Lake Bled
So we've been in Bled for a few days now, being in civilisation is a welcome change. After several weeks either high up in the Alps or in the outback of Portugal, it's nice to be around new people. We've been lucky to train in some really picturesque locations and Bled doesn't disappoint as a final destination. In two days time the World Rowing Championships will start and it's time to execute all that we have been doing in training.
While we are pretty serious on the water, we've generally had a good laugh when on the land. There are several dozen running jokes, which when you try to explain you never really capture the same moment, sometimes they make their way onto Twitter, many do not. Towards the end of the camp in Portugal the hotel dog gave birth, ironically it gave birth under the balcony of the resident Keith Lard of the team, leading to several "come to daddy" jokes for the next 24 hours. There was also a twittergate incident where it was joked that one of the crews fell in, it didn't go down well so we had to delete the tweets. After our journey out to Bled I posted a video of us "training" in the airport - it's had a great responce and has been featured all over the t'internet. These are just a few of the laughs we have, but now it's time to get down to racing.
Last night we had a reception hosted by the British Ambassador to Slovenia, it was a mainly informal affair for the team to meet Embassy staff and dignitaries from Slovenia (including the Mayor of Bled, the Slovenian Olympic Committee chairman, the Slovenian Minister for Sport, some famous gymnast and the leader of the Organising Committee for the World Champs). I'm told that the UK Minister for Sport will be joining us next week, along with the British Olympic Association chairman - Lord Moynihan [I'll be keeping my wallet close when he's about].
Ambassador Reception
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