I cancelled my Flickr account this afternoon—they upgraded (in their opinion) the site and it is no longer of any use to me. The increased graphics and extra links slow it to the point of a complete stall. To put it bluntly, nothing works. They are obviously no longer interested in anyone still using a slow speed connection. So I will simply post my pictures here and on the Red Bubble site. When the tech boys get around to f**king up this site, it too will disappear. If something isn’t broken, why fix it? Their so-called 'improvements' have completely destroyed the utility of the site. Thanks a lot guys.
There is something in people I fear that simply will not allow them to leave anything alone. Take my stone cairns for example. Every week someone comes along and just has to knock it down; every week I build a new one. Why is it important to this unkown induhvidual that there be no pile of rocks at the end of the pathway? I have no idea, nor I suspect do they. It is simply there and therefore must be f**ked with. I find myself wishing all such meddlers could be gathered together and put in one place where they could meddle with each other and leave the rest of us alone. 
It was a beautiful day for a ride though and I went a wee bit further, stretching the knee as it were. I’m still wearing a brace but it does seem to hurt less each week. This week I made it all the way to the Glenmore Inn, a total ride of just over 40 km. I did manage to see a blue heron and took a couple of low quality distant shots of him but he wouldn’t let me get close enough. Nice to know there’s one in the area though. I will keep trying as the summer continues. This was the 40th ride of 2010 and the ninth of the summer season. The adventure continues.
