Another Busy Week

Starting with a trip to The Edinburgh Highland Show, then a full on week of activities at work.

Some one tried to drive the minibus under a barrier.......turns out the barrier was to low and fiberglass roofs don't hold up that well!!!!!

Evening Rescues

Last night saw the penultimate 2 star canoe session that Biscuit, Steve Mc and myself have been running for Breadlebane Canoe Club. After weeks of mastering the skills in the canoe, it was only the wet stuff out of the canoe left, and a calm night up at Loch Tay in Kenmore was the perfect venue.

A bit of this a bit of that

A little bit of boating, some photography and a new bike, oh and some hand golf!

Glen Tilt bike ride

Today Helen and I had a fantastic ride up Glen Tilt on the Atholl Estate, it was a little cloudy but the views were still stunning. 250 metres of climb straight from the car park was a fairly brutal start, but the views and the down hill made up for that.

15 km, 250m of accent in the Atholl Estate

Kit Up

Helen half way up the climb, smiling!

Looking East

Climbing up through the woods

Looking North

Smiling nervously with a shooting range behind!

Helen mid munch

Can I take a serious photo!

Helen descending

A brilliant story

I was reading this story and nearly spat my coffee at my laptop. Pretty unlucky and lucky to be alive to.

A New Zealand truck driver who inflated "like a balloon" when he fell buttocks-first onto a compressed air nozzle was described as lucky to be alive Wednesday.

Steven McCormack was working on his truck at Opotiki on the North Island on Saturday when he slipped between the cab and the trailer, dislodging the compressed air hose that feeds the brakes, the Whakatane Beacon reported.

It said the brass fitting that the hose had been attached to pierced McCormack's left buttock in the fall, sending compressed air rushing into his body.

The 48-year-old said he felt as if he was going to explode and began to scream as his neck, feet and hands swelled up.

"I was blowing up like a football... it felt like I had the bends, like in diving. I had no choice but just to lay there, blowing up like a balloon," he told the newspaper.

Workmates rushed to McCormack's aid, turning off the compressed air and packing ice around his swollen neck.

Ambulance officers removed the brass nozzle from his buttock and rushed him to Whakatane Hospital, where a surgeon treated the injury and drained one of his lungs, which had filled with fluid during the ordeal.

McCormack said doctors later told him that the air separated fat from muscle and they were surprised his skin did not burst.

Now recuperating in Whakatane Hospital, he told the Beacon his skin felt "like a pork roast", hard and crackly on the outside but soft underneath.

A hospital spokeswoman confirmed details of the freak accident, which she said could have killed McCormack.

"It's fair to say he's lucky to be alive, it was a potentially life-threatening situation," she told AFP on Wednesday.

Search for rain....... Found it!

So after a superb drive up to the Loch Lyon Dam only to find there wasn't any water, we woke the following day to find it had been bucketing it down all night and was still raining............it rained all day and the Tay came up by about 3ft during work, so it would have been rude not to jump on.

Maybe....

The Drive up to the Dam

The foot path outside Dunolly had disappeared

Getting on the Tay using the footpath

Andy Sat on a bench, normally a good 10ft from the water!

A little Biking

Just a nice round trip to Grandtully before the rain.

The beading on my new Montane Feather Light Smock!

Evening Strolls

Just a couple evening Strolls in the Birks of Aberfeldy and The Hermitage.

The office

Good Morning Office

Good Afternoon Office