The Last Week

Last week was busy as usual.  We managed to organise a get together with Joop and Margreet, our Dutch neighbours, after their guest went. Lovely couple, I wish they came more often and stayed longer. Then I started organising my vote, which would have to be cast away from the village as we realised that we would not get back by 7pm to vote.  Unfortunately, the voting away from your usual abode facility has been abolished, so that was that.  As it happens, the FIDESZ candidate didn't win, so I'm happy.  On Tuesday I rang my doctor and my bloodtest was negative, everything is OK.  What makes me cough a lot and my joints hurt like hell, is another question which they haven't quite found the answer to yet!

The clothes and equipment tents

The main event of the week was the weekend when on Sunday I had the Orienteering Championship and the day before Roy and I spent geocaching, which for once was very enjoyable and relaxing.  The weather was absolutely amazing and the villages, towns and countryside we visited, looking for the caches, were very pleasant. On Saturday we found 6 and on Sunday en route home another 2.

The lake by our first cache

The Hindu temple where our fifth cache was

Due to my dodgy health this year and my total lack of training, I didn't make the podium, but I wasn't far off.  My class, W65, is the hardest one to win or end up on the podium in, due to the fact that all the fit old girls are between 65 and 70. This post war generation seems quite tough. I was about a minute and a few seconds from 3rd, but as my good friend Bozsa later in the evening said, considering my current state of health and strength, that was not a bad result.

W65 course at the Championships

On Sunday evening I went to a concert with Bozsa and had a spectacularly enjoyable time.  László Fenyő is a superb cellist, currently head of music at a musical high school in Karlsruhe, Germany.  He is not only a superb musician, but a fun, delightful human being as well.  This subscription ticket I got quite late is for the 2nd row, so I had a real close proximity to the stage, so watching him playing was an absolute delight.

László Fenyő with a serious face

My new hashing T-shirt with my hash name

Still back at the orienteering I managed to pick up the two T-shirts I ordered some time ago from a friend and they look great. One of them was for Roy, a belated birthday present, the other for me for the Hash.  It has my hashing name on, so I will proudly wear it this Sunday when I am the hare.

Roy, a.k.a. Daddy's Daddy

On Monday morning I watched the recorded Russian GP from Sochi. Needless to say that I was in seventh heaven when Lewis was on pole and won from the front all the way.  He is now 17 points clear of Rosberg, which is great, but no insurance. There are still three GPs left and the last one gives double points.  Still, we are keeping everything crossable crossed and hope he does it!

Lewis looking very serious

During the day I finally managed to drag Roy out for buying some shoes. Deichmann is a reasonably priced shoe shop, but Roy is not easy to please.  It can't be too expensive, it should be aesthetically pleasing and comfortable, plus nothing to way out and fancy. After this, I am amazed that we actually bought him two pairs.  And even I got a new pair of shoes, which has not even been scheduled.  After our return from shopping Callum called on Skype, which was a lovely surprise, as I haven't seen him to talk to for ages.  He is such a big boy, but he still likes his fart gun and his new pussycat, Mickey. Time flies and he is now in senior kindergarten (if that is not a contradiction in terms!). Next year he will start real school.

Callum with his ninja weapons

The fart gun

Mickey and Callum in a tender pose

Finally, we have changed our plans and are staying in town for this week, as I discovered a concert I forgot about and we also have a few other commitments too. I heard about Gone Girl with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, so I'll go and see that if I can, as well as making a return to the thermal baths sometime this week. Talk to you next week!