Last Wednesday was my 23rd birthday, thanks to all those who sent me cards and best wishes.

A week ago I went and stayed at Tim’s house in the lakes, and had some great riding with the EUCC chaps. Nice weather, crazy steep climbs and good company.

Last up on this mini update, is my niggling knee injury. I took November off the bike almost completely, then started training again in December. Early on during a 4 hour ride in horizontal snow, I started to get a sore knee. I’ve been to the physio, and now almost 3 months later, it appears to be making progress. Taping and careful checking of my bike setup seems to be keeping it under control.

Racing for the next two weekends, so will be interesting to see how it holds up, and if I keep up after all the time off.