Lady Luck (again!)

Opportunity waved my way again, briefly, and I'm out in Portugal right now for the Adventure Race World Championships, with Team Cruachan. I'll be providing various reportage for them, including (possibly) a new blog site.

I'll let you know though!

Cheers

Pyro

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