Cycling

After work today I went for a walk in town and got my haircut, which as always was a very relaxing experience, and also, as usual these days, the hairdresser assumed I was as gay as Socrates (i.e. very). Anyway, this is always quite funny when it happens - especially as the poor chap said to me (in a conspiratorial whisper in my ear):

"And the worst thing about them (straight men) is, that these days they go to the gym, are vain and wear our clothes! Honestly darling, it's so bad you nearly can't tell who is gay these days!"

Of course I laughed with him, although for slightly differing reasons!

Anyway, after I finished I went home, grabbed the bike and went from Amsterdam to Uithoorn and back again by following the River Amstel. I suspect that I may have actually done 60 - 70k as I cycled back into amsterdam, and then went to Rai, then down to Oosterdock, and back up through town to Marnixstraat - but the GPS ran out of battery at 50km so I won't know until Saturday when I will do it again, with new batteries. Assuming that it was 70 then I am not far off my 100km target in 3 hours, which coincidentally is the distance from Canterbury (my Mums home) to London......anyone care to guess what i am thinking of doing next month.....

Once the hernia gets sorted out, my running will resume - I am still managing to cycle 20-30km per day, so I am not getting unfit, but I do miss my 15km runs to Amstelveen and back :-(

Anyway - I am off to paint some skinks then sleep - I have to be up in 8 hours to cycle 13 k to work!! :-)

Taekwon

PS I have loaded an e-bible on my PDA and am working through the new testament. I suspect that my Grandmothers death is prompting all sorts of questions, and the answers, well who knows what they will be or where I will find them? However, I am applying those skills learnt as a child at school, and that these days see me through work daily - namely to research a wide base when investigating a problem - so I may have the bible, but I also have some philosphy texts, and pop culture books. Now, lets see where this takes me.......