No 27: Great photo a month August and September
August presented life in Edinburgh with festival, friends, training, funtimes, a birthday, tough mudder.... more on that in a bit! and of course the fluffy gang at work! so I of course give you an animal. They are all so photogenic! So here is Rica. She is a jaguar, in case you were wondering...
September presents an improvement. Here we have the not so baby baby giant anteater. The wee man is getting big, almost as big as his mum now, but that doesn't stop him hitching a lift on his mums back when he is having a lazy day!
So, for a change another number makes an appearance.... No. 25: Complete 2 extreme assault courses within a year (Because one is not enough)...
Tough Mudder 2013
12 miles, 16 obstacles, lots of mud, electric shocks, and a 'free' pint at the end. Brilliant fun! So much so that I may well sign up for next year! 2 hours 45, and team 'One-eyed Hippos' did a cracking job! Brilliant event, raising money for a great charity which is Help for Heroes, and there were guys taking part in the event who have served in our armed forces and lost legs or arms in the line of duty, and seeing these guys tackling this event definitely helps us to appreciate simple things we take for granted, and also installs a huge amount of respect for these guys. They are the heroes.
Left to right: me posing, looking a bit smug at the end. Doing the monkey bars - Bloody difficult!! (but I did it! several uphill, then back down). The 4 One-eyed Hippos... That's right, we all did it! Get in! And electric shock therapy. Freaking painful - got one to the head, was like being thumped, and then all the muscles in my body having a spasm, all while trying to run as fast as possibly through mud, having just done 12 miles and the 15 preceding obstacles, including FREEZING water, 20 ft jump/fall, barbed wire, mud etc etc you get the idea!
In another note, I have had to bail on Survival of the fittest in October, which would have completed no 25, as instead I shall be in Rome on tour with one of the choirs I sing in, and we will be singing at Sunday Mass in the Vatican at St Peters Basilica. Not too shabby! Tough Mudder 2014 could well be the solution for completing No 25!
