Here it is, the last day of what has been a fantastic trip. I'm in Paris, staying at the Charles De Gaulle airport. The last few days have been....
Grenoble for Bastille and Chartreuse caves (actually one of the best museum type displays I went to so far). Bastille was pretty much for lunch alone and it was lovely, the view was great and the food was spot on.
Slept in on Tuesday, and decide instead of another attempt at Galibier I would just head for Alp d'Huez again.. Well, between that and the 800 vertical meter climb back to the Chalet, i'm glad I did, my legs were cooked. Following that packed the bike and headed back to Grenoble in preparation for the TGV ride at 4.50am Wednesday morning.
Wed - TGV to Paris, check into hotel at CDG and straight to the Louvre for a 5 hour explore. I really had no idea, the Louvre is not just that glass pyramid thing, it's a massive castle/fortress/apartments from back before medieval times. It is truly amazing and well worth the time if you do head to Paris. Saw Venus d'Milo and Mona, they were cool, but really loved Napoleons apartment. Excessive does not even come close to explaining it.
Today, back into Paris for bike shop (big ups to Laurent Cycles), la Defense, Arc d'Triumph, Champs Elysee, Moulin Rouge, Eiffel Tower and back home... Enough of a taste for one day.
And to that pretty much marks the end of the journey, bar the A380 trip to Singapore for 3hrs and then back to Brissy. Got to say i'm looking forward to getting back and seeing everyone and everything, getting back to some normality, training, racing and Aussie coffee. As much as Europe is fantastic, there's no place like Australia... Even the Europeans agree.
Once I get back to my laptop i'll post some photo's - my web albums app spat the dummy a while back and I lost patience with it. If you're mildly interested, i'll post again with the link to the album.
Friday, 29 July 2011
Monday, 25 July 2011
The tour hangover
Well, well, well. We no doubt all know the good news and slept during daylight hours over the weekend to witness the fantastic work of 1 Aussie and his loyal teammates take out the largest cycling race in the world. Fantastic stuff, we all believed and thought Cadel fully deserved the Maillot Jaune this year. Alpe d'Huez looked like it was going to be the unraveling of the dream, but Cadels determination and gritty Aussie background ensured that wasn't the end of the story.
As for me, well, of course have been watching cheering, drinking and calling Aussies (my wife mostly) at inappropriate times while celebrating. Sunday for me was a rest day off the bike as I was just too cooked from battling crowds. Yesterday I attempted Galibier... The weather man said it would be cloudy with a chance of a shower, clearing in the arvo... So off I went. Well, about 2.5hrs into the ride (almost exclusively climbing) it began to snow. Although I was warm at the time, I was getting damp under my rain jacket, could no longer feel my feet or hands and was getting an ice-cream headache from the cold. I climbed to about 2000 vertical meters, though if i continued i would have had to decend and then begin the climb up to Galibier. With that in mind and some advice from a local that the road would be closed, I turned around and came back home. Later yesterday we went to Pic Blanc(3300m) via chairlift and I found out that it was minus 1deg at the altitude I was at, not taking into account the wind chill (60kph wind).. I suppose that explains the snow.
So today I am again a bit trashed after a big day sightseeing then getting home to watch Cadel on the Champs Elysee- it's a beautiful day, i'm tossing up whether to get on the bike for another crack at Galibier or go into Grenoble to look at the Chartreuse caves and go up to Le Bastille (2 things I missed doing when I was there). I have another chance at Galibier tomorrow, and the weather looks fine, so I think Grenoble wins.
Hope all is well where you are and you don't have to deal with such difficult decisions as I do!
As for me, well, of course have been watching cheering, drinking and calling Aussies (my wife mostly) at inappropriate times while celebrating. Sunday for me was a rest day off the bike as I was just too cooked from battling crowds. Yesterday I attempted Galibier... The weather man said it would be cloudy with a chance of a shower, clearing in the arvo... So off I went. Well, about 2.5hrs into the ride (almost exclusively climbing) it began to snow. Although I was warm at the time, I was getting damp under my rain jacket, could no longer feel my feet or hands and was getting an ice-cream headache from the cold. I climbed to about 2000 vertical meters, though if i continued i would have had to decend and then begin the climb up to Galibier. With that in mind and some advice from a local that the road would be closed, I turned around and came back home. Later yesterday we went to Pic Blanc(3300m) via chairlift and I found out that it was minus 1deg at the altitude I was at, not taking into account the wind chill (60kph wind).. I suppose that explains the snow.
