... that's what we have ... as I understand it the salt forms it's own chlorine but it's far less troublesome to the eyes etc ...
Looks good that mate. I keep threatening to get a Kayak for the flat days down here. Might wait until the little un is a couple of years older and get a Canadian Canoe instead.
We are in South-West France ... in a small village in the midi-pyrenees ... 900 mile drive from home ... stayed in Laval on Thursday night then Beulieu- sur-Dordogne on Friday (both 5 hour drives) ... then about 2 hours to get here yesterday but all forests and mountains (no motorways) ... beautiful region of France - nearest large town is probably Cordes-sur-Ciel ... very very hot ... property we are in is owned by the missus aunt, 4 bed farmhouse barn conversion with swimming pool ... just us here ... middle of nowhere ... pretty amazing views ... might even post some pics when I get back ( no idea how to do it from my phone)
Just finished my book. Very good read, would recommend it to anyone; The Force by Don Winslow. **** knows what to read now. I've got Keane's biog, which I realised I'd never got round to reading, and The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy. Anyway, having a cold Kronenburg for now. A few in fact. Many.
I'm definitely going to go through Winslow's back catalogue. His Mexican Cartel ones are stunningly brilliant (Power of the Dog & The Cartel) and the one i just read is his latest. There's about half a dozen to go back to. I just like the blokes style and subjects.
On books ... reading something I read as a teenager and really enjoying it ... Julian May (actually a bird) ... Saga Of The Exiles ... 4 books initially ... first one is The Many Coloured Land ... pure escapism but actually brilliant in terms of her imagination ... surprised it's not been made into a Hollywood blockbuster given the advent of CGI ... suspect it will ...
Commiserations... we travel back on 15th with stop off overnight on 14th (yet to be decided) ... middle girl gets A Level results on 16th ... fingers crossed
My Mrs has been shopping this morning for holiday stuff... ffs. I'm going to get home to mountains of bags in my hallway full of things I don't need and haven't asked for and things that she's bought 'Just in case'.
... we somehow forgot to pack the after-sun I bought ... got an 18 year old daughter with very red arse having spent hours yesterday floating on an air bed in the pool and not heeding parental advice to use factor 30 ... luckily we have aloe vera and savlon ... plus eldest daughter flying out tomorrow now bringing extras ...
