Airliner....

.......early start for a day in the smoke and the impact of the pre-Olympic Games activity on travel is beginning to tell with my journey to the office taking 50% longer than normal. I notice that some clients have invited me to meetings during the games; I'll need to find clever excuses for not attending.

Home on a bumpy flight into a very wet and windy Embra, so logically I went for a cycle round Arthur's Seat to shake the city out of my legs. Managed to overhaul a much younger man on his road bike on the 'gate to lake' section after he'd flown past me over the first 750 metres. However, I could see he was toiling as he stood up on his pedals with 250m to go, so I sat back in the saddle and chipped away at his lead until I passed him with about 10metres to go before the loch. He looked gutted as an older/fatter bloke on a cyclo-cross bike was passing him and his expensive road bike with slick tyres. Small victories.