So today I am again a bit trashed after a big day sightseeing then getting home to watch Cadel on the Champs Elysee- it's a beautiful day, i'm tossing up whether to get on the bike for another crack at Galibier or go into Grenoble to look at the Chartreuse caves and go up to Le Bastille (2 things I missed doing when I was there). I have another chance at Galibier tomorrow, and the weather looks fine, so I think Grenoble wins.
Hope all is well where you are and you don't have to deal with such difficult decisions as I do!
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Alle alle alle!!! hup Hup Hup!!!
Wowee. I haven't been as diligent with the posting on the blog as I would have liked to be, but it has been a fairly full on experience, so haven't had the creative panache I need to blog reasonably (or, maybe I just drank too much wine before I got to an Internet connection... Believe what you will). So much has happened again since the last blog.
I enjoyed Grenoble, I didn't really smash the exploring as I wanted to recoup a bit after the cycle tour and travel, regardless I did hit the col d'Port at 1300m on the bike (in the rain) and visit the Chartreuse monastery. I think the monks would have had lots of Devine moments drinking Chartreuse cause the stuff is like pure gasoline, whatever it does it must be good as the monastery was beautiful (in a creepy, quiet sort of way). I also got out and savored a bit of salsa at a local salsa bar... (salsa in France? Simply cause it was the closest thing to my hotel when it was raining).
With the help of my good mate Thommo, I made it to Oz-En-Oisans which is a little station at 1200m in the Alpes. here is where i'll be for the next 7 days, 3 of which are now past. In those 3 days, I've ridden up Alpe d'Huez twice, the first in 1hr 07mins and the next with dad on the Tour stage day, which meant it was done for the experience. I have had zoo many highlights on this trip, but todays stage (well, the ride up mostly) is definitely at the top of the list. We defended from Oz station to the valley and rode to the summit... It was complete madness with cars, busses, motorhomes, motorbikes, people music, singing, dancing etc. We rode the closed road for the stage and got to the summit before catching the chairlift back to the chalet to shower, eat, rest and jump back on the chairlift to the top of Alp d'Huez to watch Cadel have a very, very solid effort to stay in contention of the gneral classification. Totally awesome day, I can't wait for the tt tomorrow.
I would like to do col d'Galibier tomorrow at 2600m,similar to the way the pro peleton rode it today, through col d'Telegraph. If the weather is right, I will, if it's not, it will be snowing at the top of Galibier and that ain't my scene :-)
Anyhow, this section of the trip so far has been at least as good as any other bit... Hopefully I can continue to ride the wave all the way to Paris and home to wifey.
I enjoyed Grenoble, I didn't really smash the exploring as I wanted to recoup a bit after the cycle tour and travel, regardless I did hit the col d'Port at 1300m on the bike (in the rain) and visit the Chartreuse monastery. I think the monks would have had lots of Devine moments drinking Chartreuse cause the stuff is like pure gasoline, whatever it does it must be good as the monastery was beautiful (in a creepy, quiet sort of way). I also got out and savored a bit of salsa at a local salsa bar... (salsa in France? Simply cause it was the closest thing to my hotel when it was raining).
With the help of my good mate Thommo, I made it to Oz-En-Oisans which is a little station at 1200m in the Alpes. here is where i'll be for the next 7 days, 3 of which are now past. In those 3 days, I've ridden up Alpe d'Huez twice, the first in 1hr 07mins and the next with dad on the Tour stage day, which meant it was done for the experience. I have had zoo many highlights on this trip, but todays stage (well, the ride up mostly) is definitely at the top of the list. We defended from Oz station to the valley and rode to the summit... It was complete madness with cars, busses, motorhomes, motorbikes, people music, singing, dancing etc. We rode the closed road for the stage and got to the summit before catching the chairlift back to the chalet to shower, eat, rest and jump back on the chairlift to the top of Alp d'Huez to watch Cadel have a very, very solid effort to stay in contention of the gneral classification. Totally awesome day, I can't wait for the tt tomorrow.
I would like to do col d'Galibier tomorrow at 2600m,similar to the way the pro peleton rode it today, through col d'Telegraph. If the weather is right, I will, if it's not, it will be snowing at the top of Galibier and that ain't my scene :-)
Anyhow, this section of the trip so far has been at least as good as any other bit... Hopefully I can continue to ride the wave all the way to Paris and home to wifey.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Sitting here on the TGV, ripping across the French country side. We must be doing a fair click, up near 200kph - sitting in the comfortable 1st class seat (actually fairly sure 1st class just means you have a seat) it still feels like we're really moving. I've been flicking through my photo's of the last few days, since I posted last I have been to the Plateau d'Beille to watch a mountain stage finish and also checked out the stage start at Limoux. That brings the Tour de France experience to 1sprint finish, 1 mountain top and 1 start.
