Psychopaths, Vampires, a crash and the Easter Bunny

So! Yet another week has gone by, Hannah is back! So all her fan(s) will be somewhat pleased by this progression. Right, where to begin..


On the weekend we discovered that Ashleigh has all the traits of a psychopath. So perhaps Hannah may not be here for long.. We watched a delightful (Dutch with English Subtitles) documentary on the subject of psychopaths and they told us they are

• high achieving

• Intimidating

• Charismatic

• Manipulative

• Attentive

• They are likely to trick people into thinking they are understanding and friendly, but really they feel no empathetic emotion.

This developed into an initiation into the Vampire world with ceremonious cake consumption on Wednesday. If we explain this story it loses it humour so we will leave you all in the dark.

We got our first job, clearing a garden of brambles, weeds and the odd tree. We learnt long sleeves are a good idea, and it pays not to touch the nettles. Quick! To the Weleda Cabinet! During our adventures in the garden we may or may not have spent an hour hunting “Mr Mole”. Yes, that’s right! A legit mole! An actual little blindey mole! Who lives in the ground and does mole things! He is due to be exterminated, so we are trying to catch him and release him in the dunes so he doesn’t get murdered. He is probably rabid though, and in appreciation of our efforts to save his life is likely to share this with Hannah’s face! Quick! To the Weleda cabinet!!

We found ourselves commuter biking once again.. on a cycle path.. by ourselves.. lycra and cleat free..Hannah may have heard the sound of a rapid dismount and carbon hitting tarmac as Ashleigh attempted to use electronic devices at the same time as riding...Quick!! To the Weleda cabinet! Nimrod of the week.

We attempted to extend Hemi’s family, with Hemi the Second. Hemi the Second was a HUGE success. Woohoo! And those who have eaten him will also soon be Huge. Quick! To the Weleda cabinet! Hemi the Second was a chocolate tart, made with cream and chocolate on a base of sugar and cream and topped with chocolate eater eggs.. mmmm... time for a base ride.

WE HAD A CLASH OF SOCIAL EVENTS ON SATURDAY! Social events! Yeaaa, thats right, we are being social. We had invitations to the 21st celebrations of a girl in the team, AND an invite to go to the Cinema with some Dutch boys. The cinema? The what? Whats a cinema? Movie? A film? What is this they speak of?? Oh! Like a really long slide show? Yes! Of course we have Movie Theatres in New Zealand. Cough Lord if the Rings Cough.

We closed the weekend with Ali Shanks in a rainbow Jersey! Training on the cobbles to get into the Hell of the North Spirit, and then Koffie, Apple Tarte, and Paris-Roubaix! Brilliant. Doesn’t get much better than that.

Oh yeah, we have been training too. We found a gorgeous old building from 1613! (That’s before Able Tasman came to NZ, a house that old!) woah.

We also had our legs ripped off by the Regans again, except this time in a motorpaced interval session. Oh happy days. We are going back tonight. Better load up on the caffeine..

Ash rode a crit yesterday, made 33 of the 40 laps. I think I was in the wrong place, it was more like a Super bike Grand prix than a women’s crit. What sane person corners like those girls do in the rain! 100 starters, 7 corners, 1.5km circuit. Enough said. I was happy to roll with the second group though. Things are improving. I am slowly getting brave and defending my position.

Hannah has a new bike

Much love, Hunnuh and Ushleigh. (That’s how we are known here)