Not entirely sure what drove it... several possibilities... life brightening so in Hong Kong, such edgy years before... maybe just the sight of a break, however short... the prospect of seeing Aiden... glorious weather even? Such a wonderful time.
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| Just perfect perfect weather, Clearwater Bay beach one basking. |
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| From Jordan; Aiden and his mates rocking her Bambalam, fueling anticipation. |
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| A new role at work... new shoes... but wonderfully interesting, and often more efficient at home. |
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| Back on little Mils with the village gang (Tracy and Simon back, such deeply cool and life-loving people) ... the tireless beauty of the beach. |
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| Aiden came back... oh intergalactic delight |
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| Wendy and Ian came to visit, which was just wonderful, we walked across the new TKO bridge |
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| Ruby and Evan hung out watching movies over the weekend |
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| Holly soaked up the cool weather and attention |
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| I rode so fast in my zef glasses that gob streaks dried on my cheek... |
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| putting some relentless kilometers down on the Foundry, such a weapon... |
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| Ange went to Bali for a week with a gang of mates, Ruby and Ev put in a cooking shift... |
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| Both of the Schats boys were in right arm shoulder slings ... |
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| I turned fifty four and was feeling fab |
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| We went out for dinner and had one of those accidental parties ... I kept the shirt on all day |
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| The self-acquired prezzie that the card so perfectly alluded to arrived a bit late... a Christmas project with all the bits being old-school stuff plus OEM carbon bought over time on e-bay |
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Aiden and his mates, Jake and Luke, all back from Uni; Sean and Gill, Luke's folks.
Sean has been the single biggest non family contributor to Aiden and Ev's lives,
deeply deeply quality people, greatly appreciated... |
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| ...and more stupefyingly fabulous weather. |
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| Morning coffee in bed with the cat :-) |
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| Dismantled the wonderful Big Blue, lots of wear and tear over the years, a couple of crashes, great great bike though, unforgettable journeys |
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| And then rolled into two Christmases - an afternoon and eve with Jason and Lara, with the gorgeous new Jesse to keep Ezra company (Ollie not getting it at all) |
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| Followed by a Chrismas day bash at the divine Schats' house. |
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| Nights duf duf duffing with the school mates come home :-) |
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| Days on the hiking trails, High Island reservoir, emerald colours |
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| A reminder of home walking to Yau Lei |
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| And a sampan back to Sai Kung after lunch |
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| Lorna, Pieter and Meadsy |
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| Robyn spending some quality time with Hugo |
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| Kau Sai Chau island golf course as a backdrop to an old working junk on the way back. |
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| Grinding progress on the bike, discovering that old shit is, well old, and does not necessarily work. Composing f-you letters in my mind to the sellers whilst dismantling fidly bits and pieces to properly clean and oil them before reassembly. |
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| ... along with stuff that shouldn't go together like titanium bar stems onto carbon forks, "school fees" and frustration. |
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| Ruby went to Oman... |
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| ...sent astonishing photos of otherworldly places. |
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| Jacques went to Paris with Chad to see his mom. |
...and then suddenly it was the end of the year, and thank god for the trend, phoenix-like Hong Kong, the Covid exodus masses looking to return.
