Spook relaxed on his last day off, by cycling to the top of the Crown Range. This is the view before the descent into Queenstown - just seen in the picture. He did about 80km.
Reading about the Mototapu in todays paper, we got the truth in the rumour we had heard that someone died in the race. a 55 year old policeman had a heartattack, and died on the track. Very sad.
Also read that the Deputy Prime Minister was racing. He managed a 4hr 58min time (Spook was 3hrs 6secs). He said he "saw a lot of bottoms, but unfortuanely not the bottom of the recession".
I also read that there was a bit of a furore at the very popular Terrier Race at the Show on Saturday. 9000 gathered to watch as a fantastically fast wee doggie shot round the track and beat the lot. He was disqualified when it transpired that he was a non-terrier of unknown breed. "The imposters owner was embarrassed and slunk away quickly at the end of the race" Rusty,the true winner, performed well, compared with the majority who iether sat down on the command to go, or turned and left the field. The scene quickly became one of yapping dogs and frantic owners calling them to heel. Sorry I missed it.
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