Hi stephen,

Thought i had better respond to your post.As i have mentioned (elsewhere),i'm going to be in france from december and because of this i need to sort my finances out.

So i contacted mike,inquiring about a possible refund of the deposit,if he is unable to make any before i'm off on my travels.I didn't won't to be over in france and be the one,who might hold everything up,because i'm not able to pay the outstanding balance.Anyone who has done a season snowboarding/skiing will tell you,it's expensive and not a place to run out of money in!!!

Anyway,it may not come to that,as i may have enough work between now and then.I'm just not sure yet and will have a better idea in 2-3 weeks.

I'm also learning to drive and ideally need to pass before i go,so i need to get my priorities in order.

I was hoping mike would have enough money to go ahead by now and it's getting harder to justify buying something,which i won't be able to use till i get back anyway.