So just got to get results of last scan/lung test prior to Restart of the HAM'R on the 18th June (earliest start date poss). Some observations:-
Ten things NOT to do when you are chasing 15 separate WR's.
1. Don't move into new accommodation the night before you start your WR attempts.
2. If you fail 1. above, at least make sure that the Electricity, Gas and (I'm not joking) Water is connected.
3. If you fail 1. and 2. above, don't delay in taking up the Real Estate Agents offer 'to do all he can'. - immediately go around to his home (It took me over two weeks) early on a Sunday morning, put your foot in the door when he opens it and make a B line for the Washing Machine. Then carefully explain to Mrs Real Estate Agent why you are in her laundry room with two weeks worth of smelly bike nicks and leave her to deal with the by now cowering husband.
4. Ensure all the spares and parts you need/ordered have arrived and are on the shelf ready and waiting to be fitted.
5. Don't ever go to REDACTED.
6. Don't get a chest infection requiring you to stay off the bike for two weeks, three weeks prior to your start date, especially from someone who goes by the nickname of 'Phil the Pimp'.
7. Don't use technology that you are not fully confident in. The loss of all mileage on the GPS based odometer when you recharge its battery, the the loss of all data due to wiping the hail off the super sensitive touch screen and the loss of all data whilst uploading to the competition record keeper.
7. Don't travel too light, especially when you ride on the coldest day in Melbourne in four years and the coldest start to winter since the 50's.
8. Don't ever, ever go to REDACTED.
9. Don't think your having a heart attack, its only a collapsed lung.
10. Don't forget to laugh, because tears will almost certainly freeze on your face.
We restart on June 18th and will at all costs avoid ALL the above.