I've done more climbing on the bike in the last 3 days than I think I have done in the last 6months. The Plateau d'Beille was a great climb, about 15k in total, i've got to tell you it's a little bit worrying when you climb for 35 or 40mins and you can't even see the top, nor is the slope getting less steep. France certainly redefines my perception of a mountain, they are spectacular, possibly the best all-round tourist attraction France has. I was happy that I was only passed by a few people while climbing (there were people everywhere, every person that owns a bike was out there) those that passed were all on serious bits of hardware and judging by their cycling kit, were no strangers to the Pyrenees.
I climbed to the 3k to go mark before getting shut down by the French police (Gendarmes) who told everyone to walk the rest of the way - this would have been useless as the road flattens out toward the top (where Frank Schleck attacked before the line) and the pace is on. It was estimated 600,000 people were on the 15k hill, it was an electric atmosphere, without being overly crowded, actually everything I expected and more. The start wasn't quite as good for me, though it was great to get up an close with the riders during the sign on. I have some good photos that i'll post in the picasa album (link below).
Having written this in 2 parts, I am now in Grenoble. This is a beautiful city, infect quite unique compared to everything else I've seen. I can notice the difference in the alps and Pyrenees regions, I am only guessing that Grenoble is a younger city, albeit with the Bastille it must still be 1300s (something to research).
I'll meet with the Sonic chaps for a ride tomorrow morning - something 'easy' before the assault on d'Huez. Might be rainy on Wednesday, with a chance of snow on the mountain (yah, 2deg tomorrow) but warming to 3deg on Thursday, so we will likely go with the warmer, dry day.
Hope all is well where you are.
Wade
I've done more climbing on the bike in the last 3 days than I think I have done in the last 6months. The Plateau d'Beille was a great climb, about 15k in total, i've got to tell you it's a little bit worrying when you climb for 35 or 40mins and you can't even see the top, nor is the slope getting less steep. France certainly redefines my perception of a mountain, they are spectacular, possibly the best all-round tourist attraction France has. I was happy that I was only passed by a few people while climbing (there were people everywhere, every person that owns a bike was out there) those that passed were all on serious bits of hardware and judging by their cycling kit, were no strangers to the Pyrenees.
I climbed to the 3k to go mark before getting shut down by the French police (Gendarmes) who told everyone to walk the rest of the way - this would have been useless as the road flattens out toward the top (where Frank Schleck attacked before the line) and the pace is on. It was estimated 600,000 people were on the 15k hill, it was an electric atmosphere, without being overly crowded, actually everything I expected and more. The start wasn't quite as good for me, though it was great to get up an close with the riders during the sign on. I have some good photos that i'll post in the picasa album (link below).
Having written this in 2 parts, I am now in Grenoble. This is a beautiful city, infect quite unique compared to everything else I've seen. I can notice the difference in the alps and Pyrenees regions, I am only guessing that Grenoble is a younger city, albeit with the Bastille it must still be 1300s (something to research).
I'll meet with the Sonic chaps for a ride tomorrow morning - something 'easy' before the assault on d'Huez. Might be rainy on Wednesday, with a chance of snow on the mountain (yah, 2deg tomorrow) but warming to 3deg on Thursday, so we will likely go with the warmer, dry day.
Hope all is well where you are.
Wade
Friday, 15 July 2011
Viva le Tour!
2 full days of action since getting to Limoux!
Yesterday rode about 90k in the rain before deciding to call it a day due to time (in France, you need to allow 1h at least for lunch!) had a lovely lunch before jumping in the tour van to race to the stage finish. The tour van has official type clearance, meaning we were able to get on the course (closed roads) and drive to the finish line directly. The crowds lined the streets and were giving us the royal treatment as we rolled through the last 4k of the course - then setup at the 75m mark to watch the caravan and finish. The amount of free stuff was pretty good, without being fantastic, I think that was because we were so close to the finish line. Saturday we'll be at the plateau d'biele and will have a better chance at freebes. Following the finish and watching the Manx Missile smash Greipel (love Greipel, but Cav is by far the stronger sprinter) we jumped back in the van back to Limoux for dinner (foodies out there, it was devine) with one of the local wine growers, so we also had some of the best from the region, both white and red, while getting a lesson on who, where, what, how of wine. If that wasn't enough, the Bastille day fireworks were on last night so we got treated to about 30mins of fireworks in the beautiful medieveil setting, standing in a valley while the fireworks were launch off a high stone bridge above. It was an experience running through town to get to the river, pitch black, through all these tunnels - kinda felt like I was on the set of Merlin or something! Just wishing I had a fire torch!
