Talis (the Patient) and Jono.

Today was yet another beautiful day in Slovenia. We started it off with a stretching session at 7am, breakfast at 7:30 and then a flat water speed session at a lake on the way back into Nova Gorica, just outside a village called Tolmin.

After the flat water session most of the team went back to Bovec to enjoy a swim and cuppa chinos. However Talis and Tom went with Zlatan back down the valley to Solkan to pick up there new boat, this turned out to be a 2 hour goose chase to find the Dutch team who had there brand new boat. Talis did this while battling off an insect bite that was spreading throughout his foot.

Geoff had the afternoon off and escaped from the team, a quite drive in the country and a chairlift ride up the mountain which turned into an epic journey. It took 30 minutes in the gondola to reach the top of the mountain and the Bovec Ski slopes (no snow to speak of, some minor patches)

When Talis arrived back to our accommodation he was taken to the doctors by Geoff to have his foot seen about as it seemed to be infected and starting to streak up his foot. A short visit to the Hospital in Tolmin and all was under control, a soothing gel and a bandaged foot, antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, it should sort itself out by next weekend for the competition (for his partner Tom's sake).

Hopefully we will be moving back to Solkan tomorrow, a day early as the water is low in the Soca River at Bovec, to continue our lead up to the Junior World Championships.