We are hosting Max for a few days while his parents have headed off to their jobs in Canberra, and we took him to one of Armidale's nicer recreational destinations, Dumaresq Dam, for a picnic and a bit of exercise. The dam was originally the town's water supply, but those days are long past and it's a destination for boating, swimming, walking, fishing and so on.
Max has two bikes, one in Canberra and one based here which he rarely gets a chance to ride. So, today was a good occasion to put it in the car boot and for him to race around tracks at the side of the dam and terrorise flocks of geese, ducks and other water fowl. However, this activity wasn't without hazard to the rider as the tracks were gravel and Max came off on two occasions with the loss of a little blood! He's only just beginning to understand that breaking or turning sharply on gravel is a recipe for coming off the bike. Still, it was a lovely Autumn day and even quite hot when the sun came out, so a good time was had by all. By the way, Max is wearing a T-shirt I bought him whilst in Tombstone, Arizona 6 years ago. It only fits him now,so it must have been a mistake of mine at the time.
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