Lately CH and I have been like ships passing in the night. With trips away, busy work schedules and visitors we have had very little time to just hang out and enjoy each others company, until today. Prior to today, CH and I had organised that we would both clear our schedules and hang out together. Unsure as to what we would do I asked CH for some suggestions.
Suggestion #1 from CH
"We should go to a cafe and watch the Tour the night before and then we can sleep in"
I explained to CH that I am feeling in desperate need of an amazing nights sleep, so a late night wasn't really on my agenda, and suggest that perhaps we could grab a DVD to watch earlier and then he could move on to watch the Tour.
Suggestion #2 from CH
"Oh yeah, we could watch a movie..........I've got some Mountain Biking movies we could watch"
Hmmm.......as tempting as that offer was I had concerns that CH could overdo it watching a Mountain Biking DVD as well as the Tour, so was able to gently persuade him to consider other viewing options. We enjoyed some quality viewing which didn't invovle bikes, and the suggestions for the following day rolled on........
Suggestion #3 from CH
"Lets go Mountain Biking tomorrow!"
At this stage I recognise that CH is die hard and will not let up until I participate in some form of cycling related activity - I would much rather participate than watch and I know that CH has been bursting to take McRad (His mountain bike) for a spin, so it is with great enthusiasm that I agree to go Mountain Biking.
We arrive at the Mountain Biking trails and CH chooses then to provide me with the following comforting news
a) He doesn't really know what he is doing as he has never ridden his MTB before and he is unsure as to where any of these trails go, so he isn't sure how long we will be or where we will end up.
b) The MTB that I am using (which is on loan as a demo bike) is a $6000 bike, so try not to break it. No pressure or anything.
Upon receiving this news it is with little confidence that I embark on my first ever Mountain Bike ride. CH led the way, shouting back instructions to me as I navigated the track a short distance behind him ('stay left', 'jump that log' - the second instruction resulted in me on the ground) and his luck struck again as he took us on a perfect loop, which ended up back at our starting point. The bike that I had was awesome (as you would expect from a $6000 bike) and after a few spills, grazes and lots of mud I was wondering why we had never done this before! It was RAD! The ride was completed with CH exclaiming 'Finally, a type of cycling you really like!'
Suggestion #1 from CH
"We should go to a cafe and watch the Tour the night before and then we can sleep in"
I explained to CH that I am feeling in desperate need of an amazing nights sleep, so a late night wasn't really on my agenda, and suggest that perhaps we could grab a DVD to watch earlier and then he could move on to watch the Tour.
Suggestion #2 from CH
"Oh yeah, we could watch a movie..........I've got some Mountain Biking movies we could watch"
Hmmm.......as tempting as that offer was I had concerns that CH could overdo it watching a Mountain Biking DVD as well as the Tour, so was able to gently persuade him to consider other viewing options. We enjoyed some quality viewing which didn't invovle bikes, and the suggestions for the following day rolled on........
Suggestion #3 from CH
"Lets go Mountain Biking tomorrow!"
At this stage I recognise that CH is die hard and will not let up until I participate in some form of cycling related activity - I would much rather participate than watch and I know that CH has been bursting to take McRad (His mountain bike) for a spin, so it is with great enthusiasm that I agree to go Mountain Biking.
We arrive at the Mountain Biking trails and CH chooses then to provide me with the following comforting news
a) He doesn't really know what he is doing as he has never ridden his MTB before and he is unsure as to where any of these trails go, so he isn't sure how long we will be or where we will end up.
b) The MTB that I am using (which is on loan as a demo bike) is a $6000 bike, so try not to break it. No pressure or anything.
Upon receiving this news it is with little confidence that I embark on my first ever Mountain Bike ride. CH led the way, shouting back instructions to me as I navigated the track a short distance behind him ('stay left', 'jump that log' - the second instruction resulted in me on the ground) and his luck struck again as he took us on a perfect loop, which ended up back at our starting point. The bike that I had was awesome (as you would expect from a $6000 bike) and after a few spills, grazes and lots of mud I was wondering why we had never done this before! It was RAD! The ride was completed with CH exclaiming 'Finally, a type of cycling you really like!'
CH surely needs to be credited 10/10 for trying to come up with ways to spend some QT together. He sure knows how to treat a lady ;).
Dilemma - will you still be the Wife of a Cyclist if you become one?? Deep I know.
ReplyDeleteWill CH be thehusbandofacyclistwhoisthewifeofacyclist?
ReplyDeleteI think the earth just stopped.
Sounds like great fun! Where abouts did you ride?
ReplyDeleteThanks Courtley - It was fun. We just went to Gap Creek. Have you done any MTB'ing?
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