good day to all fans, friends and followers. (Family is a given). I have been curiously quiet recently i know, however i would like to reassure all those who are envious of my summer in the south west of france that i (apart from on 2 very brief occasions) have not been lounging around the pool casually. In fact we have worse weather here than England! It has done nothing but rain for days. Also if the timeline seems a little off its because i've written this over 2 days and have only just got a chance to publish it. Nonetheless- last wednesday i went surfing despite torrential rain- you are already wet in the sea anyway so who cares really. Anyway i raised myself to my knees 6 times for lengthy periods of time but ... read more

Ok, so today i have been in France for 2 weeks. I have met 2 english people here - a couple from southend and there is also a fairly odd elderly dutch man with whom i attempt to converse in english. He is mostly understandable and it is his unfortunate propensity to whistle through his teeth when talking rather than his accent which makes our conversations awkward. Firstly i would like to reassure everyone who has been uninvited to my private blogs was that you have not offended me in any way - i simply have no intention of writing a private blog, if i'm that traumatised about something that i need to tell specific people i'm probably not gonna care about that fact that it'll cost me money to call. You can still access everything ... read more

It is so strange that I’ve been here over a week now without really being able to contact anyone or tell anyone I care about what is going on with me. It’s also weird to start at the beginning. But I shall try. I arrived with Fabien (I’ve already told you guys that he was the complete opposite of what I had imagined) but he spent most of the car journey (in which I was thankfully not sick) telling me about why he started up the animation/entertainment company. This is apparently because he is part of a band, composes, plays the guitar, dances and sings. I can’t do any of those things – small tendrils of panic started to unwind in my belly. Upon arrival the first thing I saw was my soon-to-be teammates putting up ... read more

I have much to tell everyone but very little time - have had to borrow a computer which has internet access as typically french i was promised internet today but it hasn't happened. People are lovely, i haven't fallen over or massively embarassed myself yet. But have been put in charge of aerobics and aquagym which should be hilarious. Starts Thursday - oh dearrr!!! No shower here for a week - aaarrggghhhh! Only the communal ones in France - not fab. Gotta give this back so will tell you qll qbout things soon- am writing things down the old fashioned way for a bit. Will type them up here hopefully shortly!!!!! Love to you all xxxxxx... read more