Yes, well the english speaking person is back now, this is what happens when you give other people the passwords..o well we dont call him special for nothing!! hope you enjoy our silly pics!!!

We are both fine, still working away with the baldy men, Mark is going to be starting work at a place that makes fire engines in a couple of weeks. It seems that the boat fixing is very seasonal, so it is probably for the best that he gets work on land type vehicles. Hopefully he will enjoy it but I will let you know.

The weather has been lovely the last few days, quite chilly in the morning ( 2- 3 degrees) with a bit of frost on the road, but then sunny all day. We managed to get down to the beach at St Heliers yesterday to enjoy a coffee and a stroll up the sand. It was very nice to catch a bit of sun again, seeing as we are all pasty and white again!!

We have actually been here for a year on the 21st, so Im sure we will have a little celebration – we will be having a christmas in winter celebration on 24th, so will probably tie it into that. I am planning christmas pudding and a roast dinner, and can borrow xmas decorations from work, so it will feel like a proper xmas, not like it did in December!! My australian friend thinks we are bonkers, but still wants to join in the roast dinner of course.

Mark has just taken his driving test here too, our British ones are not valid after 12 months, so I still need to do mine, but am scared to after the last time I took my test aged 17…all 5 times that is!! Im sure I will pass, but they do have some different road rules here to do with who has right of way…will keep you posted!!

I have been looking at flights over to australia for August/September to get a little weekend break in Brisbane/Sydney and hopefully bump in to Mark’s Auntie Nellie and cousins Belinda and Garry who will be visiting there at that time. I am hoping it will be a bit warmer there too so the shorts can come out!

anyway I better get back to work, hope you are all well xoxo