The Giro Goes On...

...without Leopard Trek.

And life goes on for the rest of us as well.

Fede has summed it up superbly in her blog entry "The Show Must Go On" so instead of adding my thoughts to the many already expressed, I'll just say that I agree totally with Miss FeeDee.

Also like Fede, this blog has been subject to a bit of mauling by Blogger, which has been up, down, up again, down again, not available etc for the last couple of days.

I was beginning to think that either:

a) I had broken Blogger in the same way that I broke Twitter, or

b) Blogger was getting jealous of me spending time on Twitter, and was trying to teach me a lesson.

All right Blogger, I will be faithful unto you, and will forsake Twitter. There, are we happy now?

Talking about being happy now, without in any way wanting to diminish the sadness of the tragic death of Wouter Weylandt, I am looking forward to the start of the Tour of California tomorrow, not least because Our Glorious Leader is in it. He's team leader this time,  and the coveted (well, I think so) Number 6 has gone to Anders Lund:

And on a personal level I am particularly happy, as LLB gave me a present yesterday:  look - socks!!!

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you, I now have a pair of genuine performance Leopard Trek socks, JUST LIKE the ones the guys wear.

Possibly the most expensive pair of socks I will ever own.....

And I don't even own a bicycle!!

(shock, horror, hope I don't lose most of my followers after that terrible admission.)

For anyone who is over-interested in what the boys wear on their feet, I can tell you that they are black underneath, which is very sensible, and the blue part is a lot brighter than the blue on their jerseys: and they have a mesh panel on the top, running over the tops of the toes, for added ventilation and cooling.

There, sock appreciation moment is over, hope you enjoyed it.