So here we are, a week into May and summer is almost over! Well the temperature has certainly dropped and we had some wet yesterday so that must be it right?

Anyhow the news this week:-

I scrambled around the event on Sunday, five and a half hours was, I think, quite respectable given the warm weather, difficulty of the terrain and my fitness level. The next test of the legs is a month away so hopefully i'll be running even better by then, its another testing Yorkshire route and i'll hope to be close to my previous rides on the route.

More Gaby has been passed to the Editor, I'm still aiming to finish this segment at the weekend, before the builders (well demolishers actually) arrive on Monday.

I've got a last bit of kitchen clearing to do, move the white goods and then spend a month eating cold beans but finally, thirty years after first being promised, i'll have a useable kitchen with a sink that you can get more than a cup in and cupboards to actually put stuff in! of course that's only the beginning of the job, there will no longer be an excuse to not decorate or buy actual furniture and whilst I've already got rid of a ton of stuff i'll actually be able to do a proper job instead of deferring by just boxing stuff up!

Saw the GC again after Sunday's ride - you forget how quickly they grow and put on weight!

So that's the news - well except for a link to Insecurities, the 31st chapter of book 16, Sweet Sixteen. Hope you enjoy it.

for now that's it so Ciao for now
Mads