Running out of good original photos so I took the opportunity of a typical standoff between a small and large dog. The funny part of this fantasy fight was the little one saying come out and fight while hiding behind his master’s leg, not much, but it was light lunch entertainment for us.

We are starting to explore the end of the line as far as public transport is concerned. The last chance attempt at Everest did not fail, we aborted it, I hope you see the difference!!!  When I was young and a poor student, meaning I didn’t study, it was easy to fail, I got used to it. But now I want to succeed so a bit of pressure, but knowing stress is very bad for Pd, I either come to terms with it, I try another way, or I accept it (abort it) and move on. 

Corrie and I had a long discussion about it and decided it wasn’t worth the stress of the unknown and that’s a risk we weren’t willing to take. So what did we do? We caught a bus to as far as the bus goes, because that was only another 20 kms, and we discovered a slice of heaven (that’s for our blog in two days’ time, so look out for it)!!!  We did what we usually don’t do and that was to knock on accomodation doors, and our first knock was a reasonable price, lovely people, a dog that liked us, they all love Corrie, and we booked enough nights to take us up to Munich where we might have a more intellectual discussion, or at least one for the arts.

So we have this exciting hidden valley to share with our bikers who climbed (well we hope so) the 2000 metre one we couldn’t, or rather I couldn’t. The tourist line ends here and not many people go where we will be going on Friday. We don’t know our bike riders very well but will know them a bit better tomorrow when we discuss paradise with them.

By the way some poor PR to report. Our train arrived half an hour late this morning. They said it was a technical fault, but don’t they always. I know in Sydney I’ve heard from reliable sources that the reason most trains don’t turn up on time in the morning is because many drivers report in sick. I’ve also heard that the reason many pilots don’t turn up for work is because they have so much free time that they do their own house repairs. This involves ladders which they fall off. I think I also may have too much free time on my hands writing this stuff so see you tomorrow if you’re still reading. 

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