One thing about moving, especially to a new country, is that everything gets so hectic when you arrive. There are so many errands to run, chores to do, unpacking to take place and settling in to achieve. For someone like me, this is perfect because I enjoy having lots and lots of things to do. Thus the last two and a half days has been sheer fun, because all I've been doing has been rushing about doing useful things.
Yesterday I bought a bike, and that very night as I was riding home from training, I heard a 'crunch' and the back wheel went off kilter. Fortunately, I was unharmed but I was outraged. I took the bike back to the shop today and scolded them. The bike was under warranty, so I had no problems getting them to fix everything. It was rather amusing, in retrospect.
My training sessions here have gone well. I hopped into the pool and winced from the cold. The pool water in Singapore felt like a sauna by comparison! How on earth I will adapt to the Channel, I have no idea. I did around four hours, two of them with my old Oxford teammates.
Tomorrow I head down to Dover and into the ocean for my first dip into the Channel. The weather has been hovering around 16 degrees celcius, so I wonder what the Ocean will be. Word has it that it is around 14 degrees... brrrr.
Posted by pj at June 3, 2005 07:22 AM"The weather has been hovering around 16 degrees celcius, so I wonder what the Ocean will be. Word has it that it is around 14 degrees... brrrr."
Hee~ Tell us how it feels :)
No kidding. I walked out of the airport without a jacket and immediately felt the cold sear through my skin. But it's good to hear that you've got on all right. And way to go about the bike! Hey, if you CAN, send me a list of good places to go in Oxford. Whereabouts are you, anyway? Have fun training!!!
Posted by: Rae at June 5, 2005 06:40 PMTake a walking tour- the Blackwell's one is the best. Go get a drink at Turf tavern, wander through a College, gawk at the Bridge of Sighs, snap photos at the Great Gate of the Bodleian Library, rent a punt and float down the river, and stroll through Christ Church meadows.
Posted by: PJ at June 7, 2005 06:52 PM