Blogging back-log

I am a couple of ride reports behind so bear with me whilst I attempt to catch up.
Had some sad news at the weekend. John's mum's partner Sean passed away over in Ireland. He was my surrogate step-father-in-law, I guess. We will all miss him and especially our visits to Wicklow won't be the same ever again. We are off there tommoro, all four of us, to pay our last respects to a lovely man who had so many interests and hobbies, it is hard to believe he was well into his eighties.
So I was in no great mood for a training ride on Sunday and just took myself off for a 14m pootle. Actually, it was a very hilly pootle as it happens. It took one hour ten mins.
John had just arrived down in the south of France when he got the news about Sean. He had inadvertently left his mobile phone at home (anyone who knows John will find this very hard to believe!). So I couldn't relay the news until his journey was almost complete. Anyway, he decided to cycle up Mont Ventoux (24k up) before driving home again. An active 48hrs or so then! He arrived back on Monday exhausted, not surprisingly. Shame he missed his training camp but felt there was no point in joining in for the first day or so only to have to leave midweek.
Beth completed the 26m overnight Moonwalk in London on Saturday with her two daughters Kerrie and Kimberely. Fantastic achievement to raise money for Breast Cancer research.
So one might have expected Beth to be  a bit weary in the legs on todays ride, mightn't one? Not a bit of it! Herself, John and I headed out at 8am and did a long ride. The weather was fine and sunny, though a little windy on occasions. John used the session as interval training and kept zipping past us at speed up the hills. Beth was a yellow peril speeding bullet! Couldn't keep up with her at all, especially towards the end of the ride. Still we had a great time. 40m covered in just on 3 hours which worked out at 13.2mph. That'll have to do us til we are back on Sunday.