Sunday 17th September 2006
My 3 nephews: J1, J2 and J3 spent the night here yesterday. J1 and J3 woke up early and were soon joined by J2.
Around midday we all played a lil tennis in the back garden. After a lot of discussion the boys agreed to a compromise and we would cycle to the BMX track.
When we got there it was very crowded by kids with “Attitude”. The language was colourful. Their opinions on various topics were loud and proud. I suggested to the kids we leave and none objected – they’d all had about 15minutes on the track by this time.
I mentioned to the kids we would venture into the hills. I was hoping to show them a reservoir located on a nearby mountain. J1 wanted to go home to his mum’s house. Since it was in the same direction as the mountain I decided we’d pass pop in. His mum kept him in because of his attitude.
J2, J3 and I continued on our journey. We followed the same lanes as yesterday. At the end of the lanes we took a new direction and began the journey up. The gradient was gradual and initially both boys found the going easy. When the gradient started increasing I took them on a side road to investigate some greenery down a blocked off road – it was a good decision. We found an acorn tree and a blackberry bush. The kids were amazed by actually seeing a real live acorn – on a tree. They are so used to seeing them in books yet here was one on a tree – that they could touch and pick off…ACORNS!!! J3 wanted me to reach various black and red berries.
I cycled off in hopes of pulling them away. I hid around a side road. I heard J3 saying, “Where is he?”
J2, now aged 9, wiser and older, and knowing my tendencies now said, “He’s hiding”.
I could hear them but could not see them and thus they could not see me.
3 minutes later J2 cycled past and said “Hi!” with a grin.
We cycled back to the main road and started heading up. We soon came to a bridge which spanned across a motorway. I got the kids to wave to oncoming cars below. It’s amazing the “Good feeling” you get when total strangers wave back! J2, MR MOODY, was smiling broadly with each wave back. He counted each wave-back and reached 13 before I said let’s roll.
We found more blackberries, which we investigated orally. The incline became steeper. I ended up pushing J3’s and my bike. We then headed off the tarmac road and started climbing a dirt track onto a tree-ridden mountain. Surprisingly we encountered around 10people on that mountain as we journeyed up and up and up.
Eventually we found a fallen tree and decided to break out the picnic. We each had a chicken sandwich, J2 had most of a pair, some apple. J3 had a sandwich too and 2 chocolate biscuits.
They saw some kids and teens in the distance and wandered off to investigate.
It turns out that by pure random walking/cycling we had come upon a favourite haunt of adventure mountain cyclists and mountain boarders (like a skateboard but with bigger, pram size wheels; but with grip). The cyclists were basically jumping off a piece of earth the size of a two-story house into a dip and then racing up the other side. The mountain boarder was racing down the mountain in spurts, jumping over obstacles and going round trees and rocks.
J1 and J3 spent an hour making friends and watching the teen boys too.
Eventually the teens left and the mountain boarder stayed only a little longer (he was only 10). Now came one of the most fun parts of the day. Having taken the effort to journey up a mountain WITH A BIKE... WE WERE NOW GOING TO GO DOWN…AT SPEED!!!!
The first part was going down the dirt track – to the right of which was a drop at an angle of 45degrees. J2 raced down and was out of my eyesight. J3 cycled down with great skill and good speed – scary speed for me! AND when we got to the paved road…WOW those boys had no fear. They must have gone down that road at 35-45kph! During all this mad speed the kids had broad grins and vocalised their thoughts “THIS IS BRILLIANT”.
It was a shame that J1 had not come along.
The journey home had a few more eventful moments. When we got home, their mother and J1 were waiting to take them. The timing of our arrival was incredible. The kids had dinner and were soon whisked off, as tomorrow was a school day. They would sleep well I was certain.
At his mum’s home J1 had played a lil on his Xbox but had soon fallen asleep. He had been tired the poor guy. So when we met him he looked happier and healthier.
I was bushed and suddenly felt it once the kids had left. Still every time I thought of the bike journeys and the smiles of joy I could not help but feel good. Once again I had come through with the loving entertainment.
During the time the kids had gone off to investigate the bikers, I encouraged the sprites of the woods to aid me in enabling my dreams to fruit.
