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Cycling god

 
RM350 2-3 August 2014
 

What a weekend! After all that training and worrying, Glenn completed his epic 24 hours, 350 mile cycle ride, raising over a £1000 for the Core in the process. I'm so proud of him.

We waved goodbye to Glenn on Saturday morning as the skies darkened and then watched with baited breath as the heavens to a rainstorm of biblical proportions.  We could only hope that it was a little drier in Southsea where he was starting his ride.  We had agreed that e would keep his phone switched off unless he was at a rest stop, so the news of how he was going was sporadic.  The girls were oblivious to my concerns - 350 miles is such a long way! So he rode from midday on Saturday through to about 4pm on Sunday - a total of 28 hours and 25 in the saddle - ouch!  Amazingly he felt fine on finishing and still on Monday, but the stiffness has now set in and there were a few yelps of pain now and then.  Funnily enough, he wasn't keen to get on the trampoline either with Abi and izzy - I can't see why not!

For us the other excitment of the weekend was having Helen and her 2 girls stay.  Of particular note was 13 month Chloe who Abi and Izzy immediate adopted as their own.  We went for a walk and Abi pushed the buggy the whole way round, and Izzy chaperoned Slyvie, who at 4 was hero worshipping our 2.  They had a lovely time and apart from having to bat off the inevitable - "can't we have a baby?", they loved every minute.

So after all the excitment of the ride, Glenn has now gone to Spa in Belgium for a well earned track day and I'm holding the fort.  I have this week at work and then 2 weeks off - yippee!  The last couple of weeks have been a bit more stable at work - I'm beginning to understand a few of the underlying nuances and I'm starting to get to know the team I've joined as well which is nice.  It's funny that I miss BP after having such a difficult start there - if I settled there, albeit after a bit of a roller coaster, I will here as well. I've had a a bunch of BP people get in touch to see how I'm doing as well which is touching - I made some good friends there.

The girls this week have mostly been at activity camp. Abi is back doing a survival week and is once again in her element - building dens and fires and this time getting to camp out tomorrow evening.  She can't wait to show off how grown up she is.  When I asked whether she would sleep ok she just looked at me as if I was mad and replied "Of course, I can sleep anywhere!" Hmmm, this would be the same child that crawls into bed with me everytime Glenn is away and wakes at the slightest noise! Izzy is a bit miffed she's not yet old enough to do the survival week but is looking forward to an evening with Mummy and no-one else around.

So, a final few days at work and then 2 lovely weeks off.  We have a trip to Taunton planned, some away days, maybe a camping trip if the weather holds - who knows.  No doubt there wll be some renovation work ongoing - our solar panels are due soon - but most of all time at home as a family - lovely.

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