From far flung parts

Well, not so far, only Brighton. I left it nearly 10 days again to post, but believe me I have done enough for 110 days in the meantime.

Dick arrived on time and we spent a fairly uneventful evening in BP. Then early on Wednesday morning we departed to the Bukk. We went straight to Csanyik and spent an extremely long, exhausting, but productive day there. Dick liked most of what Kreso did in Csanyik and didn't change much on the whole. Thursday morning Laci and Dick went food shopping and as it was raining all morning we didn't do much then. In fact we sat in the car up on Kurtaberc for over an hour before we braved the weather. It soon cheered up and Jano arrived as well, so we got on with it. We finished the main course on Thursday and after Laci's departure spent time on Friday morning on the timed controls and by Friday midday Kurtaberc was finished, too. We went over to Nagymezo, where we managed to check all bar 5 of the controls which have not yet been controlled by either of the Advisors. After Jano's departure on Saturday morning we picked up our helper David, who turned out to be an absolute gem and spent the rest of the day on Nagymezo. We finished the 5 outstanding controls plus redid one of the earlier ones and then proceeded to re-check all those that Kreso has already checked and did all but 3 of them. These 3 were very straightforward and Dick has already seen them on his last visit and as there was very little that changed on them we called it a day. 4 long arduous days, but we all felt really satisfied that our labour was worthwhile.

This gave us a chance to return to BP via Ber on Sunday which Roy was very pleased about, as this way he was spared the bus trip in. Dick and my flight was due to go on Tuesday evening and this meant two days of spending every waking hour (and some while half asleep as well) on the computer drawing the courses on, then doing solution maps, then all the timed controls (all 12 of them) etc., etc. To say that we ended up with square eyes and RSI in our fingers would be close to the mark.

The flight was uneventful, I did have a slight wobble in that I forgot to remind myself of the exact address of the B&B, but I have excellent map memory and found it, even though I have not been there for 18 months and it was the middle of the night. We found the room key in the key press and had a steep climb into the attic. After a good night's sleep we pootled down to Hangleton where Wyn and Sue awaited.

I had to ask for an extension on my stay at Wyn's as Mick's return from Switzerland seemed to have been delayed plus his 2 grandchildren were with him, so I stayed at Wyn's for two nights. I had a magnificent welcome there, which included endless cups of tea, lovely food, good conversation, use of the WIFI and a cute little attic room (seems to be the theme of this trip!!) with views to die for. Thankfully, the maps, courses etc. have been so close to completion that the enforced trip down to Dorset was not necessary, although the workload was still such that most of my time at Wyn's was spent finishing off work or redoing stuff due to either mistakes or a corrupted file.

Finally I left on the bus all the way to Kemp Town, dragged my suitcase up the hill and arrived at Mick's. I have now been here for a day: yesterday I walked into Brighton along the seafront, today I bussed it into the centre for shopping and taking a few piccies. Nothing special, just typical Brighton scenes from the bus. Mind you, I am still doing and redoing stuff on the WTOC courses and maps, as Dick seems to be coming up with updates, alterations and corrections all the time. Still, at least Anne is apparently impressed with everything done this early. I suppose if you compare it with the last two years, yes, we are early. However, if you compare it with what is sensible, well organised and professional, all this should have been done weeks, if not months ago. But enough about that!

Tomorrow I don't think I will go anywhere as there is a Grand Prix and Dick is ringing to discuss Bulletin 4. What fun!

Monday I am having lunch with Ruth, but unfortunately I will not see Ian, because we couldn't find an event and/or place that would have suited us both. Never mind! He is threatening to visit us next year, so we might see him then.