Had some rare free time this morning so, despite the rain, went for a walk along the river Tame. Seven or eight miles by the time I returned home. I would have unicycled at least part of it had it been dry. It was far too muddy and slimy for me. But very quiet and peaceful, apart from a few dog owners. I guess everyone was in church
Saw a couple of male goosanders (uncommon black/white birds) which were swimming downstream along the far bank in very heavy flood water. Not quick enough with the camera though. I had been keeping it inside my coat to keep it dry. But as compensation I did get a long distance photo of six of them a few days ago on a nearby pond. 2 males, 4 females.
Later there were a couple of moorhens and a grey squirrel, wandering around on a raft of rubbish that was circling in an eddy. Very brave of the squirrel I thought. They do not like water. Had it fallen in, it would have drowned in the turbulence below the weir a short distance downstream.
Otherwise a fairly uneventful, damp, grey morning. Not too cold. Spent the afternoon drying out, and was then called out to a server problem. It really is time they employed someone to deal with the servers. I have my own job to do, and although looking after this hardware is a very profitable sideline for me, I am starting to miss the free time.
I went and saw cloverfield with some peeps, then chilaxed at my place with them, helped my friend build his new uni, played some guitar hero and halo on my friends xbox 360. Then I set up a camera and tried out some filming in my basement with the triton! Now I ordered pizza and Iām listening to dirty indie musicians.
I joined Adam Brody and his OC uni club today for a fun ride at Dana Point harbor. I was a bit subdued today for some reason, so I didnāt do anything too extreme, except drop off a 5ā offshore rock formation, which is mostly covered during high tide, but was totally exposed when we were there during low tide.
The whole group was in attendance and they are all riding better each time I see them! We were also joined by new rider Will, who brought his 26er.
Hereās just a few of the group ready to push on with our ride after stopping for pizza! Group leader Adam is flashing the peace sign!
Then home to finish work on some piano stuff in my shop. Long day, but a fun one!
Thatās ok, here you areā¦hey what were you drinking haha! (Deano left, Tyler middle, canāt remember kidās name on right (sorry) and Tim opening the door in the backā¦wow he looks like heās sleepwalking lol!)
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Today I slept in and went to get lunch with 4 friends, I managed to finish off an 18 oz. burger (3 patties). Probably gonna spend a while letting that digest while I game it up with some UT and GoW2.
