Enfin!

Just back from my French oral exam.  Think I did quite well actually, it wasn't as hard as I was expecting and everyone else that was in before me came out with a huge smile on their face, perhaps just relief but I think it was because they found it easier than they imagined too!

Got to wait until early December before I find out the result and I still have a written paper to send in by the end of this month.  Feeling fired up now though so not looking as onerous as it did earlier this morning.

Zut alors! French exam looming

Tomorrow I have my oral French exam. Not looking forward to it at all but c'est la vie, something I've got to do. Doing well in all my written assessments so far though with 84% being the lowest mark. This exam counts towards 25% of my overall mark so need to do as well as I can.

Planning for my retirement

Not quite a hobby but this will be occupying me for the next couple of years. In January 2007 we finally got the keys to this wee cottage in Calvados. It needs a lot of work internally but is in great nick outside.

That's a couple of pear trees covering the front wall and there is a small orchard of cidre apples at the back. Looking forward to trying my hand at cidre making at some point in the future.

There are two front doors but it's all one property. No internal door between the two halves at the moment but there will be soon. I'll bore you all with updates no doubt. I hope to retire here one day, but that's a long way off at the moment.