Hinton was OK ,we did a run, some geocaches and I think it was our cheapest hotel and we got breakfast. The scenery out of Hinton got more dramatic as we approached the Rockies. We decided to go up to Miette hot springs, but being bank holiday weekend they were very crowded and abandoned the idea , so we went off on a walk which kept taking us higher and higher through forests, ideal territory for bears we thought but no bears were seen and we never got to anywh...

Just for a change we are off to Hawrelak Park to see a triathlon, but today sees the elite ladies. I had my last swim in the lovely pool and packed our bags and picked up a hire car from the hotel car park. The person in Avis saw all our luggage and got us a suitable car. He thought we had a lot luggage, I assumed he would have been used to people travelling with bikes. We negotiated our way to the park and eventually found the car park next to the free shuttle. ...

Oh no Graham has woken up with a cold on the most important event day of the year ! There was still things to do this morning everything double checked numbers to be stuck on , I still went for my swim. Transition was closing at 9 .00 so we had to get there early even though Graham's race wasn't until 11.30 . Some very nervous looking people on the train this morning . We arrived in good time at the venue I thought Graham had got lost in transition area w...

I did my early morning swimming as usual. I was the only one in the pool today as Graham was saving himself for his practice swim. There was a busy schedule today with racking the bike, swim practice, race briefing and opening ceremonies. On looking out of the window we could see cameras pointing upwards, so me be nosey went to investigate. There was a charity abseil going on down the hotel wall. It was worth investigating as I found out that the temperature had...

We started the morning with a swim in the pool, and considering that the hotel is fully booked with a large number of triathletes the pool is surprisingly quiet. The lifts in the hotel are being rather overused especially when everyone is trying to get their bikes in the lift for the 9am bike ride. Being squashed in a lift with a load of bikes is not much fun for the non athlete guests.We thought we would take some lunch with us to the triathlon park today but th...