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Hello, Elle,
Pretty windy here.
Our bridge has had restricted crossings all day.
Glad you enjoyed your day out.
One of my favourites, Jim Furyk, has just shot a 58 at the golf.
First time in PGA history!
Some teams have only 1 or two riders.
Their federations did not do well enough to earn more places.
Emma Pooley going along very well, but it is a long way to go yet. It is a great course for Emma if she has the legs!
Lizzie and Nikki safe in the peloton, but Emma working away very well.

Hi, Rusty!
Oh dear! now, first of all, I shall have to admit that I have not the slightest idea what having "shot a 58 at golf" means?
If it is the first time in PGA history, it is obviously a momentous event?
(I know nothing whatsoever about golf!)
Now, please explain to me the tactics that Emma is carrying out?
This 'team effort' always confuses me!
And can I ask a question that may seem very odd to you......does another member of the cycling team ever go on to win instead of their designated leader/ winner?
Is this allowed to happen?
(I'm thinking again here of an athletic parallel when the pace maker has gone on to win the race)
Your winds must indeed be severe, if the Road Bridge has been restricted.
I'm assuming you mean no double decker buses for instance?

Channel 607 now....Andy Murray

Good evening, Elle.
Do you know what a golf course is?
It is a large area of land which contains 18 little holes.
You have to strike a little ball with a selection of clubs in as few strokes as possible into all the 18 different holes.
Jim Furyk took only 58 hits doing that, today.
That has never been done on US PGA tour before, and I am not sure, but I think the tour started around 1929 AD.
Is that clear?
Emma was at the front when the road went up trying to drop some riders, etc.
Forget the Olympics, but in normal road racing, each team has a "captain on the road", who shall decide the tactics if the team cars can not get up to the riders. Yes, other riders can instead of the designated leader.
Things "happen" in cycling, which can mean a change of plan.
Things like crashes, poor form, the terrain, etc might mean someone else will be the protected rider that day.
The bridge was closed to pedestrians, motor bikes, buses, lorries.
Everything except cars.
If it got too windy, it would close to everything.
Just watched the women's road race.
Anna van der Breggen won in dramatic circumstances.
One of her team mates, Annemiek van Vleuten, had a bad crash when she was leading. I hope she is OK.

Hey, Rusty!
Well, how was I to know you meant 58 strokes? I thought it was some complicated terminology!
You are lucky you are out of range, or I might be tempted to clobber you with a golf club!
Anyway, I am glad you enjoyed watching it!
The women's Road Race was obviously exciting , though marred by the crash of the leading Dutch cyclist.
Let us hope she is not badly hurt.
How did Lizzie and the GB team get on?
Presumably she was not in the medals, or you would have mentioned it?
You are not alone with your high winds.
I have just been talking to my cousin (Sunday night!) and she is experiencing blustery winds in Blackburn and extremely heavy rain.
We are at the hospital in the morning.
My husband has to see a Respiratory physiotherapist to see if any help can be offered with his bronchiectasis, which is the result of his lung operation.
It is worth a try, as the condition, whilst not life threatening, can be extremely debilitating and hard to cope with at times.
Fingers crossed, the respiratory physiotherapy might help!

Hello, Elle!
I thought it odd you did not know about golf!
Annamiek van Vleuten is recovering in hospital.
just seen a pic and she is sitting in bed smiling.
She has three broken ribs, broken collar bone, and a collapsed lung.
Lizzie was about fifth, I think.
I saw her give Nikki Harris a hard time early in the race, for not helping enough.
I went off her even more then.
Apparently there was a gust of 115mph at the Cairngorm weather station today. Still windy here, but the rain has not came to much.
I did not know that about your husband.
Yes, let's hope they can offer something to improve his condition.
There are improvements constantly in the world of medicine.
I have never heard of "cheeper" for a kiss either.

Good morning, Rusty!
We have yet another lovely day here!
We had neither wind nor rain last night!
I hope your strong winds have died down, and your weather is good today?
I am just waiting for my friend to collect the dog, and then we are off to the Respiratory Clinic.
We have an early appointment, and the hospital is a long drive from here.
It is in an area unknown to us, so we shall be exploring new territory.
I have no idea how long we shall be there.......I guess it depends on whether tests need to be done, or if it is maybe a question of teaching my husband special breathing exercises?
We shall soon find out!
Talk later.........

Good morning, Elle,
Our winds have mollified.
Hope all goes well at the clinic.

Good afternoon, Rusty!
We are home again! I think the visit went well.
The physio had a long talk with my husband , discussing his breathing problems and gave him some exercises to do.
There will never be a cure for his present condition, which is a not uncommon result of the surgery he underwent, but it seems these days it might be "managed" a little better than previously thought.
At least, after five years of his struggling with this, some serious consideration is now being given to the matter.
Previously, the emphasis was all on beating the cancer, which was of course the prime concern.
This is just a 'by-product' of the surgery as it were.
But a difficult one for him
He has another appointment in two weeks.
Have you been watching any sport?
What is today's programme?

Good afternoon, Elle.
You and your husband do plenty of walking which is good for his lungs.
The physio will help, I'd imagine.
His next appointment is only two weeks away?
That seems very soon?
I take it you found the the place OK, being in uncharted territory?
I have not watched any sport today.
I do not think there is anything much that appeals to me today.
But I'll investigate after I have been to the postbox.
Still quite breezy up here.
I read in my local paper, that the weather is to get warmer from Friday, for a spell.
I quite like it the way it is!