{"id":360,"date":"2007-07-02T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=360"},"modified":"2007-07-02T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-02T13:43:00","slug":"in-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2007\/07\/02\/in-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In other news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/tgbath1.jpg\" alt=\"Splishy!\" hspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ravenbait\/695174060\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1218\/695174060_79e11f958e.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Munky in his wetstuit\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/andygates.livejournal.com\">Munky<\/a> has been staying with us for the past week and a half. He went home today. We have had much fun, including going to the Sea Life Centre to poke stuff, cycling overnight from Dumbarton to Kirkcaldy and also christening my new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onetri.com\/orca-womens-sonar-fullsleeve-wetsuit-p-2081.html\">Orca Sonar wetsuit<\/a> with some open water training along at Elie.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm. That might be where I picked up this bug.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, next time I say to someone &#8220;Can we please wait until the tide is on its way back in&#8221; I&#8217;m going to stick to my guns. That particular session was what the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbfc.co.uk\/\">BBFC<\/a> might have described as containing mild peril. Where &#8220;mild peril&#8221; is a bit like &#8220;tepid&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So we took a couple of photies, as you can see from our Chairman&#8217;s fine figure on the right there. Now the weather has been pretty piss-poor for the last week or so. it hasn&#8217;t really let up for much more than odd half hour spells ever since the Dumb Run. So, when one is a Munky and is on hodilay with one&#8217;s laptop and is being inadequately entertained with adventuring as a result of the weather (&#8220;Welcome to Scotland. Beware of the weather&#8221;), what does one do to occupy oneself?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andygates\/687758718\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/frog\/graphics\/munkyrb.jpg\" alt=\"X-23 vs Big Gay Hat\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How cool is that? Chapeau, Munky, chapeau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Munky has been staying with us for the past week and a half. He went home today. We have had much fun, including going to the Sea Life Centre to poke stuff, cycling overnight from Dumbarton to Kirkcaldy and also christening my new Orca Sonar wetsuit with some open water training along at Elie. Hmmm. 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