wet again

No golf again so we went aquarobics which was good, the pool actually felt warm for a change probably because it was so cold. It was good to do some stretches and running. Then we had coffee at the local shops. I swear if we sat there long enough we would see everyone (above ground) we've ever know walk past. Had coffee with one of the girls we used to work with and her husband. They are very interesting they go all over the country caving. He used to work in the (now worked out) mine on the mountain above our house. He said he was 16 in 1943 and wanted to join the army and his canny father sent him to work in the mine because it was a protected job you couldn't leave it to join up. They needed the coal. I said my father worked at the steelworks and it was the same story there but somehow he managed to talk his way out and into the airforce. He was a bit older  through.
I asked him about the pile of tailings in front of the mine, twice in floods it has been washed down. He said he heard at the reunion it had been fixed. I hope so as we bought that flat which had been flooded and filled with coal tailings. Oh well this will be a test in all this rain.
Le Tour was very exciting last night I didn't mean to stay up so late to watch but it was such a battle. Cadel is 3rd now after the Scheck brothers. Andy Scheck was totally amazing and Cadel the way he chased. On todays stage they are going up the same mountain from the other side.  When you see these guys ride up mountains it makes hero movies look like junk, Maybe when you get older you really appreciate real feats like basketballers amazing jumps compared to superman stuff.