Just before we left Canberra for the UK, Katy was threatening to begin riding her pedal bike. Of course, we had no access to bikes there, so she lost her momentum. Today I decided it was time to try to regain that momentum. It was Ella's weekly hockey game, during which Katy usually lolls about on the sidelines protesting about accumulated boredom. It's a nice flat area down there, so I decided to take her bike down and practise. 
To my great surprise, it only took about 10 minutes of pedalling for her to recover her form, and by the end of hockey she was cycling like a pro. (Caveat: she can't yet start or stop, so parental guidance still recommended.) To say she was proud of herself is an understatement.
An equally momentous achievement occurred later in the afternoon when Nat, after months of searching, finally made a snap mountain bike purchase! The task involved visits to a number of bike shops, most of whom didn't even have a suitable bike for test riding. Since we no longer have a roofrack on our car, Nat then had to ride her new purchase back home, after which she joined Katy for a riding training session in the street ...
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