Oh the unkind hand of fate! Months of training, dedication – sob – and heartache for nothing. We didn’t even start at this year’s Porcupine Ridge Bastille Barrel-Rolling Competition.

Our team got themselves stuck in the Bastille traffic*.

If you’re looking for me I’ll be the one quietly sobbing in the corner.

*To put an end to any rumours that might be circulating – it had nothing to do with the suspected Barrel-Rolling doping scandal. Takuan, from Cabriere, really is naturally that big.