A Grave in the Woods

 This is another book where I have gone looking for a writer that I have not read.  Not sure if I will return either.  Yes there were bodies but it was an old war grave and how they got there was worked out half way thru so for the rest of the book its like "now what do we do?"  A limp sideline develops which doesn't seem to go anywhere.  It's more like a travel brochure, as the Scotsman author now living in France, seems more concerned with describing the scenery than anything else.  The part I got into was the submarine pens at La Rochelle. One of the bodies was a submariner and we have toured that U-boat base. The Germans loved concrete.

Bird Flew

 I got a few videos going from the last week. The bikes from yesterday are online already and everyone will want to know that the tube repair worked, however I still need a spare. I scoured the tire for the source of the pin hole and I found the tiniest piece of wire. You can't help bad luck. The other videos feature the local bird life. In Lorne you discourage the cockys as they tear into everything. There are far more cockatoos in Drysdale like a 1,000 and it they ever decide to chew a house, it wouldn't last long.  The other one I took was back here.  I think this bird is a Harrier and has certainly been on patrol. 

Wire thru the Tire

Cadel Ride

 Last year was too hot this year was cooler. We rode to the closest intersection of the race from our place which was about 12km away but 20km into the course. I estimated our time for 12km would be similar to their time for 20km in order to get there before they do. It worked so that we had five minutes to spare and were able to get a good corner position. I tried slowing the speed down for the below clip.  Getting up close is good but brief.  We went back to watch the finish on TV however in the excitement I rode back without my helmet. So a second trip was needed to retrieve it!  

Tudor Pro training two days ago

Under the peleton sign