““There’s a narrow pass that stays accessible throughout a year. However, it’s very seldom used and when there’s some official meeting, the ...elegation usually leaves their valley through their eastern pass and goes around the mountains. It’s a longer way but I’ve heard that the way through this Northern pass on their side is quite a hard one. Despite that, we always have some guards watching the pass. Why?””I hesitated for a moment. I knew that we were still quite a ride away from the pass, but. I had been taught the many hand signals used by the riders in front of me and watched them very carefully. It was easy for me to get mixed up though! I had to pass a truck quickly when I saw oncoming traffic after I had pulled out to pass. And there's always the stray dogs to worry about!Just before Kolambugan (in Lanao del Norte) I came into a long curve where there was a concrete patch in my lane. This patch was sloped out, not like the rest of the road. The other riders ahead of me expected. ‘Sheriff, Lieutenant, how are you?’ ‘Probably better than you are,’ Tim said. ‘Luke…I…I’m sorry,’ Lise said. ‘Are…are you really OK?’ ‘My ribs are sore,’ Luke replied, ‘The nurse said I probably broke one of them. But I’ll be OK, I think. Lise, you don’t have anything to be sorry for. I’m sorry I got you into this.’ ‘You…you didn’t get me into anything, Luke,’ Lise replied. ‘I got myself into it when I married Rod. I…’ A nurse and an orderly came in. ‘Sorry, folks,’ the nurse said, ‘we have to. Now go and sit down and I’ll tidy this mess up.”Gina couldn’t believe what she was hearing after so long without his help, she certainly wasn’t going to pass up on the opportunity. She sat on the sofa and put the TV on, then relaxed. Alex was sorting out the recycling and general rubbish, sorting out the dish washer. It felt good for Gina for a change, it had been a while since she could relax whilst everything in the house was done, and to make it better Alex had just placed a fresh cup of tea.