{"id":777,"date":"2010-12-30T12:02:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T12:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=777"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:22:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:22:28","slug":"christmas-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/christmas-haul\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Christmas Haul<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>God Bless You, Santa Claus<\/h2>\n<p>I must have\u00a0been a\u00a0good boy in 2010.\u00a0 Santa brought me pretty much everything I put on my list (<em>what&#8217;s wrong with a letter to Santa if you&#8217;re 41 years old?<\/em>) including some bike stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the bike stuff I got, including a bunch from Secret Santa at work:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_778\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6947.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-778\" 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simple.\u00a0 At \u00a350, it&#8217;s excellent value without much weight and lot of seeing power.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to test it properly.<\/p>\n<p>What did you get?\u00a0 Call me nosy, I don&#8217;t care, I just want to know what you got&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Next Time&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8230;Some more news about the monthly cycling challenges for 2011.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve only been out once in December thanks to the weather and a sore elbow, so I&#8217;m hoping to impress myself next year.\u00a0 Watch this space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t forget to tell me about your Christmas Goodies<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/ws.amazon.co.uk\/widgets\/q?rt=ss_mfw&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ID=V20070822\/GB\/philsirrecycl-21\/8001\/8563449d-affd-4f64-b766-817be09f540b\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n \n\/\/ ]]><\/script><noscript><A 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Wiggle and Evans were both displaying some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/carrera-luna-20-girls-bike.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":593,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/every-cloud\/","url_meta":{"origin":777,"position":5},"title":"Every Cloud.","date":"20 July 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Like most of us, I get a bit negative sometimes. The weekend weather was crappy so I didn't get out on my bike, so I spent a little time contemplating my navel. I realised that sometimes, despite the imperfections of life, we need to count our blessings. 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