Night Night :)
My 3 nephews: J1, J2 and J3 spent the night here yesterday. J1 and J3 woke up early and were soon joined by J2.
Around midday we all played a lil tennis in the back garden. After a lot of discussion the boys agreed to a compromise and we would cycle to the BMX track.
When we got there it was very crowded by kids with “Attitude”. The language was colourful. Their opinions on various topics were loud and proud. I suggested to the kids we leave and none objected – they’d all had about 15minutes on the track by this time.
I mentioned to the kids we would venture into the hills. I was hoping to show them a reservoir located on a nearby mountain. J1 wanted to go home to his mum’s house. Since it was in the same direction as the mountain I decided we’d pass pop in. His mum kept him in because of his attitude.
J2, J3 and I continued on our journey. We followed the same lanes as yesterday. At the end of the lanes we took a new direction and began the journey up. The gradient was gradual and initially both boys found the going easy. When the gradient started increasing I took them on a side road to investigate some greenery down a blocked off road – it was a good decision. We found an acorn tree and a blackberry bush. The kids were amazed by actually seeing a real live acorn – on a tree. They are so used to seeing them in books yet here was one on a tree – that they could touch and pick off…ACORNS!!! J3 wanted me to reach various black and red berries.
I cycled off in hopes of pulling them away. I hid around a side road. I heard J3 saying, “Where is he?”
J2, now aged 9, wiser and older, and knowing my tendencies now said, “He’s hiding”.
I could hear them but could not see them and thus they could not see me.
3 minutes later J2 cycled past and said “Hi!” with a grin.
We cycled back to the main road and started heading up. We soon came to a bridge which spanned across a motorway. I got the kids to wave to oncoming cars below. It’s amazing the “Good feeling” you get when total strangers wave back! J2, MR MOODY, was smiling broadly with each wave back. He counted each wave-back and reached 13 before I said let’s roll.
We found more blackberries, which we investigated orally. The incline became steeper. I ended up pushing J3’s and my bike. We then headed off the tarmac road and started climbing a dirt track onto a tree-ridden mountain. Surprisingly we encountered around 10people on that mountain as we journeyed up and up and up.
Eventually we found a fallen tree and decided to break out the picnic. We each had a chicken sandwich, J2 had most of a pair, some apple. J3 had a sandwich too and 2 chocolate biscuits.
They saw some kids and teens in the distance and wandered off to investigate.
It turns out that by pure random walking/cycling we had come upon a favourite haunt of adventure mountain cyclists and mountain boarders (like a skateboard but with bigger, pram size wheels; but with grip). The cyclists were basically jumping off a piece of earth the size of a two-story house into a dip and then racing up the other side. The mountain boarder was racing down the mountain in spurts, jumping over obstacles and going round trees and rocks.
J1 and J3 spent an hour making friends and watching the teen boys too.
Eventually the teens left and the mountain boarder stayed only a little longer (he was only 10). Now came one of the most fun parts of the day. Having taken the effort to journey up a mountain WITH A BIKE... WE WERE NOW GOING TO GO DOWN…AT SPEED!!!!
The first part was going down the dirt track – to the right of which was a drop at an angle of 45degrees. J2 raced down and was out of my eyesight. J3 cycled down with great skill and good speed – scary speed for me! AND when we got to the paved road…WOW those boys had no fear. They must have gone down that road at 35-45kph! During all this mad speed the kids had broad grins and vocalised their thoughts “THIS IS BRILLIANT”.
It was a shame that J1 had not come along.
The journey home had a few more eventful moments. When we got home, their mother and J1 were waiting to take them. The timing of our arrival was incredible. The kids had dinner and were soon whisked off, as tomorrow was a school day. They would sleep well I was certain.
At his mum’s home J1 had played a lil on his Xbox but had soon fallen asleep. He had been tired the poor guy. So when we met him he looked happier and healthier.
I was bushed and suddenly felt it once the kids had left. Still every time I thought of the bike journeys and the smiles of joy I could not help but feel good. Once again I had come through with the loving entertainment.
During the time the kids had gone off to investigate the bikers, I encouraged the sprites of the woods to aid me in enabling my dreams to fruit.
Night Night :)
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