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At the end of the Bike tour at the Dijon train station - what a fab time we had!!

 

We have been home about 1 week now

 

Birdie had a very busy workweek

 

I was home on Monday night and only worked on Friday so I had some time to recoup - go to dentist & doctor re: race injuries and sadly, attend the funeral of Raylene Rankin who died after an 11 yr battle with cancer.

... I have a temporary cap on the broken tooth and 2 teeth that xrays show may turn black or have root damage down the road. Rotator cuff and deltoid are sore and with overuse become painful, hip as well. Doctor wants me to continue with massage, do stretching and gave me the green light to swim. ...Went for a 71.5k bike ride yesterday on Evangeline once I'd reassembled her and discovered I'd lost a shim for one aerobar. Bought a set of 4 shims at Cyclesmith for $5.00 = sweet! On closer inspection, Evangeline did suffer damage to her frame - punctured. I'll get the mechanics to ensure there isn't any structural integrity loss but I don't think so. She felt great yesterday on the wonderful bike ride from Lake Echo to Musquodoboit then Lawrencetown via a few scenic detours thanks to our HTC club member Al Pottier who lives out that way. Lovely fall air - along were Francine, Paul, Nancy, Kevin, Al, Shane and myself. Really great to catch up with Francine especially and hear her stories about Ironman Wales where she qualified for Kona the week b4 my race. Very cool! So happy and proud of her - it was a challenging course!!

 

Ok back to the Blog... there are so many trip photos. It has taken the week to get them organized and to save them in a compressed format so I can add them to the Blog. Unfortunately, it isn't allowing me to do it all in one go...I'm probably surpassing the memory space for a free Blog. I will add them as soon as I can. Still haven't even shown any souvenirs to Barry as I wanted it to accompany the Blog in chronological order. My goal was to get it all done by today but technology may not allow that to happen...