When Iain and Glen entered (and were lucky enough to get into) the first Macavalanche, they thought there might be some other recreational riders joining in too. Turns out, everyone was pro/semi pro and after eyeing up the competition and walking the course, the lads were just a tiny bit nervous. 
Pre race jitters at the back of Iain's van. Don't be fooled by these smiles. The guys were stressing it in silence with last minute unnecessary bike adjustments and nervous stretches."Do you guys need one of Mackinley's nappies?", asked Sav with a little pre race trash talk encouragement from me and Tracy.
Dob in the front seat of his lift giving us a wave.
How Ally go this pic with Dob looking down at the camera, I do not know. (All of the good pics from this blog entry are lifted from Ally who was up with a couple of his kids to enjoy the view and cheer on the Bridge of Allan boys.)
Thank goodness for Tracy helping with Sav on the ride up. The chairs were Cypress Mountain circa 1970 in terms of safety. Hardly as posh as a chopper lift...
Mac's first chair ride - he's under the sun/wind hood, I promise.
Mega racing. Iain beat him down and Dob stayed in the top half of the pack, but neither of the guys were happy with how they performed. Maybe if they had taken Sav up on the offer of a nappy, things would have been a bit more comfy during the ride?
Ally snapping a pic from the lift. You can see Mom has been abandoned in favour of Tracy. In fact, Tracy received an offer to move in...Sav probably gave Tracy and Iain our room!
A happy Dad with bambinos back at base.
Dob in the front seat of his lift giving us a wave.
How Ally go this pic with Dob looking down at the camera, I do not know. (All of the good pics from this blog entry are lifted from Ally who was up with a couple of his kids to enjoy the view and cheer on the Bridge of Allan boys.)Thank goodness for Tracy helping with Sav on the ride up. The chairs were Cypress Mountain circa 1970 in terms of safety. Hardly as posh as a chopper lift...Mac's first chair ride - he's under the sun/wind hood, I promise.
Mega racing. Iain beat him down and Dob stayed in the top half of the pack, but neither of the guys were happy with how they performed. Maybe if they had taken Sav up on the offer of a nappy, things would have been a bit more comfy during the ride?
Ally snapping a pic from the lift. You can see Mom has been abandoned in favour of Tracy. In fact, Tracy received an offer to move in...Sav probably gave Tracy and Iain our room!
A happy Dad with bambinos back at base.
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Looks like you have a great time, I am also. Now on the banks of the seine at a place called les Andelys, my camp is about 2m from the banks of the river, hope I can remember to go in reverse. I will try to put some pics on my blog, and can conect on skype my new name is scalthwaiterigg1. See you all soon.
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