From: <paulm@...>
Subject: [GreatCycling] pauls response
To: GreatCycling@yahoogroups.com
Received: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 11:58 PM

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# 5234559566911558 290 (as a tandem in South australia)
(http://picasaweb. google.com/ paultmckay/ LilydaleWarburto nTrip on single bikes
In germany http://picasaweb. google.com/ paultmckay/ WhereIsJulia# 5208565676040130 706
As a triple http://picasaweb. google.com/ paultmckay/ WhereIsJulia# 5208565785443342 066
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)