Tour of Britain

Yay! It's the Tour of Britain!

OK, it's what Cav calls a "shitsmall race" and it doesn't generate any UCI points, and Jean Vois is no longer in it - pause while I sob and wail - but it's still the biggest cycle race in the UK, and it's going to be the first one that I ever go to. First of many, possibly? We'll see.

It's Thursday night, LLB and I are off to Somerset tomorrow, if all goes well: and then we'll be going  to London for the weekend, so we can watch the final two sections on Sunday.

So don't expect to hear from me for a couple of days - but please be assured that I am Doing It For You, as it's my duty to give you my take on attending a cycle race. Here's hoping that it will generate what PeeDee referred to as a "typically Coug-ish post", and that you will all enjoy hearing about it.

Let's hope that something happens, that I can tell you about!

"Long drive to get there, no-one else there, stood by road for 2.5 hours in rain, peloton went past at 1,000mph whooosh whooosh swish swish (don't forget the rain) taking 0.03 seconds to pass. Went home."

One of my friends, as a parting shot, wrote "Have a great weekend, hope the sun shines for you and all those men in tight shorts." Honestly, she has no idea of my pure and spiritual interest in Andy Schleck cycling in general. Tight shorts? What tight shorts? I have no idea what she was talking about.

But just to hold all you fans of That Andy Bloke (as LLB calls him):


So have a good weekend in advance, everyone, see you next week.

Coug

PS I will be the one waving the Leopard Trek flags: very simple, just white flags with black tops, and a blue stripe.

Look for us at a particularly sharp right-hand bend, within the "loop" towards the end.

And yes, I will be wearing my Stomach of Anger tee!