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Last week was a good one. Most of the week was spent working in the bike shop building bikes for Christmas, which makes the day go by quickly.
On wednesday evening I had a lovely dinner courtesy of Gaz, and then went to the Crags with some of the Vets. I found a 14inch kids bike beside the bins on the way there, so rode that there and back, slightly more wobbly on the way back!
On thursday I was out with the cycling club for our Christmas dinner. After a lovely meal at The Buffalo Grill we headed round to our usual pub, where drinking games ensued and the banter was great. Photos can be found on my Flickr including Iain in his stunning beater and tie combo.
On friday I went round to my aunts and had yet another lovely dinner, and a good long chat about family, computers and moving houses.
In between all this going out at the end of the week I bagged myself a job with FutureCorp, a web application consultancy firm. I’ve been enjoying my first few days getting to know things and am sure there are more exciting things to come. I’d better tidy my room now, seeing as I’m working from home!
Yesterday I went to meet the uni guys for the usual wednesday afternoon ride around the Pentlands. Being sensible I didn’t take a jacket, hoping that the sunshine would be out for the rest of the day. Sam turned up with his car, and had 3 free spaces in it heading for Innerleithen. Quick off the mark, Adam, Tim and I jumped in with our bikes and off we went.
So we get to Inners, it’s raining, bah! Sam and Tim went to play on the DH tracks while Adam and I went round the red route XC. Was really good fun despite the driving rain, and Adam’s front brake giving up the ghost. We were soaked from head to foot by the time we got back to the car in a fairly impressive 1hr 28mins.
Was the first day I properly wore my knee warmers, and despite being blue, they keep you really warm and comfortable around the knees (Duh!). Well worth having for those days where it’s not quite warm enough to wear longs.
In the evening we met up with the rest of the bike club, and had a rather healthy pub crawl. The highlight was undoubtedly Sam and Matt downing 9 shots of Tequila in a row! Each! Crazy peoples.
Thanks again to Sam for the lift.
Being back at university is ace, all my courses are ones that I chose, so I know I’m going to enjoy them, or at least be interested in them.
Was also good to see all the Uni bike club guys again. Few new members as well, so our ‘Tour De Edinburgh’ pub crawl this week should be good for the banter!
