Well since I last wrote I have been extremely busy, doing all sorts of great things. In no particular order I have:
- been to Leisha's 10th birthday party
- family day out at Thorpe Park with some good friends
- been clay pigeon shooting - twice
- been to loads of BBQ's over the Jubilee weekend
- attended the Jubilee dinner dance in Nutfield
- hatched a new chick - just one, the others unfortunately died
- taken the kids to see night time cycle racing round the streets of London
- broke and fixed Freja's car
- Sopoken to a new prospective sponsor for my ride and been offered some interesting new technology to take with me
- caught up with some old friends, who I have not seen for over 20 years
- attended my first Olympics training camp
- had a coulpe of meetings at work re my return
It may seem as though I am having a ball, and I am enjoying all of these activities, BUT this list is stretched out over a couple of weeks and I can assure you that I need time to recover after each one and still have to take it very easy in between. However, I seem to be coping much better and notice other improvements in my general well being.
This coming week is also busy, tomorrow I am playing golf with my Dad's best friends. This should be good fun as I have not played for at least 3 years. The down side is the weather is not forecast to be brilliant, nothing new there then. The upside of not being able to walk round is that I will have a buggy, so if I do really badly, I might try a spot of buggy rallying! Tuesday I must get down tot he jungle, or allotment, as this wet weather following the hot dry spell, has encouraged lots of vigorous growth. Shame it is the weeds not my plants. Then Wednesday I am off to Wales on my big motorbike for a few days.
One last thing to share with you all was a quote I heard today at my Olympics training, from a British para-Olympic swimming champion and multiple world record holder, as it fits exactly with my own personal ethos. When asked how he coped when he lost the use of his right arm, he answered ..
"I focused on what I could do, not what I couldn't"
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