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wafflycat - 04 Jul 2006 13:10 GMT

This afternoon the felines are off to their favourite holiday home for a few
days. The humans are off to France (Rennes) for a few days, leaving this
evening.

Our hotel is actually on the route of the Tour de France, apparently :-)

Cheers, helen s

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Adrian A - 04 Jul 2006 13:43 GMT

> This afternoon the felines are off to their favourite holiday home
> for a few days. The humans are off to France (Rennes) for a few days,
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>
> Cheers, helen s

Have a great trip! Maybe one day we'll see Nathan wearing the yellow jersey.

:-)

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Monique Y. Mudama - 04 Jul 2006 16:02 GMT

> This afternoon the felines are off to their favourite holiday home
> for a few days. The humans are off to France (Rennes) for a few
> days, leaving this evening.
>
> Our hotel is actually on the route of the Tour de France, apparently
> :-)

Nice!

I've been meaning to ask, what do you and Nathan think of the recent
drug suspicion disqualifications?

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wafflycat - 04 Jul 2006 18:09 GMT

>> This afternoon the felines are off to their favourite holiday home
>> for a few days. The humans are off to France (Rennes) for a few
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> I've been meaning to ask, what do you and Nathan think of the recent
> drug suspicion disqualifications?

Not so naive as to think doping is not around in *any* sport....

In the current scandal - whoever has been cheating: out. Period.

It's no longer enough to say "I've never tested positive" as the people
doing the catching appear to be the police, rather than the anti-doping
people.

Of 200 sports' people implicated in the current doping affair, about 1/4 are
cyclists with the rest being from 'other sports' Tennis & athletics have
been named. Strange that it's only the cyclists that have been publicly
named... one has to wonder what the governing bodies of the other sports are
doing other than pretending it isn't happening and wishing it would all go
away...

Some of the 'evidence' appears to be dodgy in the current scandal.

I've seen various forms of cheating go on at amateur level sport, so I think
it'll be common where the big money is... but it's not just in cycling -
that's not condoning cycling cheats: anyone who cheats should be banned IMO.
But I do wish as much publicity was given to the cheats in the 'other
sports' as there is to cycling.

Cheers, helen s

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wafflycat - 04 Jul 2006 20:27 GMT

The beasties have been at the cattery since late afternoon...

...lord the house is quiet without their comings and goings!

I miss them already! Still I'll be reunited with them on Monday.

Cheers, helen s

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wafflycat - 04 Jul 2006 21:11 GMT

> The beasties have been at the cattery since late afternoon...
>
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> Cheers, helen s

And Nathan's just come back from doing a 10-mile time trial. New personal
best of 22 minutes 15 seconds :-)

Cheers, helen s

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Monique Y. Mudama - 04 Jul 2006 21:29 GMT

> And Nathan's just come back from doing a 10-mile time trial. New
> personal best of 22 minutes 15 seconds :-)

Nice!

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wafflycat - 04 Jul 2006 21:35 GMT

>> And Nathan's just come back from doing a 10-mile time trial. New
>> personal best of 22 minutes 15 seconds :-)
>
> Nice!

yes.. it's over a minute off his previous pb, so the maternal bosums are
heaving rather dangerously :-)

Cheers, helen s

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Adrian A - 04 Jul 2006 22:09 GMT

>> The beasties have been at the cattery since late afternoon...
>>
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> Cheers, helen s

Congratulations to Nathan.

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Sam - 04 Jul 2006 21:19 GMT

> This afternoon the felines are off to their favourite holiday home for a
> few days. The humans are off to France (Rennes) for a few days, leaving
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>
> Cheers, helen s

Have a great trip!

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 04 Jul 2006 22:24 GMT

> This afternoon the felines are off to their favourite holiday home for a few
> days. The humans are off to France (Rennes) for a few days, leaving this
> evening.

> Our hotel is actually on the route of the Tour de France, apparently :-)

> Cheers, helen s

Have a great trip!!

Joyce

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Chakolate - 04 Jul 2006 23:19 GMT

> Our hotel is actually on the route of the Tour de France, apparently
> :-)

Are you going to get out and ride with them, Helen?

Chak

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wafflycat - 04 Jul 2006 23:23 GMT

>> Our hotel is actually on the route of the Tour de France, apparently
>> :-)
>
> Are you going to get out and ride with them, Helen?
>
> Chak

I don't think we'd be allowed to ride *with* them. Then there's the small
problem of keeping up ;-)

Nathan is taking his time trial bike over and he's hoping to ride the time
trial course the day before the main event.

Cheers, helen s

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