Les Vacances de KOK's
What was I thinking ? Some time ago, in order to mark and celebrate the completion of the Boyne 10k, I took the lead ( nothing new there!) and booked a night away for the KOK's in wonderful Wicklow. A trip to Avon Ri on the lake in Blessington was booked for Friday 13th ( I should have known!) The Mad One and I have had the pleasure of staying there on quite a few occasions thanks to Fat Freddie, and it is an oasis of peace, fresh air and beauty in crazy world. Of course, I suggested that we were going to complete the Wicklow Walkway a gorgeous 6.5 k route by the lake, but it appears that the KOK's are seeing it as a whole 24 hours away from the stresses of life and have got as excited as kids going to Lapland. I had underestimated how lively women in a mid life crisis get and the prospect of a night away. They have gone mad. Mighty Martha thought Avon Ri was a French name so it is now being known as The Trip to France.....the European Championships have nothing on this. The d...