Blogs from Sauveterre-de-Béarn, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Well the time is nearing for our launch date! Daniel arrives on the 25th of may and we he's to our start point in Hendaye shortly after that. He is at the moment up in the peak district trying his kit out at 'boot camp steve waters' - go easy on him Steve he needs to start the trek in one piece! The weather recently here has been of impossible prediction. One moment 28+ degrees annd bright sunshine, the next ferocious thunder storms. So we can pretty much guarantee that when we set off we are going to see a little bit of everything! For those of you wondering what the blazes I am going on about, myself (Ben Honisett) and my brother in law (Daniel Parker) are hiking the GR10 trail across the Pyrenees mountain ... read more

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 very difficult for any constant work. I have got some pic's of how things are going for you to all see and will load them up when I get back later this evening from training. ... read more

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 in England. As for the quite life, you must be joking. The people we are meeting both local and ex-pat are nothing short of fabulously friendly. We have probably made more friends here in the ... read more

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 keys to the landrover and off we went!!! We spent most of the time relaxing, had a few visits to local attractions, such as Bayonne, a beautiful town near the coast, huge fortified walls and ... read more

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 going well, now have fiber glass to add to splinters in my hands, plus we had to evacuate the house yesterday as the floor varnish was so strong we were both starting to see double!! ... read more