Newly Decorated Room for Junior

Been busy decorating room for imminent arrival of junior.

Work in progress:

Tour de France Rider Clips Dog

Been a bit busy decorating junior's room (pictures to follow imminently) and watching the Tour de France (which incidentally had two days in England this year) recently, hence the lack of activity here.

The other day a big yellow dog decided to cross the road as the cyclists passed. This is what happened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0dzMp61G5w

Not as spectactular as the big crash just before the finish in Ghent last week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ8L6cg00oo

The 2007 Corrieyairack Challenge # 2

Far more of a Challenge (with a capital 'C') than expected, but we made it. 68th position for me (4:47:28), 76th for Adrian (4:54:27) and 106th for Lidster (5:34:52) out of the 148 who completed the mountain bike event. Team position: 17th out of 28. Not a bad effort for the Lidster who barely even knew what a bike was until a few weeks ago.

The three of us at the start (left: Lidster, centre: me, right: Adrian):

Action shot of the Lidster enjoying the first half mile before starting uphill. Sadly things went badly for him from here on.....


Adrian approaching the summit of the pass:

Adrian negotiating the descent. Inconveniently, the track had been slightly washed away, so the ride down consisted of negotiating football-sized boulders on what was left of the track and making up our own route down as we saw fit.

Essentially an enjoyable day out. Scotland seems to be just one big adventure playground!