Today we rode out to Miripoix for lunch. Miripoix is a walled town not terribly far from Limoux, but some good climbing and sprinting was done on thodays stage which was great fun. The colours of the countryside are breathtaking, the lovely quiet country roads have a good surface, so at times we were sitting on 45kph doing sprints to each town sign. I love Miripoix, it's noticably older than Limoux, with first record of it being in 10th century very quaint, very pretty with quite a bit of gothic architecture. The town wall and entry gate are still intact from the mid 1300's so again, I felt like getting my suit of armor and sword before mounting my steed to ride home. Got back into Limoux to catch the finish of stage 12, which is affectively the first stage of this years race to Paris - what a cracker, I can't wait for the Plateau stage and certainly can't wait for Alpe D'huez next week! Look for me in fluro DT's and Neuton runners!
Anyhow, signing out, we're about to meet for a meal on the town and a few brews before tomorrow's 110k ride to the beach for a bit of sun bathing Euro style - I have a size 11 sock for the occasion.....
Yesterday rode about 90k in the rain before deciding to call it a day due to time (in France, you need to allow 1h at least for lunch!) had a lovely lunch before jumping in the tour van to race to the stage finish. The tour van has official type clearance, meaning we were able to get on the course (closed roads) and drive to the finish line directly. The crowds lined the streets and were giving us the royal treatment as we rolled through the last 4k of the course - then setup at the 75m mark to watch the caravan and finish. The amount of free stuff was pretty good, without being fantastic, I think that was because we were so close to the finish line. Saturday we'll be at the plateau d'biele and will have a better chance at freebes. Following the finish and watching the Manx Missile smash Greipel (love Greipel, but Cav is by far the stronger sprinter) we jumped back in the van back to Limoux for dinner (foodies out there, it was devine) with one of the local wine growers, so we also had some of the best from the region, both white and red, while getting a lesson on who, where, what, how of wine. If that wasn't enough, the Bastille day fireworks were on last night so we got treated to about 30mins of fireworks in the beautiful medieveil setting, standing in a valley while the fireworks were launch off a high stone bridge above. It was an experience running through town to get to the river, pitch black, through all these tunnels - kinda felt like I was on the set of Merlin or something! Just wishing I had a fire torch!
Today we rode out to Miripoix for lunch. Miripoix is a walled town not terribly far from Limoux, but some good climbing and sprinting was done on thodays stage which was great fun. The colours of the countryside are breathtaking, the lovely quiet country roads have a good surface, so at times we were sitting on 45kph doing sprints to each town sign. I love Miripoix, it's noticably older than Limoux, with first record of it being in 10th century very quaint, very pretty with quite a bit of gothic architecture. The town wall and entry gate are still intact from the mid 1300's so again, I felt like getting my suit of armor and sword before mounting my steed to ride home. Got back into Limoux to catch the finish of stage 12, which is affectively the first stage of this years race to Paris - what a cracker, I can't wait for the Plateau stage and certainly can't wait for Alpe D'huez next week! Look for me in fluro DT's and Neuton runners!
Anyhow, signing out, we're about to meet for a meal on the town and a few brews before tomorrow's 110k ride to the beach for a bit of sun bathing Euro style - I have a size 11 sock for the occasion.....
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Limoux - said limooo
Well, finally made it to Limoux after a week of family type stuff. Since last posting i've done the Mercedes and Porsche Muesem in Stuttgart, both notable. I've been to Prague for Gramma's 98th birthday party (love the fact that it was in a traditional czech pub at the edge of a forest) and thn sailed along the AutoBahn at about 150kph in a Pug 207SW to make it back to Geneve to jump a plane to Toulouse. I'm now on the eve of the first ride into the Pyrenees and it's a cracker of a storm outside! Had a fantastic meal at a tapis bar over some equally fantastic local wine. Also purchase some of the local 2005 Merlo from the mid week market in the square of Limoux, which tasted more like a Shiraz, but nice all the same. Limoux is actually quite famous for it's wine, having pioneered the champaign technique before it was known as champaign. The region is now mostly focussed on Merlo, Cab Sav and Grenache, and one other French variety that i'm not familiar with (my brain is having trouble with French language, let alone new wine varieties!) I'm still just blown away by this place, it's all around medieval era and most of the buildings I would say are original facade with new fittings inside.... Quite a lovely mix of old and new, and lots of atmosphere - I really could get used to this sort of life.
