Quick video showing the conditions. Gusting from Force 1 to 5. This was one of the few times I didn’t fall in when the wind suddenly picked up…
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Wind Boarding
Gusting to Force 8 at Toulouse yesterday – too much for our skill level. So we tried a bit of wind boarding on the local footbal pitch instead. Good fun and we didn’t get wet!
Track Day at Pau Arnos Circuit
Mini Cooper S JCW The children booked me a track day at Pau circuit for my birthday this year… Booked a cheap hotel in Pau for Saturday night. It’s about 3.5 hours from here so can’t do it as a day trip. Will probably just do the morning session and then head back in the …
Alvor 2018
Video compilation of my one week visit to Alvor in the Algarve. Stayed with my brother and his wife (Tim and Helen) who spend six months of the winter there. Unfortunately the weather was terrible all week with high winds and stormy seas. We did a beach walk each day and saw the increasing devastation …
Barn Building – Roof
This was my third trip to visit brother Chris at his smallholding near Newcastle. The objective was to spend a few days fitting as many roof panels as possible, but the weather wasn’t co-operating…