It’s 18.5 degrees and rising at 9am with a clear blue sky in the centre of France. It’s been to England like weather-wise for us even though it’s warmer in the summer and 14 degrees with the right wind is tee shirt weather so spring is normally good but you still spend months waiting for winter to end. So we’ll be moving further south Nimes way unless something interesting attracts us – Thailand?

Gnarley – saw the finish of the Tour yesterday – worth it for one visit. Waited 1.5hours plus for a 30 second sighting. On the 300m mark so saw the lone sprinter and thought he had been caught before the line later confirmed as a Brit on TV! Was just an inflated version of the speed skating I used to compete in here in the 70s – the was 4-5 days town to town!

im not an aussie my friend born in north london mate !
but came over on the 5 pound ticket in the 70′s !
lived in perth for 20+ odd years .. then had enough of aussie laws and taxes and decided
to move over to thailand as i found myself holidaying more here than living in perth !

so i made it official !

and gnarly .. im not repeating myself , but my internet we upgraded whilst i was away geoff or pedro proably noticed the change in I.P ..
its too quick and i hit send before i gave ‘G’UINNESS its rightful capital letters !!!!

no im not a drink alone kind of guy i leave that to the aussies !
aussies are the only men in the world who dont class themselves as alcoholics yet drink alone every night !

Bud, one swallow… I’ll give you that with Pedro, but I am playing golf so it’s not my fault.

I have to go and meet for breakfast now, but I’ll be back in 30 minutes, your mrs will be up soon so you’ll have to stop for a while too, shall we re-convene a bit later?