forgot to add some comments a ride i did the other day .was going to do kill me on my own but had a bad feeling about it .being on cougar mountain for one !so did c/n into y/l excellent stuff !

so it is being read rachel says she tried to leave a comment but needed a google or yahoo account .she did that still no joy any idea what she is doing wrong ?

kind of wondering if anyone is reading this and if you are do you know you can leave comments ?kind of defeats the object if nobody is reading it !

how about this in someones front garden!the one on the right is unusual it's known as a cinnamon bear some regressive gene his mom is carrying apparently.

had some company in the park today !!

well interesting few days again.did some trail building saturday with worca which is whistler off road cycling association.good to work with locals and learn the ropes .actually went back out and rode what we built today.through trails called cut yer bars and roll your bones which was a black run .passed on shits and giggles as that was a double blackand i didn't fancy that .more helping with paintball games and yesterday did a xc loop from home along valley trail out on a trail calledfarside which follows cheakamus river , crossed a suspension bridge then rode up to loggers lake ,so peaceful up there .then came back along the other side of the river .sweet sweet singletrack , nothing too technical in fact ideal for when julie comes out i think.
been out tonight to irish bar we were non catered tonight chefs night off and on a monday they do 2 for 1 fish nchips which was v good just like last week .today was my day off so tomorrow it's back to the grindstone !!!!no peace for the wicked eh ?report back soon.
oh one last thing up in the bike park today just riding into heart of darkness was about 10 - 20 ft from a bear and the worse thing was i hadn't took my camera !memo to self carry it next time !

bit more riding this week , in the park getting crank it up dialled tiny bits of black runs top of a line to access ninja cougar as the top of that is still closed ,then into karate monkey .wednesday went to sqaumish and did a 35km xc loop .when i say xc very different from uk xc as quite a bit of it is black runs !spicy was really good made up for my lack of skill in places and excellent at tech climbing .got a scratch on top tube and some heel rub on chainstay so i thought sod it and it's now ghetto with old inner tubes around both chainstays and top tube !looks trick and hopefully will look good at the end of the season .
tuesday night went and saw new robin hood film starring russel crowe .quite good and different than the usual telling .apparently this is the untold story of how tha man became the legend .in others all set for a sequel !
anyhoo thats about it for now will post again when something interesting happens !which knowing this place won't be long !

busy busy couple ofdays , park opened yesterday ,place was rammed with people hot sunny weather helped .only managed 3 runs because of queues and i hadto do some work as well !film premiere was excellent,thoroughly recommend follow me when it comes out .metallica tribute was off the scale loud !!!!good night can't remember the walk home !!!
todayafter work back in the park .lot quieter today managed 6 runs then came back and had a session in the hot tub ,that was good then ran an errand to pick up some beer in big red with a monstrous growling v8 engine !
boy it's certainly a hard life !!!!might get a chance to relax now for the evening ,take it easy everyone !

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sorry for the sideway shots !!!!

been a hectic few days !!!! more trail building in squamish ,new bike arrived , looks nuts !!!!rides good as well .went and saw ironman2 t'other night .not as good as first one i don't think .bike park opens saturday whhhooo hhoooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!then in the evening we are all going to the premiere of the new mtb film follow me followed by a metallica tribute band !!!not bad for 7 bucks eh ?
yesterday played my first ever paintball game .that was fun but boy do they hurt !!!1just after the storming the hill game i looked up and saw where i was positioned a bear had just wandered in there !!!!weather is currently hot n sunny been like that for almost a week now .well that's about it for now bit quiet really !!!!

interesting day in vancouver friday !

had a walking tour of gastown and downtown including an area similar to beirut !

found some nice areas mostly though .finished up in a place called the spaghetti factory where between me giving the waitress my card to pay and her reaching the till she managed to lose my card she thought it had been stolen !!!!

so a hasty call to card services to cancel card by manager and we were running late for ferry ,then as we were walking out the door another waitress found it under the desk !!!!!!!!!

unreal we got a free meal but not a good way to get one .

while we were in north vancouver we stopped by the cove bike shop for a browse which was good .managed to chat to the boss man and not mention hummers and chainsuck at all !!!!!!!

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just a few pics for your perusal .one rubbish commute , a lovely xmas tree for victoria and a few pics round lost and green lake .boy it's a hard life !

hi there everyone hope you are all well .things are good here in whistler .will be even better when i get my bike ! thanks alliance and leicester .living on eagle creek drive , not bad eh ?did some trail building down at squamish on sunday .trail was called welcome to the 19th hole .described by the lead guide as "savage " he wasn't wrong for sure ! quite an art to stand up never mind ride down it .though it was good to watch some of the locals riding it some even had dogs running on in front just for added fun !
been helping get everything out of winter storage and getting workshop back inshape .did a few loops of lost lake trails yesterday on a fleet bike .meta 5.5 .
working with a great bunch of people despite being twice their age it doesn't seem to matter , which is awesome ! (sorry great ! )
had my first drive of big red , the iconic beast of legend .that thing roars !
still afair bit of snow around , bike park opens on the 15th , will be getting a full face helmet for that .
one of the team is a guy who used to school at millfield and rode with jim and tom davage ,small world eh ?knows the trails around street hill , unreal nice bloke is toby .
better sign off some of the guys are downstairs cleaning paintball guns for the summer thats part of t2r's company as well .will be getting a truck later to do a run to the recycling centre .take it easy everybody.