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Vets know how to hold balls!0
neil posted in Photos, Neil, Kirsty on June 26th, 2007

Accompanied my good friend Kirsty to the vet graduation ball in Chambers St. museum. Don’t get many opportunities to dust off the suit, and have’nt been to many functions in such a beautiful airy venue as the museum foyer. The ceilidh band won me over by starting out with “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and interspersing ceilidh with modern stuff so I could get pictures and not miss a dance.

Swamp soccer0
neil posted in Travel on June 21st, 2007

Further to the Adam Lyal election campaign0
neil posted in Travel on June 14th, 2007

Robin Mitchell, the campaign manager for the witchery tour party, has put together a slideshow of all the pictures Alicia managed to take while I was in Islay. Good pictures, well put together and worth a look:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2035835152

867 votes. Good stuff, way to make a messy election more entertaining!

10 Under the Ben 20073
neil posted in bikes, Neil, Sports on June 10th, 2007

10 hours of riding in harsh sunshine in Scotland surrounded by three hundred and sixteen other riders. Slogging up loose fire roads and then hooning through tight, twisty, technical forest. Rocks, bridges, northshore, drystone walls and two big water splashes. Polite overtaking and friendly concern when you hit a tree. The seductive knowledge that whatever happens, in less than ten hours from now you can have a beer and collapse in front of a barbecue. Then banishing anything but the next obstacle or rider from your mind, pedalling until it hypnotises you. The sprint for the transition, dib, bleep and tag. You can collapse now, its some-one elses problem (unless you are riding solo).

Photos of RIDERS

If you want a print of one of these pictures, email me at: neil firemonkeyphoto.myzen.co.uk

Photos of THE EVENT

Photos of the mighty team: MONKEY TOASTERS

No fuss events

10 Under the Ben Results

Boxwars: Photos0
neil posted in Travel on June 8th, 2007

The photos from Boxwars: Battle of the Clans are up here.

10 Under The Ben0
neil posted in Travel on June 7th, 2007

Fraser, George and I are racing under the banner of “Monkey Toasters” at Ten under the Ben, a ten hour endurance race this saturday. I’m sure its an adge not to fit new stuff to your bike before a race, so I only fitted new grips, front mech, rear brake cable and tyres. The sky outside is mocking the fact that I’ve packed my waterproofs and now have to cycle to work.
The wonders of modern technology give you the capacity to cheer us on in realtime based on our lap data at this website:

Here

link found from here on the no-fuss website:

Here

Also look out for “Team B for Ace” who gave me a cup of tea last year. Good folks.

Boxwars: Battle of the Clans3
neil posted in Travel on June 5th, 2007

Off again….0
neil posted in Travel on June 1st, 2007