On Saturday we had the most amazing day for November. The temperature was well over 20 degrees Celsius and in the sun it was over 25. I ran in a flimsy T-shirt and O suit bottoms and was hot all the way round. Afterwards we sat in the sun, chatted, ate our sandwiches and our friends drank beer. I shouldn't have alcohol and Roy couldn't because of driving. He also had a nice snooze and looked quite happy.
If you peruse the Day 1 course you can see that it was appalling. The planners were two young men who obviously had no idea about how to plan for veterans. I felt that this course would have been an insult for an intelligent 12 year old. Still, I was out in the fresh air, in the sunshine and had some exercise. Considering the year I had so far, this should in and of itself be an achievement. As for results: I came 4th, behind three Swedish ladies who were quite a lot faster than me. Considering that out of 8 people in my class 6 were Swedish that result is not that bad.
By Sunday the weather turned; it was overcast and considerably colder. Thankfully the part of the forest Sunday's course took me to was a lot more technical and even our youthful, gung-ho planners couldn't completely wreck my course. I really enjoyed the fact that the grey matter had to be engaged and that slowed the Swedish ladies sufficiently for me to come 2nd on the day by only about a minute and a half. Overall I remained 4th which gave us a chance to scarper pretty sharpish.
We got back to Ber by 3pm, unpacked, had lunch and watched the Brazilian Grand Prix. Unfortunately there is going to be no British World Champion this year, but of the remaining contenders I hope Webber manages it next week. Vettel is good too, but he is so young, he has plenty of time to get there yet, while Webber is getting a bit long in the tooth. The only person I do NOT want to win is Alonso, but it looks that he might still do it too. Boooooo!
We're off back to BP on Thursday for theatre and a concert on Friday. The last Grand Prix (Abu Dhabi) is on Sunday, followed by an Opera visit next Tuesday. After that it is the Juniper weekend with an international group, so we should be busy for a while yet.
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