We have left home a week ago and time flew past in a whizz. After our lovely time out with Ruth on Thursday we were supposed to have lunch with Katy on Friday but she had to dash off to Kent on union business. We did go for lunch at the Black Lion though, which is walking distance from Stephen's house and had their daytime special. That was so cheap that it was probably reasonable by even Hungarian standards nowadays.
The weekend started fairly early when Ruth picked us up at 8am with Ian in tow. The trip up to Cambridge was totally uneventful and we made excellent time, so we didn't have to use the Park and Ride. Parking is not nearly as expensive in Cambridge as I thought. Mind you, compared to Brighton anything is cheap.
The street event was quite good and I came 8th out of 23, which in my current state is reasonable. We went to have a little walk round Cambridge, then had lunch and watched the punts go up and down the Cam. Soon after we left for the Travelodge. We had a nice comfortable night followed by a fascinating wildlife show through the window of our room of a weasel, mobbed by two magpies, hunting for rabbits. A few minutes later it appeared again, but this time with a large, plump bunny in its mouth, trying to take it to his burrow in a hurry. I did not have the camera to hand, which was a shame.
Sunday's event was in a scrappy forest and I was entered for the wrong course. Ended up running up, doing 4.9k which was longer than my course in the Extra Long Championships in the Spring. I was running against women all my junior, some by 15+ years and wasn't last. In fact in that field I was one of only two W60's (the other lady did 82 minutes) and with my 66 minutes I beat 45 women who were all (but one) younger than me. Altogether a satisfying result, even though I felt like an asthmatic goat going round. I can't breathe well since my flu and the three months gap in orienteering will take a great deal of time and effort to get over. Losing a few pounds would also help!!
On our return we managed to catch the last 23 laps of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the celebrations that followed. It was fantastic to watch Jenson Button winning the 2009 driver's trophy, albeit he will only be presented with it a lot later. Then came Stephen's Corn Exchange gig, which was brilliant and we even got invited for drinks afterwards. I made two new friends: Corry Shaw and Julia, Stephen's new PA. Lovely women, both of them and Julia is half Hungarian as well. Small world!!!
And then we came to Canada. The trip was uneventful, although this most certainly was the last time we flew with Canadian Affair. The seats are so narrow that it was extremely uncomfortable, especially that I couldn't read my book without my elbow ending up in my neighbour's side. We were very jetlagged, but spent some time with Alex, Meaghan and Callum on the first day. After a good night's sleep we feel a lot better today and spent a lot of time with Callum who is delightful. I also picked up my new Flip video camera, which is fantastic. The guesthouse where we are sleeping is OK. Bit tatty in places, but will do. It is reasonably priced and we have a whole little apartment with kitchen, bathroom and a good room. The bed is extremely comfortable and we even have cable TV. On Thursday it is Alex's 35th birthday and on Friday we are off to St. Catherine's to stay a couple of days with Meaghan's parents.
I will upload a video about Callum to Flickr later, in the meantime enjoy his little cutie mush on this blog!!
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