Our Beach Holiday

Superb week spent at my apartment at Narbonne Plage...

Quick summary:
Day 1: Beach Pool Chill
Day 2: Trip down to our other house in the Pyrenees - visited a few friends, Kelisse lost her first tooth
Day 3: Joined by Daneka for two nights - fantastic beach day + Superb Castles!
Day 4: Beach Pool Beach Pool Daneka, Chloe, Rachel, Elaine, Mia and US- Superb Castles
Day 5: Pool and Aqua park Restaurant
Day 6: Gruissan Plage - Crabbing - Kite Flying - Superb Castles + Pool Restaurant
Day 7: Beach Pool Beach Superb Castles Pool Restaurant
Day 8: Same
Day 9: Same and came home in the afternoon

I ABSOLUTELY loved it - less than 5 mins walk to the beach through two alleyways.. the pool is great if you dont want to get sandy, windy or walk too far.. superb surveillance on the children from there. The apartment is basic but has everything I needed for that holiday - we werent cluttered with baggage or food and nowhere to put it, there was ampul space to eat lunch for 6 adults on the busy lunch day.

The children quickly made friends, next year I will have to go for two weeks.. in fact I am already thinking of buying another one!

***** FIVE STAR ACCOM at Narbonne! www.beachinfrance.com

Le Tour de France 2008

Yesterday Mark Cavendish, 23, won his third stage of the Tour de France (232 Kilometers in just 5hr 27min 52sec ending in Narbonne). There is talk of having a British Team next year which would be great.

Also, the Cobra, Riccardo Ricco, winner of the first stage this year, was the third rider to get tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and hence have his whole team (Saunier-Duval), disgraced and disqualified. So far Spaniards Moises Duenas Nevado (team Barloworld) and Manuel Beltran (team Liquigas) have already been sent packing.



It is, unfortunately, a fact of life that some athletes choose to take these kind of drugs despite the possible consequences to their chances of making it through the tour without being found out, despite their health and, of course, the future of their teams in whatever sport it is. Cycling is no different - if not worse.

So the real question is - How many riders really make the gruelling 3500km without a little something? All comments welcome.

Beach Apartment

WOW, my WAG life isnt too bad. Left Marseille after theatre and twau kwondo, hit the road about 12:30. Spent the afternoon having a bbq on a boat of a friend of mine's on the Canal du Midi. Great experience, just how you imagine it to be, tree lined canal!

Kids running round fine and us enjoying an aperatif and some bbq food sitting mostly whilst watching a beautiful sunset in this sleepy part of france... fantastic!

Started early today, viewed 20 apartments. Isnt it always the first u see u buy.. the first agent took me to a nice place with sea view just, and a pool, great place fresh with mezzanine and bedroom.

Narbonne Plage/St Pierre la mer.. beautiful unspoilt beaches for miles and miles.. sandy no big waves just perfect south of france beach and that is .. perfect for me!

Stopped to eat blue shark and chips at the local port bar creperie tabac u name it we dow it store. Mulled it all over and viewed some more then went back and made an offer on the above pool apartment a short walk from the glorious beach.

Phew.. 5:30 with a three hour journey ahead of me, i stopped at the park for my so patient, handled the whole day 20 viewings, in and out of strange cars, tired but keep seeing beach and pool but cant go on beach or pool, poor little princess having to have a day off sick and trail round with me.. but she did it.


Today was a good day and I managed to speak french all day, even now some of the things i want to say i dont know, have to think twice how to say that in English.