Tai WHAT??

It's been a mostly damp week, with wee sunny spells, and some cold spells. The festival at the canal was cold AND damp, which was a shame after all the hard work that went into it. The wheel chair dancers (The Jacobite Warriors) were magnificent. The warrior at the front is 90 years old and put long hours into rehearsals, in often cold and draughty places with street dancers strutting their stuff around him and getting to grips with some ballet manoeuvers. Finn was bemused by the Tai Chi group who barely moved (he said). The subtulties were lost on him.

With the weather being so unpredictable, and not enough playmates around, Finn exhausted the cat with his xbox demands.

Spook had a trip to Manchester via Edinburgh, getting up at 2.30am, driving to Edinburgh to meet Frazer who's family circumstances had taken him there, and taking the train for the 3hr journey South. Then returning the same day. He took it all in his stride, though was shocked at the sheer numbers of people in the city of Manchester. Edinburgh did not seem so congested, though the tram work is causing much chaos.

He had a great day on Monday, taking part in a promotional DVD for Orange mountain bikes in connection with No Fuss's Tour of Ben Nevis event.

Today he and Frazer are setting up a stall which they will man all week in town for the Six Day Trial folk. It was lovely that Friday dried and warmed up, so that there was a good feel in town for the people who pour in for this event and for the May weekend. Pity about the local idiots who miscalled visitors from their standpoint outside the pub, and pity about the cold, damp day that has arrived today.

Meg baked a beautiful cake at school, and Finn got a very positive report card which demonstrates how well he has fitted back into school life here. At this point, Meg has only produced the cake and not the report card - but she has gone to work at the bike shop and I assume she has simply forgotten about the card!!!!!

We hear that the South Island has just had 6 days of heavy rain and that Wanaka and Queenstown are on flood alert.