I hope to post more regularly from here on in as I have now 3G and wireless. We ride to the Tour de France stage finish tomorrow, a sprinters stage, with some unfinished business between Cavendish and Greipel, it should be a wicked showdown. No doubt I will have plenty to post about after that!
I hope to post more regularly from here on in as I have now 3G and wireless. We ride to the Tour de France stage finish tomorrow, a sprinters stage, with some unfinished business between Cavendish and Greipel, it should be a wicked showdown. No doubt I will have plenty to post about after that!
Thursday, 7 July 2011
The French connection
It's been a few days since the last post while I sorted out my 3G pre paid.. But here I am in France, on Lac Lemann (lake Geneve) in a little village. The area is just magnificent, a little farm type village on the waters edge. 60k away is the ski town Morzine, from there I launched a bike climb to Avereze. 1800mts in 14 or so km's. Not too bad a climb.
On Tuesday slipped up to Mont Blanc.. Had great intentions of ride from Chamonix (the base town) through the valley and up to one of the higher points, but after 3hrs at 3900mtrs at the top of Mont Blanc I was shagged - the altitude really affected me. I consider myself reasonably fit, but fitness is no match for lack of oxygen! There were folks at the top stumbling around like drunkards, it was quite interesting.
If anyone comes to the Rhone Alps region of France, I high recommend Mont Blanc - if you can get the Panoramic tour across to the Italian border, that is the business.
Today we went on down to the Olympic museum at Lausanne and then onto many other little towns along the lake edge. The Montreix Jazz festival was on and a great place for a wander. In hindsight I wish i'd taken a photo or 2.. It reminded me of a James Bond flick, very Euro summer vacation type of place.
Off to Stuttgart tomorrow - looking forward to some German beer, caio for now, wade.
On Tuesday slipped up to Mont Blanc.. Had great intentions of ride from Chamonix (the base town) through the valley and up to one of the higher points, but after 3hrs at 3900mtrs at the top of Mont Blanc I was shagged - the altitude really affected me. I consider myself reasonably fit, but fitness is no match for lack of oxygen! There were folks at the top stumbling around like drunkards, it was quite interesting.
If anyone comes to the Rhone Alps region of France, I high recommend Mont Blanc - if you can get the Panoramic tour across to the Italian border, that is the business.
Today we went on down to the Olympic museum at Lausanne and then onto many other little towns along the lake edge. The Montreix Jazz festival was on and a great place for a wander. In hindsight I wish i'd taken a photo or 2.. It reminded me of a James Bond flick, very Euro summer vacation type of place.
Off to Stuttgart tomorrow - looking forward to some German beer, caio for now, wade.
Saturday, 2 July 2011
Day 1, plan yer work and work yer plan
All I can say about Amsterdam is wow. it's a really interesting place, i suppose thanks to the trade heritage of the city (famously, Dutch East Indian trading co) and the social structure that tries to avoid elitism. The justice system runs on a "harm rule" basically, if it's not harming anyone or thing, it's legal. Just to give you an idea of how it works, there is a park (Vondelpark) which is like the city botanic gardens where you can smoke pot, drink and even have sex in public, everyone just chilling out having a great time together - all very cool.
The way the city is constructed is unique as it effectively sits below sea level, meaning the ground has a very high water content. In the 1600's I understand they used leather and wood as foundations for the house to absorb and control the water content (rather than stone which would get dislodged) and stop things sliding away. You can see in some of the photo's the houses all lean against each other - they don't straighten them when renovating, rather just underpin and bolster the foundation to stop them sliding any more. Further out of town you can see where they are still reclaiming marsh land to build.
What else is cool, nothing opens here until 10am, so the streets were dead when I arrived at 8.30a on Friday. I got back out just after 10 and people were pouring into town like a flood. By 4pm the place was packed - at sundown at 10pm everything was shut again and the pubs were door to door.
I went and did a mikes bike tour through the country to the south. About 30k all up but took us 4hr's with stops. Got some great hot tips from that tour, worth doing early if you come to visit. Settled for Dutch chips for dinner last night (pis), had a few Heinekens and stopped by a coffee shop before turning in. What a day! Check out the web album here
The way the city is constructed is unique as it effectively sits below sea level, meaning the ground has a very high water content. In the 1600's I understand they used leather and wood as foundations for the house to absorb and control the water content (rather than stone which would get dislodged) and stop things sliding away. You can see in some of the photo's the houses all lean against each other - they don't straighten them when renovating, rather just underpin and bolster the foundation to stop them sliding any more. Further out of town you can see where they are still reclaiming marsh land to build.
