More Zurich

Stayed over in Zurich for some sightseeing in the City Centre and a walk in the hills above the city. The weather was cold but clear skys - although foggy on the lower ground.

Zurich

Colin had several days in Zurich at the CRO Assembly run by the Geneva Association. The event was held at the fantastic Centre For Global Dialogue owned by Swiss Re. A beautiful building in the suburbs of Zurich. 2 days with the risk community wasn't exactly inspiring given the global challenges and threats at the current time.

Tinto Hill Race

Last big hill race of the year at Tinto. Beautiful afternoon with clear skies and temperatures around 12 degrees. Pushed myself hard on the way up reaching the summit in around 33 mins. Decent run down catching up quite a few places in the home stretch. Faster than last year but 3 minutes slower than personal best - I must have been very fit a couple of years back.

Lloyd Cole

Max and Colin went to see Lloyd Cole at the Pleasance on Thursday evening. Lloyd is now 50 years old and was clearly self conscious about his advancing years and expanding belly. The first hour was mainly new stuff including work in progress. Good banter with the crowd made for a pleasant folksy hour of music. After the break and a pint he played through his fantastic back catalogue of hits. Lots of songs that sound like Number 1 hits but looking back at his chart history he only managed 6 top 40 songs with a highest position of 17. Forest Fire only managed 41. Great concert and Max, the only youngster in the audience, enjoyed it after some initial trepidation.

Orienteering at Deans Livingston

Max and Colin headed out to Livingstone on Sunday morning for the first orienteering in ages. We both had a go on the green course. Max headed off 1 minute before Colin but was quickly caught just after the first control. Colin then headed off in the wrong direction and Max was up about 30 secs by the second control. A neck by neck tussle for the next few controls until Max made a big error at 10 and Colin came home about 6 minutes faster.

Beautiful day and great to be out racing again.

Colin 8th, Max 13th of 45 on the Green Course. Colin now 1000 th in the UK Rankings.

Tori Amos

Colin and Hannah headed off to Glasgow on Sunday evening to see Tori Amos at the Royal Glasgow Concert Hall. Good support act Mark Hole warmed up the event and then Tori and her string quartet played. Not the easiest of artists to get into as she is very intense but heated up towards the end. Unfortunately had to leave early for the train home.

Prize Winner (second anyway)

Max received a couple of certificates for his orienteering efforts over the past year. Second in the Light Green SOSOL for 2010/2011 and second in the 16B class at the Scottish Championships.

Well done !