red wine, rice dish and more rain!! [ - Kate]

so after the two very very positive slideshows, we have actually had a bit of a tough and draining time since.......we spent 6 days with nick, sarah, sam and james all buzzing round france and the pyreenes mountains, it was fun and the days were full and funny and nearly always ended in drinking too much of the sangria mix, convinced i could do any poi trick and ending up falling in the sand! the pyreenes were gorgeous and driving isnt a bother when the scenery is so special!

after we parted ways (the others were heading to paris) we were buzzing and looking forward to learning spanish and exploring new towns and surf beaches, we took a wrong turning and while attempting to turn around ended up on a slippery muddy slope, the back wheels started spinning and we couldnt go forward and every time we tried we kept slipping further back and landed in a muddy field at the bottom of the hill, we tried everything to get out of there, sticks, stones, dried grass and cardboard boxes, whatever we could find, jamming it all under the tyres which did squat all, we went for hunting for help - one freaky farm with weird mute girl at the window who didnt respond to anything, the other a very old couple who only spoke basque, after 5 or so hours we finally met a lovely french couple who called a recovery truck for us, 50 euro later we were out, muddy, exhausted, deflated and felt a little tapped!! our first problem of the trip!

we are loving life on the road and its great to be surrounded by similar people in big old campervans who are loving it too, its also good to be back in france after our not so successful trip to spain (read boos entry). the weather has been no better than anywhere else and although you dont expect it to be glorious everyday, the daily overcast, rainy, stormy weather would pull on any camper! have surfed lots and its been great to be in the water again, lots of various conditions mostly fun, today i had to be rescued by boo tho as i got caught in the rip and the waves were like monsters - huge and wanting to attack you - so was relieved when we got back on to the beach! we have been stopped by the police once - in spain, two serious looking policemen who ask for our driving license but we have them stashed away in the roof and they dont really care as when they see we are surfers all they wanna do is tell us the best surf spots to go to - awesome!

so we are in the little yellow box and listened to dave's version of the super surf show whilst eating dinner, its brilliant!!!! was cool to hear that he has continued the show without boo, and if im completely honest it made me miss everyone a million times more than before! on the rainy days you wish you could be transported back to see all your friends and on the sunny days you wish you could transport all your friends here to enjoy the good life! thanks dave it was just what we wanted to hear!