Hey Christo et al,

Yes the website has been quiet and I have been having a lovely break from
constant travelling – doing some pedalling (sometimes on my gorgeous new
tandem/triple)

http://picasaweb.google.com/paultmckay/WhereIsJulia#5234559566911558290 (as a
tandem in South australia)
(http://picasaweb.google.com/paultmckay/LilydaleWarburtonTrip on single bikes
In germany
http://picasaweb.google.com/paultmckay/WhereIsJulia#5208565676040130706
As a triple
http://picasaweb.google.com/paultmckay/WhereIsJulia#5208565785443342066
On my favourite road in Aus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkjLaDcIRI
and and spinning some plates on cycle projects in Aus. The Mpum ride did take
place (here are some pics
http://picasaweb.google.com/paultmckay/ChrisSGmpBRPics. Had about 100 peddlers
and was a jolly nice trip – no floods and everything worked.

We don’t have firm plans and dates for the next gig in SA yet (personally I
liked the pedal I did along the coast a couple of years ago – mossell Bay, still
bay, Witsand, Aniston, Gans Baai..). Initially, I not intended to be flying
over and pulling the events together – rather to show another person or group
how to do it all. (We reckon we know lots about the rides but trying to run
them remotely is fraught – particularly given the vagries and unique history and
culture/s of South Africa). That hasn’t eventuated to date and I have resolve
not to schedule the next event/s still we have identified the right
person/people to support. I remain confident that this will happen within a
year or so.

So I reckon its ok to ditch the list and when we reactive – we can resurrect it.
Thanks Christo for all your help with this – you have been fantastic (and I have
a smile of appreciation in my heart when I recall your whisper at the wine shop
with the brocken bus and I arrive all concerned and trying to sort things out –
you called me aside and said “this is not a problem Paul” amidst increasingly
rowdy and lubricated revellers).

Thanks for that and all your help and support Christo and others on the list.
And in the meantime – if any of you are popping over to Melbourne and want to
know where to ride – sing out eh.

Paul McKay

(and apologies for the delay in responding - had to make a new password to be
able to sne dvia the webmail cause my mail server didnt like it)