Amsterdam Half Marathon

In line with the plans, we’ve booked in for Amsterdam Half Marathon on 18^th October.  We were planning to be in Germany – but hey – an extra week in Amsterdam J  After that it should be a cool race man!  Way cooool!

 

Telling everyone of Plan B!

Unbelievably, we’ve kept our plans a secret from everyone! A few hints here and there – but thats it. Good job too in hindsight!

So – this blog has been converted to integrate into http://www.doyourdream.co.uk which is our new website dedicated encouraging everyone to do their dream and JUST DO IT rather than become a automatic cog in a big machine.

Hope you enjoy this site and our antics, and feel free to add any dreams you have to the SHARE YOUR DREAM forum

For us, once Mel works her notice (shame! 2 months of restful DIY for me!) we’ll be off to Holland and North Germany for 6 weeks; back for a couple of weeks; then off again to Spain/Portugal for 6 weeks including meeting up with some mates and going motorbike trail riding (leaving Mel with the van). Then after Christmas and New Year on the beach, we’ll be back for a couple of weeks and then off again! No idea where yet!!

The adventure begins!

Time to email everyone and try and see everyone before we go!

Mel has resigned!!! Plan B is GO GO GO!!

Well - after all our talk and excitement - Plan B is GO GO GO!! Mel resigned yesterday meaning we are about to initiate Plan B.... Now the fun starts.....

Holiday over

Shame L Our holiday is over. We finished off in the Eden Project which was a superb day out, then ventured home thinking of our next adventures!

A lovely and relaxing time – shame it is over.

All Cornwall pics can be found here:-

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Summer Sun!

We’ve been lucky with a couple of days of hot sun! Cool air which makes the risk of getting burned quite high!

Had a lovely bike ride to Gweek to see the Seal Sanctuary which was really quite good.

We also went to Goonhilly Earth Station which sounded really interesting. It wasn’t. It was fairly expensive and we stayed 2 hours (including lunch!) – saw everything and learned nothing. It was amateurish and wasn’t worth the fuel getting there let alone the entrance fee.

Today we went to Lizard Point the most southerly place on mainland UK. Lovely walk on the cliff edge, and came back via some lovely villages and coves.

Only a few days left here now L Doesn’t time fly...

Beach Bums or Dudes!

So far the weather hasn’t been too bad for us. We enjoyed Padstow and Rock and a long walk along the dunes and an afternoon nap in the sun!

For our surfing on Watergate Bay the weather was hot and sunny, and the sea was warm. Surfing is cool – we tried to be a dude ‘n’ chick, and we both managed to stand up and ride a wave. For the kite buggying the weather wasn’t as nice but this meant a nice clear beach! We both managed to fly a power kite, and do some beach dragging (Dear Santa: I want a power kite. Thanks). We then did some buggying as the sand was a little soggy so boarding wasn’t possible. I think we’re slightly relieved!

Today the weather is pants – so we’ve moved South to Helston and had an 8 mile run to Porthleven. Settled in for the night J

Lovely time in Cornwall

Having a really nice relaxing time in Cornwall. We were fortunate enough to leave a day early and miss the traffic. Had a lovely 6 mile run which felt like 20 due to the hills! Then a 13 mile bike ride to Tintagel which felt like 130! A few burning muscles after that. Picture below is one of the lovely views from Tintagel. Had a nice dip in the swimming pool yesterday followed by some cold beer.

Today in Padstow and chilling nicely. My microlight lesson delayed due to low cloud L Try again tomorrow.

Fresh fish and chips calling us J

5 min jobs take hours

Mel has been moaning her brakes in her car (Lovely 2001 Ford Puma) have been squeeking. She is right - they were - but only gently. And at least this time she was right.... (Remembering when "There is a noise from the front CV joint" was actually a rear full flat tyre she just drove 20 miles on!!!). Nothing serious and the brakes were checked recently so it was unlikley to be major. So - simple job: Jack up car, remove rear wheel, remove drum, check, reassemble. Removing the dust cap took 20 mins and brute force (not 1 min as expected) The the hub nut looked like a 27mm nut "locked into position" by a series of folded tabs, After trying to get these off - realised it wasn't. 15m on PumaPeople (http://www.pumapeople.com/) realised it was a series of little nuts in a 30mm cage and this needed to be removed as a whole. Bugger. Round trip to Halfords to buy a 30mm socket. Anyway - everything then came off and there was a little bit of debis in the drum causing the rub. Everything else looked in good nick. So quick reassembly and testing and all okay. So Thanks to PumaPeople for the info on a 30mm nut! And sadly I now have to redo the job with a new nut (limited use self-locking nut apparently) and dust cap. Hey ho. No such thing as a 5 min job.