April 15th - Road run

Spent most of the morning making a fabulous go-kart / guider / bogey with wheels and axles from one of the twins' redundant prams and timber off-cuts from various recent projects. Hamish had been nipping my ear wanting to build something - anything, and this was slightly more achievable than his ideas: a miniature "spy tape recorder" or a laser that could cut metal!
Very warm sunny day. Almost regretted not having to cut the grass. All went to Cranshaws in the afternoon to lend a hand and see what damage Boo had sustained when a sheepdog bit his eye when he got a bit too close to a tasty-looking pile of after-birth. He'd spent the night in hospital and had it stitched up.
Didn't run until after dark when the kids were all down. Dropped my car at the garage and ran the 4 miles home on the road at a reasonable lick. Ankle behaved surprisingly well, with just a single sharp spasm early on which made me swear and hop for a while.