What else is cool, nothing opens here until 10am, so the streets were dead when I arrived at 8.30a on Friday. I got back out just after 10 and people were pouring into town like a flood. By 4pm the place was packed - at sundown at 10pm everything was shut again and the pubs were door to door.
I went and did a mikes bike tour through the country to the south. About 30k all up but took us 4hr's with stops. Got some great hot tips from that tour, worth doing early if you come to visit. Settled for Dutch chips for dinner last night (pis), had a few Heinekens and stopped by a coffee shop before turning in. What a day! Check out the web album here
Friday, 1 July 2011
In transit, the can of mancation is open
Skipped through BNE airport and was sure to take the full compliment of security checks on the way through. A large dark guy did the pat down - he was damn impressed I was off to Amsterdam, just gave me an fonzy style "ayyyy" as I walked off, the explosives lady also seemed impressed when I said I'd "try" to stay out of trouble! I'm just going for the bikes, honest! :-)
A fairly eventless flight to Singapore, though it amazes me how just 5.5hrs on a plane can result in such a massive shift in climate, 28deg and balmy here. A short stopover (3hrs) before getting on the Boeing for the long haul. Chengi ap is lovely, clean and functional. I think I saw Nicki Lauder driving a trolley pusher, beep beeping other passenger... Odd...could be the altitude. Nothing to report on the techno front in shops, I was very impressed by the Bose Noise Cancelling headphones though.
So the juggernaut begins. Next time i post i expect to be in the thick of it, with some real reading (and viewing) material ;-) stay tuned....
A fairly eventless flight to Singapore, though it amazes me how just 5.5hrs on a plane can result in such a massive shift in climate, 28deg and balmy here. A short stopover (3hrs) before getting on the Boeing for the long haul. Chengi ap is lovely, clean and functional. I think I saw Nicki Lauder driving a trolley pusher, beep beeping other passenger... Odd...could be the altitude. Nothing to report on the techno front in shops, I was very impressed by the Bose Noise Cancelling headphones though.
So the juggernaut begins. Next time i post i expect to be in the thick of it, with some real reading (and viewing) material ;-) stay tuned....
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Less than 1 week to go
It's coming near, the last weekend before heading to the land of clogs on route to the land of awesomeness. I have to thank my friends at Sonic Cycles - Ashley, Les and Cheryl - for their tireless persuit of a warranty for my bike, so I could go away to the mountains without a trouble in mind. As always guys, great work! If you're looking for great deals and great service for bikes, check them out (www.soniccycles.com.au)
My packing list has started, the final washing is being done, the bike box is in da house. The photo gallery has started, a photo of one... My travel partner... Here
Bring it on.
My packing list has started, the final washing is being done, the bike box is in da house. The photo gallery has started, a photo of one... My travel partner... Here
Bring it on.
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Just under 2 weeks
Just under 2 weeks to go now before I say revoir to the Brisbane crowd and set off for Mancation 2011.
A chap at the pub last night said I looked like the dentist off "The Hangover 2" - not having seen the flick I couldn't argue with him, but wondered if this is an indication of how the trip will unfold. Maybe I'll end up with a tattoo around my eye and a tiger in my hotel?
My Euro face fluff is coming along nicely, the bike is looking like it'll be in fine repair for the trip, I'll visit Sonic Cycles tomorrow to pickup a bike box (and any other accessories I simply can't live without), I've got my lightweight travel pants and I may even be lucky enough to get graced with some spanking new Team Netapp cycling kit!
Everything's coming up Millhouse. Stay tuned for updates as the excitement grows!!
A chap at the pub last night said I looked like the dentist off "The Hangover 2" - not having seen the flick I couldn't argue with him, but wondered if this is an indication of how the trip will unfold. Maybe I'll end up with a tattoo around my eye and a tiger in my hotel?
My Euro face fluff is coming along nicely, the bike is looking like it'll be in fine repair for the trip, I'll visit Sonic Cycles tomorrow to pickup a bike box (and any other accessories I simply can't live without), I've got my lightweight travel pants and I may even be lucky enough to get graced with some spanking new Team Netapp cycling kit!
Everything's coming up Millhouse. Stay tuned for updates as the excitement grows!!
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