Bernd
Bernd is my original German penfriend.
Stobes
Stobes is another one of my besties. I met her when I was working at the Outdoor Education Group. I owe her a lot. At the time I met Stobes was the asthma instructor and also a groupleader. She is a qualified nurse who used to work in the emergency department of a Melbourne hospital. She would have been very good at that job but the stress got to her in the end and she ended up with Bell's palsy and one side of her face had a mini stroke and has now dropped. She was super skinny and fit when I met her. She had a non-committal boyfriend at the time who used to be a mercenary in Afghanistan and would disappear to do that kind of work. Her nursing background meant she diagnosed him with testicular cancer well before perhaps he realised he had it. They were both cyclists and somehow or other Kate got me signed up for the Audax Alpine Classic. If it wasn't for her insistence that I go riding her all the time I may never have been fit enough for the 120km ride from Bright to Mount B...
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